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A long-awaited review of Northern Ireland's criminal legal aid system has recommended an immediate 16 per cent increase in legal aid fees. Judge Tom Burgess was appointed last year to carry out a fundamental review of the criminal legal aid system and presented his findings to the Department of Just

A number of nationwide retailers are to be brought before the courts for allegedly breaking sales pricing laws. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) announced it has launched proceedings against a number of retailers active in the electrical, cosmetics, furniture, and clothing a

President Joe Biden has granted a controversial pardon to his son Hunter, who was convicted of gun and tax offences. In two separate trials, the younger Mr Biden admitted failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019, and lying about his history of drug use in order to obtain a

Police have been led on a chase by a 12-year-old boy who travelled over 150 miles in his grandfather's car before being caught. The child took the stolen car on a 161-mile journey, starting in Issaquah in Washington, USA and travelling through the Cascade Mountains.

Jacqui Durkin has been reappointed as chief inspector of criminal justice in Northern Ireland. Ms Durkin has over 30 years' experience in the justice system, having held a number of senior leadership roles in operations and corporate services in what was then the Northern Ireland Court Service, incl

McGroddy Brennan LLP Solicitors has merged with Donal O'Kelly and Co Solicitors. The merger took effect yesterday, exactly one year after Merrion Street-based McGroddy Brennan's merger with Naas firm Paul A Ferris and Co,

Criminal justice bodies in Northern Ireland have too readily used "transformation" as a pretext for cuts which have sometimes increased pressure for other bodies, a review has found. Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland this week published a strategic overview of transformation in Northern I

The UK government's decision to withdraw a funding grant from Belfast rap trio Kneecap has been ruled unlawful.

The European Commission has closed three in-depth state aid investigations following rulings by the EU courts. The Commission no longer believes that selective advantages were granted by Luxembourg to Fiat and Amazon and by the Netherlands to Starbucks.

Proposals to improve the experience of services for victims and witnesses of crime in Northern Ireland have gone out for consultation. The Department of Justice is seeking the views of the public as it develops its Victims and Witnesses of Crime Bill.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Dying in ‘Hell’: The fate of Palestinian medics jailed by Israel

Former UK Supreme Court president Lady Hale has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, is a former judge who served as the first female president of the Supreme Court. In 2019 she announced the court’s judgement that the prorogation of Parli

Ogier partner Oisin McClenaghan has been appointed as chair of arts body aemi. Founded in 2016, aemi is a Dublin-based initiative that supports and regularly exhibits moving image works by artists and experimental filmmakers.

Colin Mitchell has taken up post as president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland.

ByrneWallace and LK Shields Solicitors are to merge in a shock move that will create one of the largest law firms in Ireland. The merged firm, to be called Byrne Wallace Shields, will create a firm with over 430 employees, including 220 solicitors.