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Criminal defence solicitors are going the way of the dodo according to a heat map published by the Law Society, the Gazette reports. The map shows that duty solicitors in several parts of England and Wales are over 50 and that few young people are choosing the specialism.

Annabelle Ewing Scotland's Community Safety and Legal Affairs Minister Annabelle Ewing has been challenged to invite representatives of the Irish community to help draw up a legal definition of sectarianism.

The Department of Justice has announced plans to transfer Bangor Courthouse to allow it be brought into use as a community facility. The Victorian building will be transferred from Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunal Service (NICTS) to Open House Festival (OHF) under the Northern Ireland Executive'

David Stanton Ireland is among the best in the European Union in terms of perceptions on immigrant integration, according to a new Eurobarometer survey.

A man who pleaded guilty to the murder of another in September 2016 has been sentenced to 12 years in prison at Belfast Crown Court. Allowing a two-and-a-half-year reduction in the sentence for the man’s guilty plea before the trial, Mr Justice Colton accepted that his actions were initially in se

Pictured (l-r): Cathal Hester and Sharon Pennick LK Shields has announced the appointment of two new associate solicitors to its recently opened office in Galway.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an Iranian man's appeal against a refusal by the State to allow him to become an Irish citizen on national security grounds. The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, does not know the basis for the conclusion that his application for naturalisation is co

Nick Perry Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has launched a public consultation on proposals to address anti-social behaviour.

Deirdre Malone Violence in Irish prisons is unacceptable and needs to be "addressed urgently", the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has said.

The Law Library will be closed for four hours today as a mark of respect to long-standing colleague Deirdre Lambe, who has passed away. Ms Lambe worked at the Law Library for three decades and sat on the editorial board of the Bar Review.

According to Advocate General Wathelet, EUIPO must re-examine whether the three-dimensional shape of the ‘Kit Kat 4 fingers’ product may be maintained as an EU trade mark. He proposes that the appeals brought by Nestlé, EUIPO and Mondelez be dismissed and states that Nestle did not adduce suffi

Mr Justice Sean Ryan, former president of the Court of Appeal, will deliver the Vivian Lavan Memorial Address at UCD next week. Mr Justice Ryan, who became the inaugural president of the Court of Appeal on its creation in 2014, will also receive honorary lifetime membership of the UCD Student Legal

Pictured (l-r): Louise Kennefick, MU; Sinead McMullan BL; The Hon. Ms. Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh; Olive Doyle, ByrneWallace; David Doyle, MU; Claire Hamilton, MU; and Etain Quigley, MU The Department of Law at Maynooth University (MU) hosted a recent meeting of the Criminal Law Forum.

Richard Gray Carson McDowell has acted as lead legal advisors for shareholders of one of Northern Ireland's largest housebuilding groups in agreeing the sale of most of the business.

A modular trial format has been ordered in the ongoing Blackrock Clinic shareholder dispute which commenced in 2014. Finding that the extensive use of court resources in this private dispute, and the recusal of a judge previously hearing the case amounted to “special or unusual circumstances”; M