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Solicitor Fiona Hunter has been appointed to the position of legal and investigations officer for the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children & Young People (NICCY). The role supports the Commissioner to fulfil her statutory function of keeping under review law, practice and services which re

Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley has been accused of a "direct attack on the rule of law" after telling MPs that killings by military and police during the Troubles "were not crimes". Solicitor Darragh Mackin of Belfast firm Phoenix Law told Irish Legal News that the comments were "morally a

Irish judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers have been urged to consider using restorative justice following the launch of a new cross-European project aimed at promoting its benefits.

Barrister Laura L. Keogh, author of Data Protection Compliance: A Guide to GDPR and Irish Data Protection Law, writes for Irish Legal News on the Public Services Card (PSC) - which contains an individual's name, signature, PPS number, card number and facial image - and its compatibility with the EU

The volume of M&A deals in Ireland reached a five-year high, despite a backdrop of increased geo-political instability and macro-economic issues, according to William Fry. The law firm today published its published the eighth edition of its annual M&A review, finding that there were 162 deal

Assurances given to "on-the-run" republican paramilitaries by the UK Government may have been used to gather evidence against them, giving rise to questions of exceptional public importance that require consideration by Ireland’s superior courts, a High Court judge said. John Downey, 67, was a

Students from Queen's University Belfast were welcomed to the UK Supreme Court this week for the court's fourth moot of the year.

Lord Reed has described some constitutional principles that have emerged from the case law on devolution. In a speech on devolution and the role of the courts delivered at Dover House in London, the Deputy President of the UK Supreme Court looked at the cases of Robinson v Secretary of State for Nor

A Northern Ireland human rights lawyer has admitted spitting in the face of a cabin crew member following a racist rant after she was refused alcohol on a flight from India to London. Simone Burns, 50, known as Simone O'Broin, was at first served three bottles of wine, at which she declared: “

Women’s rights are increasingly more likely to be incorporated into peace processes, research carried out at Edinburgh University shows. Researchers from the Political Settlement Research Project (PSRP) developed an online tool that charts the progress of peace agreements since the end of the

A county court in Alabama has recognised foetuses as having legal rights, in what is reportedly the first case of its kind in the US. A decision of the Madison County Probate Court recognised that an aborted foetus had personhood, allowing its father to sue the abortion clinic and others involved in

A judge who told jurors to acquit a human trafficking suspect because God had told him she was innocent has been disciplined. Judge Jack Robison, a district court judge in Texas, made the remarks during the trial of a woman charged with continuous sex trafficking and the sale or purchase of a child,

Denis O’Brien has lost his appeal to the Supreme Court over a decision of the Committee on Procedures and Privileges (CPP) which was in relation to statements made in the Dáil. Finding that granting relief in the circumstances would amount to a collateral challenge to the statements, Mr

A judge of the High Court has challenged the Director of Public Prosecutions to take steps to address the "last minute" disclosure of records for upcoming rape and murder trials. Speaking in the Central Criminal Court during management of the trial list on Monday, Mr Justice Paul McDermott criticise

Dublin firm Leman Solicitors has appointed David Heatley as a solicitor in the firm's litigation and dispute resolution team. Mr Heatley is dual-qualified to practice north and south of the border, having studied at Queen's University Belfast and the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) an