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Thomson Legal has published its annual Irish Market Overview & Salary Survey 2016/17. The legal recruitment specialists found that NQ lawyers in Ireland were seeing top-end salaries of up to €66,000 this year within the top tier Irish law firms. Junior partners in Ireland can expect to achieve

A bakery company which was found to have discriminated against a man on grounds of sexual orientation has said it will try to appeal the ruling to the UK Supreme Court. Lawyers for the McArthur family, owners of Ashers Bakery Company, have written to Court of Appeal judges in Belfast asking for clar

Clare Daly A bill to ban the use of solitary confinement in Irish prisons for more than 15 consecutive days has been introduced in the Dáil.

Former Justice Minister Alan Shatter Former Justice Minister Alan Shatter has won his legal challenge to the findings of the Guerin Report.

Eilis Barry, chief executive of FLAC Legal rights organisations have called for a change to Government plans to amend the social welfare code, particularly as it impacts young people, people living in Direct Provision, and those appealing social welfare decisions.

Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan Northern Ireland’s Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan received a warm welcome in Scotland last night when he delivered the biennial Jean Clark lecture at the University of Dundee and reflected on the role of the judiciary in a modern democracy.

A new full service law firm has opened its doors in Galway through a recently-formed partnership between Ciara O’Callaghan and Sharon Lally.

The Rubik’s Cube shape is not an EU trademark and its non-visible functional elements including its rotating ability should have been considered when it was registered, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. At the request of Seven Towers, a UK company which manages, inter al

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden today remembered prison officers who have lost their lives in the course of duty at the Northern Ireland Prison Service's (NIPS) annual memorial service.

Pupils at Dalriada School are competing in the Bar Mock Trial World Championships in New York following their success in the Northern Ireland heat in November 2015 and UK Final triumph in April.

Sitting as a Coroner at the inquest into the death of a 22-year-old man in 1992, Mr Justice Horner said it was impossible with the passage to time to say with any certainty what happened. In his judgment, the Coroner criticised the PSNI for creating obstacles and difficulties that prevented progress

The Courts Service of Ireland has said courts will be making their own arrangements to ensure repossession cases can proceed in spite of protests, The Irish Times reports. Limerick Circuit Court revealed it has stopped publishing the dates on which home repossession hearings will be heard in order t

Nearly half of Irish prisoners released in 2010 reoffended within three years, new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal. However, the figures showed a slight decline on the previous year. The rate of or recidivism for prisoners released in 2010 was 45.1 per cent, a decrease of 2.4

Michael O'Flaherty, FRA director The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has said EU rules essential to build trust in the EU’s area of justice are seldom invoked, potentially hindering the fair treatment of people involved in criminal proceedings.

Pictured (l-r): Patrick Brown, Ray Foran and James Donnelly The managing partner of Belfast firm Tughans met Northern Ireland's new air ambulance as it touched down near the Titanic Centre.