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Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Seven judges have been appointed to a second Special Criminal Court in a bid to clear a backlog of terrorism and organised crime cases in Ireland.

Maurice Morrow MLA The Law Society of Northern Ireland has hit back at an MLA who complained about a "bottomless pit" of legal aid funding being made available to convicted criminals.

Emily Logan The chief commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has been recognised as a distinguished member of Irish society with an honorary doctorate from Maynooth University.

Pictured (l-r): John White, managing partner; Maree Gallagher, senior counsel; Imelda Reynolds, chairperson Maree Gallagher has joined Beauchamps Solicitors as senior counsel, marking the firm's fifth senior hire this year.

A former solicitor has admitted theft, fraud and forgery offences worth a total loss of more than €300,000. Mark Cronin, formerly of Cronin Mungovan Solicitors in Macroom, pleaded guilty to a long string of offences dating from between July 2009–December 2013.

Rossa McMahon yesterday delivered a guest seminar to postgraduates at University College Cork (UCC)'s IT Law Clinic who are giving legal guidance to Irish IT start-ups.

DUP MLA Alastair Ross An online dispute resolution system, which is currently being used to settle legal cases in Holland and British Columbia in Canada, could be introduced in Northern Ireland.

Simon Harris Small law firms are set to benefit from a new system of public tendering for legal services in Ireland, the minister of state for finance has said.

Emma Pengelly MLA A qualified barrister and former law lecturer who was co-opted as an MLA a mere month ago has been elevated to the rank of junior minister.

Niamh O'Donnabhain BL The supermarket which sold contaminated yoghurt that led to two children falling sick can be named, Judge Patrick Durcan at Ennis District Court has ruled.

Photo credit: Suzanne Mischyshyn (CC BY-SA 2.0) Legal proceedings against the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) are to be lodged at the High Court in Belfast by the family of a man killed by the UVF in Dublin.

Maeve O'Rourke Human rights lawyer Maeve O'Rourke has joined the list of speakers at the TEDxUCD 2015 conference in December.

Peter Alderson The total earnings of barristers have risen to £1.5 billion in the last year, up five per cent on the year before, and 11 per cent on two years ago according to LDF, an independent financial advice provider.

Douglas Bain The Northern Ireland Assembly's standards commissioner has firmly denied accusations that he relied on Wikipedia while conducting an inquiry into an MLA's conduct.

The legal safeguards governing covert surveillance of an Irish man's consultations with his lawyer were insufficient at the time of his custody the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. The applicant in the case of R.E. v. the United Kingdom was arrested and detained in Northern Ireland