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Photo: Google Street View Belfast solicitor Jane Crilly, formerly of Francis Crilly Solicitors, has passed away.

The Northern Ireland Assembly must legislate to protect and promote the Irish language, a new Council of Europe report has said. In its 4th Opinion Monitoring Report, the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities criticised the lack of political consens

Belfast firm Carson McDowell has been named as a business partner of The Irish News Workplace and Employment Awards.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald is asking her colleagues for views on whether she should bid to succeed Enda Kenny as leader of Fine Gael, The Irish Times reports.

Maya Foa The family of a UK resident who campaigns against the death penalty in Bahrain is coming under sustained attack, human rights group Reprieve has warned Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

A woman who was found guilty of the murder of her husband has lost an appeal against the finding that her certificate of conviction for the murder was admissible as evidence to preclude her from inheriting his estate. The woman argued that the certificate was hearsay and could therefore not be admit

The International Bar Association's Bar Issues Commission is set to stage the 12th Annual Bar Leaders' Conference in Belfast this May. The event will bring together delegates from around the globe to discuss the latest developments affecting the legal profession.

A Circuit Court judge has ordered two prisoners with the same name to be brought to court today to ascertain their identities after it was alleged the pair have been swapping profiles to confuse the prison service. One of the men was due to appear before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yesterday, but

South Africa has withdrawn notification of its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court following a ruling by the country's High Court. The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) successfully argued that Parliament had to be consulted in order for the country to withdraw.

Former solicitor and ex-judge Heather Perrin has made a €233,000 settlement with the Revenue Commissioners, the Irish Independent reports. The latest quarterly list of defaulters shows Ms Perrin's settlement, which was made on foot of a court-determined penalty.

Clare Bailey An MLA has marked International Women's Day with a call for further submissions to her consultation on new abortion legislation.

Views on applying the insurance law regime to driverless cars are sought by a Commons committee as part of its consideration of a bill intended to modernise the transport system for businesses and passengers. The Public Bill Committee is now accepting written evidence on the Vehicle Technology and A

Students and staff at Queen's University Belfast were invited to participate in a poster competition to mark International Women's Day.

A UK Supreme Court Justice has called it “critical” that the role of judges in a representative democracy is properly understood as one of applying the law and not making it, broadly speaking. In a lecture to lawyers in the Bahamas last month during the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council's

Pictured: Lauren Stewart, Andrea McIlroy-Rose and Megan McPhillips Two Belfast school pupils are visiting the London headquarters of Pinsent Masons to mark International Women's Day today.