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Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon A Dublin law firm has written to the Data Protection Commissioner in the deepening row over the proposed shredding of symphysiotomy records.

Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, has backed the creation of problem solving courts in Northern Ireland.

Elliott Duffy Garrett Solicitors (EDG) were delighted to host 50 lawyers from across Europe at the TAGLaw European Regional Conference in Belfast on 11 and 12 March 2016. EDG is the sole Northern Irish member of the TAGLaw Global Law Firm Group. Founded in 1998, TAGLaw is an international alliance o

Pictured (l-r): Katie Buchanan and Emily Paisley Worthingtons Solicitors has announced the appointment of two solicitors on completion of their apprenticeships.

Statistics have been released on productivity and cases brought at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The institution as a whole

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled* the Dublin III Regulation allows member states to send an applicant for international protection to a safe third country, irrespective of whether it is the member state responsible for processing the application or another member state. Th

Attorney General for Northern Ireland, John Larkin QC The Attorney General for Northern Ireland, John Larkin QC, has said the Easter Rising in 1916 lacked "any democratic or constitutional legitimacy".

The Court of Appeal has overturned a decision of the High Court to refer a bill of costs dated 12th November, 2007, to taxation. The bill related to the work of a solicitor, Ms Mary Dorgan, conducted on behalf of Ms Susan Spillane in two matrimonial proceedings instituted by Ms Spillane’s husband

The Court of Appeal in Belfast has upheld a ban on men who have sex with men (MSM) donating blood in Northern Ireland. The court determined Northern Ireland's Health Minister is the correct person to make a decision on the appropriate deferral period from giving blood for MSM.

MLAs received calls yesterday to set up a comprehensive redress system for survivors of historic child abuse. Survivors were convened in Stormont for the launch of a new report setting out the findings of research conducted by a new Expert Panel on Redress, comprising representatives from a range of

Darren Maher Matheson partner Darren Maher took part in a discussion on Solvency II at the European Insurance Forum (EIF) conference in Dublin today.

More than twenty human rights lawyers have signed a letter criticising plans to shred the medical records of some symphysiotomy survivors. The Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme website has asked applicants to get in touch to tell them whether their application and supporting documents should be returned

The European Court of Justice has dismissed an action by The Body Shop to have a decision of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) to reject its application for registration of the trade mark “SPA WISDOM” annulled. In 2010, The Body Shop International, established in Littleh

MPs backed the Investigatory Powers Bill at its second reading in the House of Commons yesterday by 281-15. The UK's Home Secretary Theresa May told the chamber that the legislation would uphold the Government's commitment to "updating and consolidating our country’s investigatory powers in a clea

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford A new £13.9 million forensic laboratory has been formally opened in Belfast by Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford.