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An Garda Síochána is at risk of missing performance targets due to resource issues, training needs and delays in required legislation, according to a new report. The Policing and Community Safety Authority (PCSA) has published its assessment of the force's policing performance througho

A pair of aspiring lawyers have been awarded the Gateley Legal Northern Ireland prize by Queen’s University Belfast’s School of Law. Students Robin Clarke and Tara McFeely split this year’s award, which is given to the student from the Masters in Law course who scored the highest o

A legally comprehensive study of Lord MacDermott, former law lord and Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, has been published for the first time. Lord MacDermott was first appointed to the bench in 1944 and retired from Northern Ireland's top judicial post in 1971, though continued to sit in vari

Taylor Wessing's Dublin office is to form part of a new transatlantic law firm called Winston Taylor under a merger deal announced yesterday. The UK-led business of Taylor Wessing, which includes the Irish office opened in 2021, is set to merge with US firm Winston & Strawn in May 2026.

Irish human rights activist Brian Dooley has been recognised with the University of Oslo's annual human rights award. Mr Dooley, a senior advisor to Washington DC-based NGO Human Rights First, was named winner in September and this month travelled to Oslo to collect the award.

Domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services are to benefit from €3.2 million in government funding. Cuan, the national agency for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV), has allocated the funds to 67 services following a targeted funding call.

Global law firm Clyde & Co has relocated its Dublin headquarters to Harcourt Centre. In a statement, the firm said the move was in response to growing demand for cyber, aviation, professional indemnity, BI/DSU and casualty services from insurer and reinsurer clients in both local and internation

Donald Trump is seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC in defamation proceedings now filed with a court in Florida.

Workers in China have been caught tricking a facial recognition system for clocking in by printing out and wearing crude masks of their colleagues. Staff members employed at a residents' committee in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou allegedly used the novel technique to skip work until they were

Media mogul Jimmy Lai's conviction for sedition and conspiracy is "a stain on a once enviable Hong Kong legal system", his lawyers have said. Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC leads the international legal team presenting Mr Lai, convicted today under the controversial National Security Law (NSL) imposed on

The use of restrictive practices in Irish mental health centres has fallen to a record low following the introduction of new human rights-based rules. A report published by the Mental Health Commission (MHC) shows that there were 2,836 episodes of restrictive practices in 2024, down by 18 per cent o

Retired barrister Edmund Carrol has been appointed as chairperson of the Forestry Appeals Committee (FAC). Mr Carrol has taken over the role from Séamus Neely and will serve until 31 October 2028.

Mid-west firm MHP Sellors Solicitors has strengthened its partnership and litigation teams with the appointment of Kate McInerney as partner and the addition of Claire Benson as solicitor. Ms McInerney, a native of Cratloe and long-time Quin resident, has progressed through a series of key litigatio

Matheson's collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) on a neurodivergent-friendly music camp has been recognised with an award. The firm won the Disability Advocacy Programme of the Year, Ireland award at the Legal Benchmarking Group Social Impact Awards 2025.

Northern Ireland's justice minister, Naomi Long, has responded harshly to criminal barristers' strike plans, branding demands for legal aid fee increases "unrealistic and unaffordable". The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) last week confirmed plans to withdraw from all Crown Court cases early next mon