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Major changes are urgently needed to restore an acceptable level of access to the employment tribunals system, according to the Justice Committee in its report on recent and proposed changes to fees for court users in the civil and family courts and tribunals. The introduction of issue fees and hear

The family of an American woman killed in last year’s Paris terror attacks has sued Internet giants Google, Facebook and Twitter, claiming they give “material support” to ISIS. Nohemi Gonzalez’s family filed a lawsuit last week in San Francisco, calling on the court to find that the companie

The Court of Appeal has found that twelve months imprisonment backdated to the date of guilty plea was not an unduly lenient sentence for the offence of possession of a syringe contrary to s. 7(1) and (2) of the Non Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. The Court accepted that there were unusu

Dr Claire Hamilton, a senior law lecturer at Maynooth University The introduction of mandatory sentencing in the US was an "expensive mistake", an Irish law lecturer has told the Irish Independent.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Ireland has made "significant progress" in implementing improvements to Ireland's asylum process, including direct provision, as recommended by a working group last year.

Representatives from the Bar Council of Northern Ireland and the Bar Council of Ireland will convene in Belfast next week alongside their Scottish and English counterparts.

Michael Jackson, managing partner at Matheson Matheson this week hosted a business breakfast briefing on Brexit on behalf of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce.

Pictured (l-r): QUB Vice-Chancellor Professor Patrick Johnston and Lisa McLaughlin of Herbert Smith Freehills International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has announced it will sponsor the Student Hub at Queen's University Belfast's new School of Law as part of a five-year partnership deal.

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has celebrated being recently named as a finalist for three major awards. The firm was shortlisted in the The Right Place to Work and Managing Talent categories at The Irish News Workplace and Employment Awards.

Two teams from Arthur Cox will take part in a late-night 5k run on the runway at George Best City Airport this month. Eight members of staff at the firm's 90-strong Belfast office have signed up to the Grant Thornton Runway Run, which is organised by Athletics NI and takes place on Thursday 23 June.

Philip Nolan, head of technology law at Mason Hayes & Curran Dublin firm Mason Hayes & Curran has been named a silver sponsor of this year's CoderDojo Coolest Projects Awards.

The Court of Appeal has found that the Taxing Master erred in his methodologies when calculating the appropriate fee in a medical negligence case. The proceedings concerned a case brought by Isabelle Sheehan (suing through her mother and next friend, Catherine Sheehan), with regards to negligence on

The Bar of Ireland has announced a three-year sponsorship of the free legal advice clinics run by Community Law & Mediation.

Free legal assistance will be available to anyone making a statement to the inquiry into Mother and Baby Homes, thanks to a partnership between campaign groups and global law firm Hogan Lovells. Justice for Magdalenes Research (JFMR) and Adoption Rights Alliance (ARA) have announced a major project

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden yesterday began a tour of Northern Ireland's prisons by meeting prison officers and staff at Magilligan Prison.