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Fíona Ní Chinneide Ireland is sending too many women to prison for non-violent offences, including failure to pay court-ordered fines, a UN committee has heard.

Lord Neuberger Lord Neuberger has criticised politicians for failing to defend judges following a row surrounding the Brexit legal challenge last year.

Spying legislation designed to tackle terrorism has been used hundreds of times to identify welfare and insurance fraud in Northern Ireland over the past five years, The Irish News reports. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) was used 591 times by the Department for Communities and 132

Richard Grogan Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates writes on an important case for claims by truck drivers.

The process of appointing some of the most senior judges in the UK begins officially today, as applications are invited from candidates to fill vacancies for two justices of the UK Supreme Court and the presidency of the court. Adverts will appear from today encouraging applications for vacancies cr

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has named Roisin Devlin and Hannah McGrath from the Institute of Professional Legal Studies in Belfast as winners of the Client Consultation Competition 2017.

Theresa Cahill, president of JCI Dublin Junior Chamber International (JCI) Dublin is seeking nominations for its The Outstanding Young People (TOYP) of the year awards.

A gym owner has avoided a prison sentence for beating his girlfriend and breaking her teeth after she questioned him about being out late. Kevin Loughnan (28) brought €10,000 to court as compensation for his now former partner. Judge Melanie Greally ordered that this be paid over.

A gym owner has avoided a prison sentence for beating his girlfriend and breaking her teeth after she questioned him about being out late. Kevin Loughnan (28) brought €10,000 to court as compensation for his now former partner. Judge Melanie Greally ordered that this be paid over.

Trevor Dolan LK Shields has acted for Shard Capital Partners LLP in the launch and first closing of the Suir Valley Venture Fund the first Irish focused venture capital fund in Ireland that uses a regulated fund with a fully regulated Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM).

A man who began sexually abusing the younger sister of his wife when she was six, and continued to do so until she was 18, has been unsuccessful in challenging the safety of his conviction in the Court of Appeal. The man sought to challenge, inter alia, the admissibility of evidence from several wit

A man who began sexually abusing the younger sister of his wife when she was six, and continued to do so until she was 18, has been unsuccessful in challenging the safety of his conviction in the Court of Appeal. The man sought to challenge, inter alia, the admissibility of evidence from several wit

Francis Fitzgerald The Tánaiste and Justice Minister, Francis Fitzgerald (pictured), yesterday evening welcomed the passage of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 through both Houses of the Oireachtas.

Irish Foreign affairs minister Charlie Flanagan TD is to deliver the annual Pat Finucane Memorial Lecture in Belfast on Thursday 23 February, Mark Thompson, director of the human rights group Relatives for Justice, has announced. Thompson revealed the Irish Government speaker on Sunday at a vigil at

Police in Northern Ireland are to name and shame suspects who fail to turn up to court by posting ''Wanted" posters on their Facebook page. PSNI Craigavon has even mocked up a wanted poster with one of their own follicly-challenged officers, jokingly claiming he is charged with the grievous crime of