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Families of wards of court will not receive individual statements on the performance of wards' funds until the third quarter of this year, The Irish Times reports. Families were originally promised a statement by the end of last year by Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald.

Pictured (l-r): Danny McKay, James Knight, and John McMahon UK firm Keystone Law has expanded into Belfast through a merger with McMahon McKay, a corporate and commercial firm in Belfast.

TV cameras will be allowed to film the tribunal of inquiry into allegations that An Garda Síochána officials directed a campaign to discredit whistleblowers in the media. At the request of Mr Justice Peter Charleton, chair of the tribunal, TV cameras and press photographers will be allowed in for

Patrick Corrigan Northern Ireland has failed dismally to deal with past human rights violations and to reform its outdated abortion laws, Amnesty International has said in its annual assessment of human rights around the world.

Radha Stirling The British Irish Commercial Bar Association (BICBA) should cancel an arbitration seminar in Dubai because of wide-scale legal abuse and corruption in the UAE, a campaign group has said.

Eoghan Murphy Ireland's minister of state with responsibility for financial services, Eoghan Murphy, and former EU finance commissioner Lord Hill of Oareford will address a Brexit briefing hosted by Dublin firm Matheson in London this Wednesday.

Nearly a third of Northern Ireland's victims of crime did not report the crime to police because they thought it was too trivial or the police would not do anything. The figure emerged in a Department of Justice briefing which sets out findings from the 2015/16 Northern Ireland Crime Survey.

The Child and Family Agency, in a case involving the removal of two children from their parents, has been unsuccessful in challenging the writ of habeas corpus which was granted in the High Court as a result of parents’ lack of legal representation. The Child and Family Agency brought the appeal c

Judge Michael Reilly A report on healthcare in Irish prisons, produced by the late Inspector of Prisons, Judge Michael Reilly, has been published.

Two potential sites have been identified for a new courthouse in Portlaoise. Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald, answering a question in the Dáil, said the Courts Service of Ireland is planning to build "a new and modern courthouse with all the necessary court facilities in Portlaoise".

The Government has not opposed a bill to abolish mandatory retirement ages except in specific security-related fields. Speaking in the Dáil at the first stage of the Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill, Minister David Stanton said the Government "supports in principle m

Irish law offices are being encouraged to host an event to discuss issues facing women in the workplace next month as part of a nationwide campaign by Dress for Success Dublin. The charity, set up in 2010 by fashion stylist, designer and tech entrepreneur Sonya Lennon, is calling on workplaces to ho

Law Centre (NI) has helped a couple who had been suffering hardship through unnecessary delays in obtaining Child Tax Credit (CTC). They had been granted refugee status a few days after registering their baby’s birth. They made a joint claim for Child Tax Credit soon afterward but were not given a

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators will discuss what the next five years hold for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) at an event in Mason Hayes & Curran's headquarters. The fifth anniversary event will hear from a panel including Rossa Fanning SC; Stuart Gilhooly, president of the Law Soci

President of the Supreme Court Lord Neuberger President of the Supreme Court Lord Neuberger has lauded the “accelerating endeavours to achieve greater diversity in the senior judiciary”, which, he said, is a result of greater diversity in the lower courts.