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A man has been cleared of murdering another man he found in his home by stabbing in the first murder case defended under the Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Act 2011. Martin Keenan, 20, had pleaded not guilty to murdering 33-year-old Wesley Mooney at St Joseph's Park halting site on 5 June 2

Brexit risks breaching the Good Friday Agreement without the urgent implementation of "safeguarding measures", according to the human rights commissions in both jurisdictions. The joint committee of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commissi

Pictured (l-r): Maureen Lennon, international fundraising director at The Hope Foundation; Law Society of Ireland President Michael Quinlan; and Pat Doyle, CEO of the Peter McVerry Trust This year's Calcutta Run legal fundraiser has set a fundraising target of €300,000 to bring its 20-year total t

https://vimeo.com/259323801 William Fry has launched a new initiative to explain the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the Irish language.

Doctors in England and Wales face prosecution for manslaughter where they have made "momentary errors", the Medical Protection Society (MPS) has claimed in calling for a change in the law. The society, which helps doctors with ethical and legal problems that arise from their clinical practice, criti

ByrneWallace has hosted a delegation of visiting lawyers from Advodan, a major Danish full service law firm, for a discussion on trade and business opportunities between Ireland and Denmark.

Ciaran O'Hare Victims' campaigner Raymond McCord has been granted leave by the High Court in Belfast for a judicial review of the criteria under which a border poll would be held in Northern Ireland.

Chancellor Philip Hammond The UK will likely have to “press ahead on its own” with moves to compel technology companies to pay more tax in countries where value is created, The Brief reports.

Staff at global law firm Baker McKenzie's Belfast office have raised over £20,000 for local nominated charity Cancer Focus NI at their first-ever "Baker Come Dancing" night in the Clayton Hotel.

US President Trump’s decision to nominate Gina Haspel for the directorship of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been severely criticised on the basis she was previously involved in torture. Mr Trump nominated Ms Haspel as part of reshuffle of jobs after Rex Tillerson’s departure as Secre

A company which was refused planning permission for one of the tallest windfarms in the country, has been unsuccessful in its application for judicial review of the decision of An Bord Pleanála. In the High Court, Mr Justice Twomey refused to grant the applicants an order for certiorari of the Boar

Fiona Finn Rights groups have issued a "clarion call" for the Irish Government to bring Ireland's immigration-related detention practices in line with the State's international human rights obligations.

A judge in the High Court has asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a ruling on the effect of recent legislative changes in Poland which are "so immense" that the court has been forced to conclude that the rule of law has been "systematically damaged" and democracy in Poland ha

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has recorded a 60 per cent rise in paramilitary punishment shootings and beatings in the last four years, The Guardian reports. There were 101 shootings and beatings by dissident republicans and loyalists last year, up from 64 in 2013, according to the l

Carla Fraser and Julie Tierney Two lawyers at Edwards & Co. Solicitors have been recognised as specialist family lawyers by a leading UK child abduction charity.