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Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has extended a "sincere apology" to people who were affected by the criminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland prior to 1993.

Brendan McGuigan The Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre (JJC) in Bangor has been described as the "jewel in the crown" of Northern Ireland's criminal justice system by inspectors.

Retired civil servant Tim Dalton has been appointed as Ireland's commissioner to the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains (ICLVR). Mr Dalton was secretary-general of the Department of Justice from 1993 and 2004, during which time he carried out background work on the peace proc

Recreational use of marijuana has been legalised in Canada. The Canadian Parliament in Ottawa passed the Cannabis Act yesterday, with the Senate voting 59-20 in favour.

A teenager has been sent to jail after she named two girls on Facebook who had been sexually abused by her brother. Sophie Turner, 19, posted the victims' names on the Liverpool Echo's page after her brother, Jamie Turner, 26 and his friend, Myles Bell, 23 were found guilty of child sexual offences

The Child and Family Agency has successfully appealed orders of the High Court which were made in regards to ongoing child abuse proceedings. The High Court had granted orders requiring the CFA to allow the respondent in the investigation to cross-examine the complainant in circumstances where the i

Chris Owens MKB Law has announced the appointment of Chris Owens as a solicitor in family law.

Aoife Sexton Privacy and technology lawyer Aoife Sexton has joined data analytics and anonymisation firm Trūata as its chief privacy officer.

The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunal Service (NICTS) has announced the closure of Derry Courthouse for most of July and August. The building will close on 9 July and reopen at the beginning of September, with cases due to be heard in Derry to be heard in Omagh or Coleraine instead, a spokesperso

A European Union committee will vote tomorrow on controversial copyright proposals ahead of a vote in the Parliament next month. The Committee on Legal Affairs will vote on the report on copyright in the digital single market, which details legislation intended to protect rights holders.

The European Court of Human Rights elected Vincent A. De Gaetano (Malta) as a new section president this week. He has been elected for a two-year term and will take up his duties on 1 September 2018.

Beverley Sunderland Only a third of businesses in the legal sector are open to the idea of hiring transgender staff, according to a new report from an English law firm.

Mary Kitson A woman who lodged a tribunal case alleging sex discrimination related to her pregnancy has been paid £25,000 in a settlement by her employers.

Less than two per cent of Irish prisoners cast their vote in the referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment, The Irish Times reports. Just 58 of 3,987 people in Irish prisons on 25 May 2018 cast their vote, a turnout of just 1.5 per cent (though this includes non-eligible foreign nationals).

A 27-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to assaulting a man with head injuries in an unprovoked attack, has had her sentence reduced in the Court of Appeal. The woman appealed against the severity of her sentence of 12 years with the final 3 years suspended, submitting that her early guilty plea shou