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Irish and Northern Ireland solicitors made up 10 per cent of calls to a helpline for legal practitioners last year. LawCare received 907 calls from 496 lawyers and legal professionals from across Ireland and the UK last year, a slight increase on the 473 who called the helpline in 2014.

Alastair Ross, chair of the Northern Ireland Assembly's justice committee Northern Ireland prisoners made 8,848 complaints about prison conditions to the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) over the past 11 months, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court will today resume jury selection for the trial of four prominent bank officials after running out of potential jurors on Friday. An enlarged 15-member jury will hear the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank (AIB) executive William McAteer as well as three other bank chiefs

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin Government minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has opened up the prospect of introducing new offences related to social media abuse, the Irish Examiner reports.

Alain Spilliaert, the family's lawyer The lawyer acting for the family of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier, who was killed in Ireland in 1996, has welcomed the appointment of a new judge to an inquiry into her death.

John Cronin, event moderator and McCann Fitzgerald partner A leading Irish law firm will host a seminar in London tomorrow on the UK's upcoming referendum on the European Union.

This year's first quarterly meeting of the Northern Ireland Business and Human Rights Forum will take place on Friday 29 January. It will include three presentations from Chris Stewart, head of policy at DETI; Stephen Hillis of Ingeus; and Grace Peacock from the Federation of Small Business.

Catherine McKinnell Catherine McKinnell has quit as Shadow Attorney General in the UK Labour Party's shadow cabinet over concerns about the direction of the party under leader Jeremy Corbyn.

The High Court of Justice in the Northern Ireland Chancery Division has found that the Charity Tribunal incorrectly ruled that individual charity trustees did not have standing to seek review of decisions by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. The background to the case concerned a decision

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Radical new legislation will empower the Legal Aid Board (LAB) to raid the bank accounts of legal aid recipients who are expected to repay some or all of their costs, the Irish Independent reports.

Ireland's former attorney general Patrick Connolly, who was embroiled in the scandal surrounding the arrest of murderer Malcolm MacArthur, has passed away at his home in Dalkey. The formidable barrister served as attorney general between March-August 1982, resigning after Mr MacArthur was arrested o

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has announced the first phase of a new pilot mentoring system for young people coming to the attention of An Garda Síochána.

A senior official with the Department of Justice has set out how budget changes will affect the provision of policing and legal aid in Northern Ireland. Glyn Capper, the Department's deputy director of finance, said the PSNI budget will be reduced by 2 per cent in the next financial year, representi

William Fry is advising King Digital Entertainment on its acquisition by Activision Blizzard for $5.9 billion, which the firm says is one of the largest deals in the history of the interactive entertainment industry. The deal is being implemented by means of a scheme of arrangement under Irish law.

A trial date has been set in a case where the National Crime Agency (NCA) is bidding to deprive a woman of pension benefits inherited from her first husband after she was convicted of his murder. Hazel Stewart was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in prison at Coleraine Crown Court in 2011 after he