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The Law Society of Northern Ireland welcomed 84 newly-admitted solicitors to the legal profession yesterday. The new solicitors joined masters, family and friends for the admission ceremony at Whitla Hall at Queen's University Belfast on Wednesday night.

The UK Supreme Court will sit in Wales for the first time in July 2019. The court will sit in the Ty Hywel building in the National Assembly in Cardiff for four days of hearings from 22-25 July 2019, whilst the Assembly is in recess.

Dr Geraldine O'Hare, director of rehabilitation at the Probation Board for Northern Ireland, writes on the success of the Enhanced Combination Order pilot. For the past four years, the Probation Board for Northern Ireland has been piloting an intensive community sentence called ‘The Enhanced C

Eversheds Sutherland hosted former Brexit secretary David Davis as the keynote speaker at its annual leaders' dinner in Dublin last night. Mr Davis was the UK's Brexit secretary from 13 July 2016 until 8 July 2018, when he resigned over differences with the Prime Minister's Brexit plan.

On 23 December 1881, 21-year-old Hannah Reynolds was sentenced at the Petty Sessions court to 28 days in Cork gaol for her work with the Ladies Land League. The men in the National Irish Land League were charged under the Coercion Acts, however the women of the Ladies Land League were not to be impr

Police have arrested a man who seemed to dip his testicles into another man's salsa in a video published online. The video was allegedly recorded by a delivery driver who was delivering food from a local Mexican restaurant to a customer in the US state of Tennessee.

The separation of powers principle does not preclude the courts from considering a case brought by a private individual against members of the Public Accounts Committee, the Supreme Court has ruled. The Court held that the PAC acted "significantly outside its terms of reference" in its treatment of

Ms Justice Tara Burns has been appointed as chair of the referendum commission for this May's divorce referendum. The appointment paves the way for the referendum to take place on 24 May 2019, the same day as local and European elections.

Ireland must "do better" for the small minority of children in care who come into contact with the criminal justice system, according to new research on the link between care and justice. The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has launched a new report titled Care and Justice, authored by Dr Nicola Car

Leading solicitors, barristers and judges enjoyed a special Dublin screening of On the Basis of Sex, a drama about the life of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, this week.

A new book offering a practical guide to EU and Irish data protection law is set to be launched this April, just ahead of the anniversary of the GDPR coming into effect. Data Protection Compliance: A Guide to GDPR and Irish Data Protection Law, by Irish lawyer Laura Keogh, is designed and written to

The Home Office risks another immigration policy scandal if it does not fix crucial problems with the EU Settlement Scheme, the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee has warned in an urgent letter. The committee has written to Home Secretary Sajid Javid raising concerns about the EU Settlement Sch

Law firms A&L Goodbody, Tracey Solicitors and Leman Solicitors have been recognised as some of Ireland's best places to work. The three firms were recognised by Great Place to Work in its Best Workplaces in Ireland 2019 rankings.

A boy of mixed race who was asked to leave a store in County Down has been paid £3,000 in settlement of his case alleging racial discrimination. The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland supported the boy, a minor, in taking his case against DSG Retail Limited, operators of Curry's PC World

Staff at Dublin firm Leman Solicitors did a "bleedin' good job" yesterday - donating blood at the Blood Donation Clinic on D’olier Street for the Irish Blood Transfusion Service.