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The Court of Appeal has overruled a decision of the High Court that stopped work on the A5 road project on the grounds, inter alia, that the decision to proceed with the project failed to comply with the obligations contained in section 52(1) of the Climate Change Act (NI) 2022.

The government delivered its budget 2027 yesterday making a promise of €14.5 million in funding for civil legal aid reform but stopped short of full implementation of the entire Civil Legal Aid Review. €5.9 billion is available for justice, home affairs and migration in Budget 2027, €

The Irish Women Lawyers Association (IWLA) gala dinner, ‘Women celebrating Women in Law’ will take place on Saturday 7 November and will include the presentation of the award for the IWLA Woman Lawyer of the Year 2026.

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Wilson Nesbitt has announced 10 promotions across its Belfast and Bangor offices. In the firm’s senior ranks, Chi Ting Yip and Bethan Ratcliffe have been promoted to senior associate, in real estate and family respectively. Ms Ting Yip’s promotion reflects the continued investment in the

A group of artists, musicians and writers have written an open letter to Northern Ireland secretary Sir Chris Bryant asking for an international mediator to be appointed to help resolve the Garvaghy Road parading dispute. The group includes local names such as the members of Kneecap, director Trevor

In light of commentary regarding high profile cases before the courts in recent weeks, the Council of the Bar of Northern Ireland has issued a statement reaffirming its commitment to the cab rank rule and the essential role performed by the independent referral Bar in delivering access to justice fo

A high school teacher was fired after offering students extra credit in return for cash donations to her personal GoFundMe account.

Belfast solicitor Darragh Mackin of Phoenix Law is to act as defence solicitor for Daniel Kinahan the Special Criminal Court in Dublin was told on Monday. A partner in the Belfast firm Mr Mackin has been involved in numerous high-profile cases in recent years acting for Belfast rap trio Kneecap in d

Trainee solicitors from Belfast firm Tughans and Dublin firm William Fry met in Dublin last week for the latest event in their joint learning programme. The programme included a session led by Rachel Hayes, partner in Technology at William Fry, and Laura Casey, senior associate in the firm's technol

Justice minister Naomi Long has decided to permanently close and dispose of Limavady Courthouse following consideration of consultation responses.  The courthouse was last used for court business in March of 2020 when it hosted the weekly Adult Magistrates Court proceedings but did not reopen a

The British Irish Chamber of Commerce launched a new Welsh chapter at an event hosted at Browne Jacobson’s Cardiff office on Tuesday 29 September. The event featured a keynote address from the First Minister of Wales, Rhun ap Iorwerth  and was followed by a short business panel discussion

A woman who works for the Department of Education has settled her sexual harassment case against her employer for £25,000.  The case was supported by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) and was settled without admission of liability. While working in an open plan office, t

The Bar of Ireland has published its pre-budget submission for 2027. Entitled ‘Addressing the Justice Capacity Gap’ it calls for increases to civil and criminal legal aid funding in addition to greater judicial recruitment and addressing the impact of pension arrangements that may a

The Public Participation Network Secretariat Network is calling on the government and local authorities to significantly increase investment in Public Participation Networks (PPNs), maintaining that Ireland's system of participatory democracy has become an essential part of local decision-making an