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Lisa Bryson, head of employment and immigration at Eversheds Sutherland in Belfast, has welcomed the UK government's white paper on immigration as evidence that the voice of Northern Ireland businesses has "not been ignored". However, she said proposals regarding lower-skilled workers were concernin

The number of sexual offences recorded by gardaí in the year ending September 2018 was up by 12 per cent on the year before, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The Recorded Crime Q3 2018 report shows increases in most crime groups, including a 23 per cent incre

Draft legislation to allow Ireland to ratify the Istanbul Convention on violence against women next year has reached third stage in the Seanad. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan thanked Senators for the "warm welcome" for the final piece of legislation required to allow Ireland to ratify the Council

Techniques used by police and lawyers to trawl through the phones and private data of rape complainants are to be investigated by a watchdog. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced it will undertake an inquiry into whether data protection rules are being breached within the

The UK Supreme Court is once again holding its essay competition, open to Northern Ireland's Year 13 and 14 pupils, with a top prize that includes tea with a justice. Have you recently been on a tour of the Supreme Court with your school? Did your visit spark an interest in the law? Are you consider

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Santander nearly £33 million for failing to transfer funds totalling over £183 million to the beneficiaries of tens of thousands of deceased UK customers. The watchdog's investigation found that 40,428 customers were directly affected, and

The Court of Appeal in London has ruled that Uber drivers should be considered workers, with the right to a guaranteed minimum wage and holiday pay, in a major blow to the gig economy company. The court upheld the previous Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal rulings that Uber had unla

The A&L Goodbody (ALG) staff choir raised over €11,000 for homelessness charity Depaul at their annual Christmas concert in St Patrick's Cathedral.

A music festival billed as being "male-free" has been found guilty of discrimination by Sweden's Discrimination Ombudsman (DO). The regulator noted that the publicity surrounding the event, which was held earlier this year, "discouraged a certain group from attending".

The UK government will pay compensation to Britons who were resettled abroad in the post-war period. Around 4,000 children were sent to different institutions in the Commonwealth between 1945 and 1970, where many of them say they were sexually, physically and mentally abused.

An absurd €19,000 insurance quote obtained by a teenager for a 14-year-old car has been decried as an "outrageous" tax on rural Ireland. Leitrem councillor Padraig Fallon told The Irish Times that an 18-year-old approached him to say he had been quoted €18,693.95 - including a €100 di

The former CEO of the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment, suspended for two years, after he pleaded guilty to fraud earlier this year. The former CEO had taken approximately £40,000 from the charity over a seven-year p

Proposals to take prosecution decisions away from An Garda Síochána and given to an expanded state solicitor or national prosecution service will be examined by the Government in the second half of next year. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan yesterday announced a four-year implementat

Delays in Northern Ireland's criminal justice system are leading complainants to withdraw from the justice process altogether, a senior PSNI officer has warned. DCS Paula Hilman, head of the PSNI's public protection branch, told BBC News that it takes "significantly longer" for a case to go to court

Former Labour Party leader Pat Rabbitte has been appointed chair of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, with effect from next year. Children's Minister Dr Katherine Zappone announced the appointment following a selection process managed by the Public Appointments Service in accordance with the Gover