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Brendan McGuigan A new inspection report on Maghaberry Prison has found work to provide a safer, more stable environment for prisoners and staff at the high security facility is continuing, but issues remain around support for vulnerable prisoners and the availability and use of drugs.

Karen Blair Cleaver Fulton Rankin has been shortlisted in the Employer of the Year category ahead of the UTV Business Eye Awards 2016.

Will Hutson and Chris Harris sing "Please Don't Eat Your Weed" (via YouTube)

In an ongoing defamation case brought by a former Garda who was written about in a Sunday Times publication, the Court of Appeal has ruled that the discovery of journalist’s notes and other background material relevant to the publication, as requested by the former Garda, was not specific enough t

James Bridgeman BL James Bridgeman BL has been elected by members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) to serve as its deputy president in 2017 and president in 2018.

An academic in the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast has been recognised for the positive impact of her work at the Vice-Chancellor’s Research Prizes 2016.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has announced plans to bring a "community response" approach to Northern Ireland prisons following recent deaths in custody.

The Law Society of Ireland has brought legal proceedings against two companies accused of "claims harvesting" in as many months, The Irish Times reports. Last month, the Society brought High Court proceedings against Agenda Computers Ltd and director David Smyth. Yesterday, it brought proceedings ag

Lord Neuberger The UK’s highest court should sit in Belfast as well as Edinburgh and Cardiff, the President of the UK Supreme Court said as he announced his retirement.

Prime Minister Theresa May Prime Minister Theresa May may have to water down her promise to absorb all EU law into domestic legislation ahead of Brexit following reports the process was becoming a “legal nightmare”.

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden met with junior Northern Ireland Office minister Kris Hopkins yesterday.

Migrants in EU member states face arson attacks, violence, murder and everyday harassment, according to the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). The agency's latest monthly report on hate crime examines migration-related fundamental rights in Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,

An ex-solicitor who admitted stealing €260,000 from a client will not be sentenced this month as planned, due to a judicial conflict of interest. Jacqueline Durcan, 47, was due to be sentenced in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, The Irish Times reports.

Madden & Finucane Solicitors has presented a cheque for £500 to homelessness charity The Welcome Organisation.

A five-judge Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that a claim for damages for alleged medical negligence brought by a woman against a Dublin hospital did not survive her death, as per section 7(2) of the Civil Liability Act 1961. Background