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The Government of Ireland has said it will not oppose the Vulnerable Persons Bill introduced to Dáil Éireann yesterday by an independent TD. The proposed legislation is designed to "protect, on reasonable grounds, the financial autonomy of vulnerable persons, specifically elderly people, who lack

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald A voluntary organisation working to improve conditions for people living with or affected by HIV and AIDS has criticised Irish government plans to criminalise the sale of sex.

Arleen Elliott, president of the Law Society The Law Society of Northern Ireland has warned the general public, local businesses and its members to be extremely vigilant following a new report of a fraud perpetrated on a firm of solicitors.

Justice Minister David Ford MLA On 6 November, Law Centre (NI) and Ulster University Law School hosted a conference examining the future of access to justice.

Banks have attempted to repossess nearly 4,500 homes since the beginning of 2015 according to new figures from the Courts Service of Ireland obtained by The Irish Times. This figure is on top of the 7,100 dwellings lenders moved to repossess by January 1st this year.

Chief inspector of Criminal Justice NI, Brendan McGuigan A new prison facility could be built at Maghaberry Prison to house high risk and dangerous prisoners following a scathing inspection report published last week.

A French magazine which revealed that Prince Albert of Monaco had an illegitimate son has won an article 10 appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the basis the report struck at the prince's public function which trumped his article 8 right to privacy. On May 5 2005, Paris Match pub

Shyamji Krishna Varma An Indian barrister disbarred over 100 years ago for advocating independence for the sub-continent has been posthumously reinstated by London's Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.

Three men who sued local authorities and a minister on the basis that the value of their taxi plates was damaged when the taxi sector was deregulated in 2000 have had their claims dismissed and have been refused damages by a judge in the High Court. Alphonsus Muldoon and Vincent Malone, who sued the

Mr Justice Brian Cregan Mr Justice Brian Cregan, chair of the commission investigating the wind-up of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC), has said the investigation will take "several years" to complete.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald yesterday signed the commencement order for the Marriage Act 2015, paving the way for the first same-sex marriages to be conducted in Ireland from Monday.

Sara Moorhead SC, programme co-ordinator for The Bar of Ireland Schools participating in an equal opportunities programme have been invited to nominate students for a The Bar of Ireland programme in order to help disadvantaged students pursue a career in law.

Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman Spaces are still available for a free lecture to be delivered by Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman on developments in the law on the admissibility of evidence tonight.

Patricia Carty, social security legal adviser at Law Centre (NI) Law Centre (NI) has successfully represented a former civil servant who had appealed a decision to reduce her Incapacity Benefit because Northern Ireland’s Social Security Agency had said her civil service injury award was equivalent

Michael Lowry Former Irish communications minister Michael Lowry is challenging the Moriarty Tribunal's decision to award him only one-third of his legal costs over the course of the inquiry's 14-year period by means of judicial review, the Irish Independent reports.