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Coroners in Northern Ireland will be able to investigate some deaths abroad under proposed new legislation. Naomi Long, the justice minister, yesterday published her plans for coronial investigations into deaths abroad, which seek to put families at the centre of the process.

Legal and tax advisory firm Orbitus has launched a new HR advisory division led by Jennifer O'Brien. In her new role as head of HR, Ms O’Brien will provide companies and employers nationwide with specialist HR services and support.

Belfast firm O'Reilly Stewart has welcomed Dominic McCasland and Shay Maguire as its first-ever degree apprentices. A degree apprenticeship is a work-based training programme which provides an alternative route to getting a university degree, where apprentices complete their course alongside paid pe

Northern Ireland commercial law firm Tughans has announced a charity partnership with Sands, the UK's leading pregnancy and baby loss charity. Sands provides vital support to anyone affected by pregnancy loss or the death of a baby, whilst also funding pioneering research to save babies’

Solicitor Deirdre-Ann Barr has been reappointed as chairperson of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS). Ms Barr was previously a corporate partner at Matheson and later served as the firm's head of risk and then as its general counsel.

A prisoner accused of threatening to shoot an officer after being served a jacket potato for lunch has gone on trial. Nicholas Brock, 57, a far-right sympathiser from Berkshire, England is currently serving a sentence for possessing terrorist materials. He is alleged to have threatened to kill a pri

Belfast law firm Edwards Solicitors has said it is extremely disappointed and frustrated over the failure to make an offer of compensation to thousands of officers and staff involved in the PSNI data breach. In a review hearing yesterday, the High Court was told that despite a business case for a un

Via the Courts Service: "Welcome to the 36 new judicial assistants who have joined us this month.

Ireland should have a compensation scheme for miners who suffered illness due to poor working conditions and work systems, according to Moloney & Co. Solicitors. The injuries workers suffered included, coal workers pneumoconiosis, chronic bronchitis, chronic pulmonary disease, silicosis, industr

Beauchamps LLP has announced the appointment of Peter Curran and Darragh Blake as senior partners. Mr Curran was head of the all-island projects and procurement group at Eversheds Sutherland. A commercial lawyer with over 25 years’ experience, he has advised on some of the most significant pro

A Belfast student has settled her disability discrimination case against Translink for £7,500 after Glider drivers repeatedly failed to accommodate her needs. Rosie Pidgeon, who uses an electric wheelchair, regularly travels on the Glider to and from her college course at Millfield campus in B

Applications for Irish passports from the UK have exceeded 20,000 per month since January, with figures indicating demand could set a new annual record. Data from the Department of Foreign Affairs shows that almost 82,000 applications have been lodged from Britain this year, alongside 87,500 from No

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened war crimes proceedings against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony in its first-ever confirmation of charges hearing held without the accused present. The move represents a historic step for the court and a potential test case for future prosecutions of

Residents of a Bavarian apartment block who called police over persistent late-night doorbell ringing were astonished to learn the cause was not pranksters – but rather a slug. The creature had been sliding across the metal bell plate, repeatedly setting off the buzzer and disturbing residents

The Council of Europe has released a new guide aimed at limiting the use of criminal law to restrict freedom of expression, warning against the growing trend of its disproportionate application.  The guide offers a detailed overview of the European Court of Human Rights’ case law, underli