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Emily Logan The Court of Appeal has ruled that section 15(3) of the Mental Health Act 2001 is unconstitutional, but has suspended its formal declaration of unconstitutionality for a period of six months.

Mr Justice Michael Peart The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision allowing the State deport a man allegedly involved with Islamic terrorists to Jordan in 2016.

Órfhlaith Begley Carrickmore solicitor Órfhlaith Begley has been elected the new Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone in yesterday's by-election.

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has apparently survived a rebrand that saw the Scotland Office and Wales Office renamed. The UK government departments for Scotland and Wales will now be known as the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.

Students from Queen's University Belfast bested Ulster University opponents at a moot held before UK Supreme Court justices.

Mairead Enright The Irish Women Lawyers Association (IWLA) has organised an information seminar in advance of the referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment.

A couple who fraudulently claimed over £140,000 in benefits since 1990 have lost their appeal to the UK Supreme Court, which delivered its judgment sitting in Belfast. It was submitted on behalf of the appellants that confiscation orders made pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 did not apply

Pictured (l-r): David Stanton, Charlie Flanagan and Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan paid tribute to his predecessor, Frances Fitzgerald, as the Domestic Violence Bill 2017 completed its journey through both houses of the Oireachtas.

Sabine Walsh The Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII) has welcomed the approval of a mediated settlement involving a Sligo schoolboy with cerebral palsy who sued the HSE over the circumstances of his birth.

Business Minister Heather Humphreys Only one asylum seeker has applied for an employment permit since the absolute ban on employing asylum seekers was struck down by the Supreme Court in February.

Joshua Rozenberg Legal commentator and journalist Joshua Rozenberg tackled the relationship between judges, media and politicians at the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission's annual human rights lecture.

Three young people have been sentenced to five years in prison for their roles in an 11-hour long “rampage” at a detention centre during which a roof was set on fire and missiles were thrown at staff, gardaí and fire officers. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that €3 million worth of damag

Freda Grealy The Law Society of Ireland is expecting as many as 2,500 people to sign up for its Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on sports law.

Feilim O'Caoimh McDowell Purcell recently advised on the acquisition of Scallans Food Service Limited by established food distributor Dublin Food Sales.

Pictured (l-r): Andrea Coscelli, Micaela Diver, and Alan Hunter, chief executive of the Law Society of Northern Ireland The Law Society of Northern Ireland yesterday hosted a seminar considering competition law now and after Brexit.