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Alastair Ross MLA Draft new rules for the remuneration of criminal barristers and solicitors in the Crown Court were outlined by the Department of Justice yesterday.

Caoimhe Haughey Lawyers for a woman who was at the centre of a high-profile abortion controversy last year have requested a copy of the Health Service Executive (HSE)'s draft legal review into the case.

Darragh Mackin The families of victims represented by KRW Law have called on the Secretary of State to free up resources for the dedicated legacy inquest unit proposed by the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.

Gerry McAlinden QC, chairman of the Bar Council of Northern Ireland The Northern Ireland Assembly yesterday gave its final approval to legislation designed to improve how complaints against lawyers are handled and overseen.

Dr Carol Coulter Dr Carol Coulter, director of the Child Care Law Reporting Project (CCLRP), has been appointed as an honorary Adjunct Professor in the School of Law at NUI Galway.

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan The Green Party has lost its legal challenge against public broadcaster RTÉ over its exclusion from a televised general election debate.

Lord Kerr, the former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, recently welcomed Mr Justice Deeny and Mr Justice Horner to the UK Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court has upheld a decision of the High Court, in which it found that a trial could proceed on proof of due notice to the person accused of the offence, but that if a judge was considering a substantial prison term as punishment on conviction that a bench warrant should be issued to comp

Inquests into 56 legacy cases relating to the Troubles could begin in September and be completed within five years, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland has said. The two-week review of cases relating to the killing of 97 people during the Troubles has found that all can proceed to inquest.

Pictured (l-r): Michael Humphreys QC, chairman of the Commercial Bar Association; Brett Lockhart QC; Jonathan Forrester, director at Cleaver Fulton Rankin; and Laura Gillespie, partner at Pinsent Masons Leading figures from Northern Ireland's commercial litigation sector have said a forthcoming comm

Nuala Butler SC The High Court in Dublin is expected to deliver a judgment today on the Green Party's legal challenge to its exclusion from the RTÉ leaders' debate.

Caoilfhionn Ní Chuanacháin Dublin law firm Eugene F. Collins has announced the appointment of Caoilfhionn Ní Chuanacháin as a partner in its dispute resolution department.

Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan Ireland will co-chair a United Nations summit of world leaders on the topic of refugees and migration this September, The Irish Times reports.

A judgment is expected from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) this week in the case of a former Northern Ireland prisoner's challenge to the lawfulness of his detention, the Irish Examiner reports. Christopher Doherty, 55, has complained that his human rights were breached due to the time t

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford has welcomed the appointment of Simon Pountain as the new independent reviewer of criminal record disclosures.