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Human rights lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC has joined the Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford as a visiting fellow. Ms Gallagher will be a visiting fellow from April to June 2025, during which time she will focus on the pressing issue of impunity for journalists’ deaths, and on cre

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has welcomed the justice minister and the head of Ulster University School of Law to the first event held by its recently-launched Women's Network. The "Overcoming Challenges Throughout a Career into Female Leadership" event at Law Society House drew legal profess

An advocacy group for families with loved ones in nursing homes has accused the government of failing to meet its human rights obligations with its investigation into the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on nursing homes. Professor Anne Scott was appointed by the government in November 2024 to carry

Legislative plans for the "most significant reform of Irish asylum laws in the history of the State" have been set out by the minister for justice. Jim O'Callaghan yesterday secured government approval to publish the general scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025, which will ultimately rep

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has appointed former Green Party TD and junior minister Joe O’Brien as its new executive director. Mr O'Brien brings a wealth of political and community sector experience to the role, including over 20 years working in policy, advocacy, frontli

Dame Brenda King has been reappointed as attorney general for Northern Ireland for a further five years. Having been first appointed in 2020, her term of appointment will now expire on 30 June 2030.

Commercial and insurance law specialist firm HF has appointed Pat Flynn as a strategic adviser in Irish markets. Mr Flynn, who founded business law firm Flynn O'Driscoll in 2002 and maintains a consultancy practice, will assist HF Ireland as it seeks to grow through M&A activity as well as via o

Matheson LLP has appointed Julie Murray as its new head of knowledge management. It marks Ms Murray's return to Matheson, where she began her legal career as an associate in corporate M&A, before moving to London to further her career with another international law firm.

A famous ad campaign which discouraged viewers from pirating films on the basis they "wouldn't steal a car" may have used a stolen font. Bluesky users investigating which font was used in the ads, which were ubiquitous in the early 2000s, unearthed evidence that it was an "illegal clone" of a copyri

A transgender former judge has said she will take the UK to the European Court of Human Rights following the UK Supreme Court's ruling that "sex" in the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex. Victoria McCloud resigned as Master of the High Court in England and Wales in 2024 after saying

The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland has identified failings in the RUC investigation into the Kingsmill massacre, one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles. A new report from Marie Anderson says that the investigative resources allocated to investigate the 1976 murder of 10 Protestant men we

The Supreme Court yesterday sat in Letterkenny, Co Donegal in its first-ever sitting in the north-west of Ireland.

Plans to reform the in camera rule in family law proceedings and establish a new private family law reporting project have been set out by the minister for justice. Jim O'Callaghan yesterday hosted his first meeting of the Family Justice Development Forum, where the findings of a major research stud

Northern Ireland's employment legislation is set for its most significant update in 25 years. Economy minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald yesterday set out proposals to introduce a new Employment Bill supported by secondary legislation, statutory codes of practice and guidance.

Legislation governing the use of facial recognition technology by gardaí and implementing new EU migration and asylum rules are among the bills included in the government's summer legislation programme for 2025. The programme, published today following its approval by ministers, includes 23 b