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Emergency legislation to provide for the activation of suspended sentences is likely to be presented within two weeks after the relevant sections of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 were struck down. The High Court last month found that the provisions are unconstitutional because they allow for signifi

Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The final report of the O'Higgins commission, presented to Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald last month, has been published.

Over 120 legal professionals and academics discussed a prospective British exit from the European Union (EU) at an event hosted by the Law Society of Northern Ireland.

Ombudsman Peter Tyndall The Ombudsman and Information Commissioner has welcomed a recommendation that he be given the powers to investigate complaints from prisoners.

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints against a ruling which found he had no power to recommend a consolatory payment or to lay a special report before MLAs in the case of a GP following a finding of maladministration. Judges Lor

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints against a ruling which found he had no power to recommend a consolatory payment or to lay a special report before MLAs in the case of a GP following a finding of maladministration. Judges Lor

Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called on the Government to publish the "full blueprint" for the "Citizen's Assembly" on the repeal of the 8th Amendment of the Constitution.

Lord Sumption Iraqi civilians who said they suffered at the hands of the British armed forces have failed in their tortious claim against the Ministry of Defence as a consequence of foreign time-bar rules.

Law Centre (NI) resolved a delay in setting up direct payments for a man with complex physical needs to receive care from his son.

Pictured (l-r): Sharon Gorman of NI Hospice and David Kernaghan of Reavey & Co Solicitors Reavey & Co Solicitors in Carrickfergus have raised almost £2,500 for NI Hospice by participating in the Make A Will campaign.

Heiko Maas Germany is to annul the convictions of men who fell foul of a law criminalising homosexuality that was applied strictly after the War.

The High Court has quashed a decision of the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána which upheld an original decision to transfer a woman to another Garda Station, on the grounds that the decision was contrary to fair procedures and in breach of natural and constitutional justice for failure to give re

The Court of Appeal has overturned the High Court's ruling that a breathalyser test result is not valid unless the statement is issued by the breathalysing machine in both the English and Irish languages. The Evidenzer machines in Garda stations were typically only used to issue statements in Englis

Judge Michael Reilly, Inspector of Prisons Judge Michael Reilly, Inspector of Prisons, has recommended that prisoner complaints be brought under the remit of the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner, The Irish Times reports.

Seventeen groups which penned a report on the human rights situation in Ireland watched live as government figures were questioned on human rights at a UN hearing in Geneva today. Legal rights group FLAC, part of the Your Rights Right Now coalition, submitted an independent civil society report on t