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Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said imprisonment should be the “sanction of last resort” in the Irish criminal justice system.

Paul Tweed Huge defamation awards by Irish juries are "discrediting the law" and should be capped, one of Ireland's top defamation lawyers has said.

A&L Goodbody has invited university students of all disciplines to compete for its Bold Ideas Student Innovation Award in its sixth year.

A third of young offenders reoffend within a year of their release from custody, according to new figures from Northern Ireland's Department of Justice. A new report compares reoffending rates of under-17s and adults who have been given a non-custodial disposal at court, a diversionary disposal or w

Ronan Daly Jermyn has launched a free online resource to help entrepreneurs navigate many of the legal and organisational challenges faced today by start-ups and scaling companies.

A man who says his Japanese fiancée has been refused a UK visa because he holds an Irish passport is bringing an application for judicial review to the Northern Ireland courts, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Lawyers for Ciaran Doole want to overturn the Home Office decision so he can go ahead with

Brendan McGuigan Prison authorities in Northern Ireland are at odds over whether a substance abuse strategy has been commenced, The Detail reports.

Belfast firm KRW Law has written to the Attorney General for England and Wales, Jeremy Wright QC, to request a refresh investigation into the prosecution of the Guildford Four. The law firm is instructed by Ann McKearnan, the sister of Gerry Conlon, one of the Guildford Four who were wrongfully impr

Fionán Breathnach UK firm Simmons & Simmons has appointed Fionán Breathnach, a former partner at Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC), to head up a new Dublin office in response to Brexit.

Pictured: Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan Northern Ireland's judiciary must provide leadership to overcome the political stalemate that has paralysed devolution, leading legal figures heard in the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast yesterday.

Pictured (l-r): Michael King, Lorraine Keown, Fergal Maguire, Alan McAlister, Rachael Gamble and Michael Black Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has launched a new brand protection team to handle defamation, IP and data protections cases, just months after it was first to establish a specialist cyb

Irish firms McCann FitzGerald and Matheson were among the big winners at the FT Innovative Lawyer Awards 2017 in London.

Lady Hale Parliament should provide clarity on the relationship between the UK and the European Court of Justice after Brexit the President of the Supreme Court has said.

The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT), in association with the Irish Criminal Bar Association, has announced plans to hold a seminar and launch a major research study on the operation of community service as an alternative to custodial sanctions in Ireland. Examining the comparative use, experience, a

The Constitutional Court of Spain has ruled that the Catalan Parliament may not convene on Monday for a session where a unilateral declaration of independence could be made. The court upheld a challenge from the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), one of Spain's two major political parties and a