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PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton has announced plans to retire this summer, turning down an offer for a three-year extension to his contract. Mr Hamilton, who was appointed to the top policing post in June 2014, will now leave the role at the end of June 2019.

A man whose murder trial collapsed due to the content of an RTÉ Prime Time programme has had a new trial date set for November this year. Keith Brady, 31, went on trial last year charged with the murder of Martin 'Matt' Kivlehan between 2-3 August 2015 at Mr Kivlehan's home in Sligo.

The High Court in Belfast will this week hear a landmark legal challenge aimed at finding Northern Ireland's abortion law in breach of the UK's human rights commitments. The case is being taken by Sarah Ewart, a woman who travelled to England for an abortion after a fatal foetal abnormality diagnosi

Four men from Derry who fled south of the border after they were allegedly wrongfully accused of murder have been awarded a five-figure sum in compensation from the Chief Constable of the PSNI. Stephen Crumlish, Gerry McGowan, Gerard Kelly and Michael Toner - known as the "Derry Four" - launched civ

Private companies which provide public services should be brought under the remit of Freedom of Information legislation, the UK's Information Commissioner has said. In a new report called Outsourcing Oversight?: The case for reforming access to information law, Information Commissioner Elizabeth Den

The English lawyer representing a man convicted in absentia of manslaughter following a speedboat crash which killed a young woman has received a death thread from neo-Nazis. Richard Egan, senior partner at Tuckers in London, received a letter which referred to the 2016 murder of MP Jo Cox, claimed

A man who was ordered by a court to undergo a DNA test in a contested paternity case did not suffer a violation of his right to privacy, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. In today's Chamber judgment in the case of Mifsud v Malta, the Court held, unanimously, that there had been n

Human rights groups have called for the release of Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for "subverting state power". Mr Quanzhang was the last lawyer awaiting a verdict in connection with a 2015 crackdown which targeted nearly 250 human rights la

The Russian government has unveiled plans to allow officials to escape prosecution for bribery or other acts of corruption in "exceptional circumstances". Anti-corruption groups have derided the announced move from a country frequently ranked as one of the most corrupt in the world.

An egg company in Galway has been granted an injunction restraining its former supplier from trading under a similar name, after the Court of Appeal found that the actions of its competitor constituted the tort of passing off. Overturning the High Court’s dismissal of the claim, Ms Justice Car

Construction consultancy firm Quigg Golden has relaunched as a specialist law firm in order to reflect "the changing needs of players within the industry".

Dublin-based Mason Hayes & Curran has reported an eight per cent rise in revenue last year to total €82 million. The firm welcomed "solid and sustainable growth" in a year in which it also appointed 12 new partners, bringing its total partner count to 87.

International law firm Maples and Calder has rebranded as Maples Group with effect from today. The law firm and MaplesFS, which comprises Maples Fiduciary and Maples Fund Services, have consolidated their offerings under a single brand.

Lawyers Adrian Carroll, Eliona Gjecaj and Kieran Murphy have been appointed to serve on a new committee scrutinising Ireland's record on the rights of disabled people. The Disability Advisory Committee, made up of 11 members, is the first-ever statutory advisory committee in Ireland to support monit

An obituary of barrister Garrett Cooney SC, who passed away earlier this month, has been published by The Irish Times. Mr Cooney, originally from Co Longford, called to the Bar in 1960 and called to the Inner Bar in 1977.