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Managing partner Michael Johnston Belfast-based firm Carson McDowell has again emerged as the leading Northern Irish firm in the 2017 edition of the Chambers UK Guide.

The High Court has dismissed an application brought by the Irish Health Service Executive for an order to force a pregnant woman to have a caesarean section against her will, in order to vindicate the right to life of her unborn child. Mr Justice Michael Twomey found that the right to life of the un

The High Court of England and Wales has today decided that the UK government does not have the legal authority to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (by which a member state gives notice of its intention to leave the EU) without first getting the approval of Parliament. The governmen

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has promised to end the cycle of headlines about charity scandals by implementing the Charities Act 2009 in full.

Ronan Daly Jermyn has announced the appointment of five partners across the firm’s Cork, Dublin and Galway offices, bringing the total number of partners within the firm to 38.

Sir Declan Morgan Thursday 10 November

Assistant Chief Constable Will Kerr Assistant Chief Constable Will Kerr of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has announced he will leave the job to join the National Crime Agency.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a case against a solicitors' firm, brought by a man who was dissatisfied with the personal injury award he received over 15 years ago. The man alleged that his solicitors were professionally negligent and had failed to properly put his case to the Court, however Jus

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has announced the start of a public consultation process as part of a statutory review of the Defamation Act 2009.

Mark Orr QC Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has appointed Mark Orr QC as Presiding Member to the Civil Legal Services Appeal Panels.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald A legal definition of consent could be incorporated into the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill, the Irish Examiner reports.

Labour leader Brendan Howlin The Sale of Alcohol Bill has been indefinitely delayed "due to other priorities", Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

At the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow last week, President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, reflected on constitutional changes across the UK over the last twenty years, and the role of the UK Supreme Court in relation to devolution cases in particular. Read the full lecture here.

Professor Richard Susskind Professor Richard Susskind has called for a slow and modest introduction of an online court, Legal Futures reports.

The Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI) has opened a new office in Downpatrick, where it shares the same building as the Youth Justice Agency (YJA).