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The former Advocate General for Northern Ireland has warned that Brexit risks undermining the rule of law in Northern Ireland if the UK government doesn't change course. Dominic Grieve, Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland from May 2010 to July 2014, made

A not-for-profit scheme aimed at helping older homeowners rent out part of their house has thanked the Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) and Arthur Cox for providing pro bono legal assistance. The Abhaile Project aims to help older homeowners modify their family-sized homes to create a new rental

Draft legislation to reform the guardian ad litem service is currently "being finalised" by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The Government's Child Care (Amendment) Bill will set out the role and function of a guardian ad litem in child care proceedings, as well as the minimum qualifica

A bid by the UK government to appeal to the UK Supreme Court over the Article 50 referral has been rejected by judges in Edinburgh. Lawyers for the government argued that the Court of Session had erred in allowing the case to be referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union after it rejecte

Lawyers for two Northern Ireland journalists arrested following the release of their documentary No Stone Unturned have questioned the legal basis of the arrest after it emerged the Police Ombudsman had not made a complaint of theft against them. Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney were arrested in Au

A woman has settled with An tArd Chláraitheoir, the Registrar General, after suing over its refusal to record her child's father's surname on the boy's birth certificate without the father's consent. The woman, an African asylum seeker who has been in Ireland since 2014, wanted the child to l

Belfast firm Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors have raised over £13,000 for cancer charities in memory of the firm's late partner, Gerry Daly.

Human rights group Amnesty International has highlighted 20 important cases involving the Human Rights Act 1998 to mark 20 years since it received royal assent. Kate Allen, Amnesty's UK director, called the Act "the unsung hero of UK life" and hit out at threats from politicians to remove or re

Dublin solicitor Wendy Lyon examines the new book by sex workers and activists Juno Mac and Molly Smith ahead of its Irish launch events in Cork tonight and Dublin tomorrow. From its striking cover – designed to resemble the outside of a Soho sex shop – and provocatively punny title, one

The secret ballot was introduced in Britain and Ireland in July 1972 by the Ballot Act of 1872, with the aim of mitigating the effects of bribery, intimidation, and coercion in elections. Section 2 of the Act outlined the new procedure for voting, which provided for voters to "secretly" mark their v

A courthouse was forced to cancel proceedings after it turned out to be infested with bed bugs for a second time in three weeks. Lawyers, jurors and court officials were asked to leave to allow exterminators to return to the building.

A doctor who worked as a senior house officer (SHO) in obstetrics and gynaecology at University Maternity Hospital Limerick (UMHL) has been suspended from the Register of Medical Practitioners due to a lack of basic medical knowledge and competence. Within days of taking up a position in obs and gyn

LK Shields has announced the appointment of Ian Lavelle as partner in the firm's litigation and dispute resolution department. Mr Lavelle specialises in complex disputes in the construction, property, insurance and professional services sectors.

Matheson has announced it is partnering with the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland for their 2019 Transatlantic Conference. The conference is Ireland's leading business event focused on the US-Ireland relationship, bringing together US companies investing in Ireland and Irish companies investing

A total of 85 cases have been lodged against CervicalCheck over the cervical cancer screening scandal, the Irish Examiner reports. Ciaran Breen, director of the State Claims Agency, confirmed to TDs that the number of cases had doubled since Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's midsummer promise that women woul