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The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has lost an appeal to the UK Supreme Court in which it sought declarations that the current law on abortion in Northern Ireland is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights in cases of rape, incest, and fatal foetal abnormality. By

The Government has agreed to nominate High Court judges Ms Justice Marie Baker and Mr Justice Brian McGovern for appointment to the Court of Appeal, as well as Tara Burns SC for appointment to the High Court. The Government also agreed in principle to nominate Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy of the High

Oonagh Buckley The head of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has told Irish Legal News that they will continue to work towards reducing turnaround time for cases before the WRC.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has published draft legislative proposals to strengthen post-release supervision of convicted sex offenders.

Katharine Kimber UK law firm TLT, which has an office in Belfast, has announced a 10 per cent increase in fee income to hit £82 million for the financial year 2017/18.

A High Court judge has refused to order search engine operators Google and Microsoft to take down online references to the previous trial of a man due for trial later this year. The man, who cannot be identified, was convicted by a jury earlier this year of an unconnected sexual assault on a woman a

Academics from Queen's University and Ulster University have been commissioned by the Department of Health to research the history of mother and baby homes and Magdalene laundries in Northern Ireland. A report of their findings will inform future deliberations of the Northern Ireland Executive's int

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Irish Government did not violate the property rights of a mussels company by the way it had complied with EU environmental legislation. The case was brought by O'Sullivan McCarthy Mussel Development Ltd, a company based in Killorglin which cultiv

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Irish Government did not violate the property rights of a mussels company by the way it had complied with EU environmental legislation. The case was brought by O'Sullivan McCarthy Mussel Development Ltd, a company based in Killorglin which cultiv

A jury has convicted former Anglo Irish Bank CEO David Drumm of taking part in a multi-billion euro fraud scheme in 2008. Shortly after 3pm on day 87 of the trial, the third longest in the history of the State, a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court returned unanimous verdicts of guilty on the two

Leading legal figures from Northern Ireland and abroad addressed a conference hosted by The PILS Project in Belfast today.

The judiciary in England and Wales has changed its web address to "reflect the constitutionally independent position of the judiciary". The website has moved from www.judiciary.gov.uk to www.judiciary.uk as of this week.

William Fry William Fry has been named as the fifth most diverse law firm in Europe by The Lawyer European 100 for the second consecutive year.

The High Court has found that it is entitled, of its own motion, to consider granting bail to a man sought for surrender pursuant to a European Arrest Warrant. Where the man had not made an application for bail, but where it was almost certain that he would be further remanded pending the outcome of

Richard Grogan A leading employment lawyer has lashed out at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), describing it as "worse than a third-world service" and calling its latest annual report a "pure fiction".