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A review of the 2007 protocol which governs the work of community-based restorative justice (CBRJ) organisations in Northern Ireland has been announced by justice minister Naomi Long. The three-month review will be taken forward by an independent three-person panel consisting of Professor Tim Chapma

The Northern Ireland Young Solicitors Association (NIYSA) has donated £2,000 towards a grassroots humanitarian emergency appeal organised by Belfast-based solicitor Joanna Tobolska-Walczuk. Ms Tobolska-Walczuk and her sister are organising an emergency collection of the most needed items for t

Criminal barristers in Dublin briefly stopped work yesterday morning in protest of the low fees paid to defence lawyers in the District Court.

Juries will be scrapped in defamation cases as part of wide-ranging reforms announced by ministers yesterday. The government's long-awaited review of the Defamation Act 2009 was published yesterday, running to more than 300 pages and making a number of recommendations largely aimed at reducing "disp

A hotel discriminated against a homeless family by refusing to honour a booking unless provided with a credit card, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ruled. Legal rights group FLAC has welcomed the WRC's decisions in four linked discrimination complaints taken by a family against Charlevi

Dublin solicitor Lisa McKenna has been elected as a council member of Dublin Chamber. Ms McKenna, principal solicitor of McKenna & Co Solicitors, was nominated by Joanne Hession of LiFT Ireland and Catherine Moroney, head of business banking in AIB.

Global legal business DWF has announced 27 new appointments in Belfast, ranging from trainee to director level.

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session in Edinburgh has granted permission for alleged sex abuse victims to launch a group proceedings case against Celtic FC. Lord Arthurson yesterday gave permission for 22 former Celtic Boys Club players to make a compensation claim, our sister publicat

Police have recorded a sharp increase in complaints about noisy sex in New York City. There were 277 complaints about noisy sex between 19 February 2021 and 9 February 2022, according to analysis by Patch.

Young Plato, a documentary set in the Ardoyne district of Belfast, has won the ICCL Human Rights on Film Award 2022 at the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival.

Banbridge solicitor Paul Downey will face trial on charges of fraud and false accounting following a number of adjournments due to ill health, a judge has ruled. The alleged offences, which include nine counts of fraud by abuse of position, four of false accounting and a single count of theft, are s

The hourly tolling of two church bells has enraged a woman who is suing her council to have the practice stopped. Retired secretary Martine Wephre lives five metres from St Didier church in Aujeurres, north of Dijon in France. She said the tolling of the bells has driven her mad.

Law students at University College Cork (UCC) triumphed on their home turf at the Intervarsity Law Summit 2022, taking gold in both the mock trial and moot competitions. Fabia Shaw and Harry Emerson emerged as winners in the Intervarsity Mock Trial final, held on Friday afternoon in the weekend summ

The International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan is to proceed with an investigation into the invasion of Ukraine. He said in a statement that there was "a reasonable basis to proceed with opening an investigation".

Belfast-based McCartan Turkington Breen Solicitors (MTB) has announced a new charity partnership with Action Mental Health (AMH). AMH, Northern Ireland's leading mental health charity, changes the lives of people living with mental health issues and promotes resilience and wellbeing to all sections