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The solicitor acting for former rugby player Stuart Olding has called for a review of all rape and sexual assault cases in Northern Ireland. Belfast-based solicitor Joe Rice said he had concerns about how evidence was being collected and handled following his client's nine-week rape trial before Bel

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Legislation to transpose the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into Irish law has come before the Dáil for second stage debate.

Grainne Teggart Amnesty International is intervening in the PSNI's court bid not to investigate alleged criminal acts committed during the interrogation of the Hooded Men in 1971.

A house in Newtownabbey has become the first property seized by the National Crime Agency (NCA) under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. NCA officers working as part of the Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF) in Northern Ireland obtained a civil recovery order by consent.

Brendan McGuigan The interim Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Brendan McGuigan, has made 11 recommendations following an investigation into the death of David O'Driscoll.

Photo credit: Austin Kirk, CC-BY 2.0 An enormous $117 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson in favour of a man who blamed his asbestos-related cancer on his use of J&J baby powder could lead to further litigation.

Academics from eight countries yesterday launched UCC School of Law's new Centre for Children's Rights and Family Law.

An 18-year-old man who is facing rape charges has been declined orders for various reliefs sought on the basis that there was culpable delay in the advancement of the investigation. It was argued that the effect of the delay was that the man, who was 16 at the time of the alleged offence, had lost t

Attorney General Séamus Woulfe SC The Attorney General will sit on the proposed new Judicial Appointments Commission under proposed Government amendments to the draft legislation, The Irish Times reports.

Victims' groups have called for a review of how Northern Ireland's criminal justice system deals with sexual violence cases. A letter from Victim Support NI, the Women's Aid Federation, Nexus NI and the Men's Advisory Project was published in the Belfast Telegraph and The Irish News today.

Professor Stephen Tierney There is a "real risk" that the UK government will struggle to pass essential legislation on leaving the EU before a vote on the final Brexit deal – with almost half of the bills needed yet to be introduced to Parliament.

Ciarán Mulholland Fahy Bambury Solicitors has joined the Association for Criminal Justice Research & Development (ACJRD) as a member.

Cork solicitor Gary O'Flynn has been struck off following his conviction for soliciting a person to murder three people, the Irish Examiner reports. Mr Justice Peter Kelly, president of the High Court, made the order on foot of an application from the Law Society.

A man has become the first person prosecuted in the UK for registering false company information after a stunt he organised to demonstrate the weakness of enforcement. Businessman Kevin Brewer registered two companies, in 2013 and 2016, with government ministers listed as directors and shareholders

Peter O’Brien Matheson recently acted as Irish counsel for a syndicate of funders and lenders in connection with the financing of Dublin Institute of Technology's (DIT) €220 million Grangegorman Campus PPP project.