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Children's charity Barnardos has raised concerns about proposed family court reforms which senior lawyers warn could lead to a "two-tier" family justice system. The Bar of Ireland and the Family Lawyers' Association (FLA) strongly oppose plans to move most judicial separations, divorce and co-habita

Major updates have been rolled out to the Achtanna.ie website, which provides access to the official Irish language versions of Acts of the Oireachtas enacted since 1922. The updated website was developed in conjunction with Rannóg an Aistriúcháin, the Irish language translation

Northern Ireland lawyers Jude Copeland and William Wilson have become 'champions' of legal wellbeing charity LawCare. Champions support LawCare's vision of a legal sector that values good mental health and where people thrive, by committing to work with the charity to raise awareness and generate op

A passenger on a short-haul flight has been fined for urinating in a cup while waiting to be allowed to disembark. The 53-year-old man was reported by other passengers after they heard an incriminating noise while the plane was on the ground at Sydney Airport.

Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne is to become the chairperson of the Courts Service board. The function of the Courts Service board is to consider and determine policy in relation to the Service, and oversee the implementation of that policy by its chief executive officer.

Further legal action could be brought by victims and survivors of the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre following a decision not to prosecute any former British soldiers for perjury in relation to evidence they gave to successive inquiries, a lawyer has warned. Only one former British soldier, known as &l

A key Stormont committee was denied the opportunity to meaningfully review new EU legislation because the UK government took too long to notify MLAs about it, it has emerged. Members of the Windsor Framework democratic scrutiny committee were told they had missed their chance to hold an inquiry into

A sex offender has been banned from using generative AI tools in what is believed to be the first restriction of its kind in England and Wales. Anthony Dover, 48, has been ordered not to "use, visit or access... AI creating tools", including the image generation software Stable Diffusion, as part of

The 48 victims of the 1981 Stardust nightclub fire were unlawfully killed, an inquest has concluded. The 12-person jury handed down their verdict yesterday afternoon, ruling that the fire began as the result of an electrical fault.

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice is consulting on fees for the recovery, storage and disposal of vehicles. The eight-week consultation seeks views on a possible 28 per cent uplift on the level of fees where a vehicle is removed due to being driven uninsured; being driven without due care and

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP won three national awards at the 2024 Managing IP EMEA Awards. Shortlisted in five out of six available categories, the team was named Ireland Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year, Ireland Copyright Firm of the Year and Ireland IP Transactions & Advisory Firm of th

The disAbility Legal Network (DLN) is hosting a webinar on visual impairments in employment and the legal sector in collaboration with Eversheds Sutherland. The free event, taking place next Thursday 25 April, 2pm-3pm, will hear from two employment integration officers in Vision Ireland, Martina Mel

McCann FitzGerald LLP has signed Ireland's Women in Finance Charter, an industry-led and government-backed initiative aimed at increasing participation of women at all levels of business in financial services in Ireland. Signatories are required to commit their organisations to improving the number

Landmark reforms are being brought forward to the system by which deaths and births are registered. The Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2024 will allow families to register the birth or death of a loved one online for the first time, and will also allow an interim death certificate

An alcohol charity has lost a UK trade mark battle over the term "Dry January". Alcohol Change UK (ACUK), previously known as Alcohol Research UK, registered the trade mark in 2014 but decided in 2022 to extend it into areas including drinks marketing.