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The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan Proposals to create a non-ministerial department for the judiciary are at an early stage, MLAs heard yesterday.

The chair of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has told TDs that legislative changes would help it more effectively handle complaints against gardaí. GSOC chairperson Judge Mary Ellen Ring gave evidence to the Oireachtas justice committee earlier today.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden is working to enhance the domestic violence listing arrangement in Derry as a matter of priority over the next five years.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny The first meeting of the Citizen's Assembly, which will consider issues including the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, will take place on Saturday 15 October, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has announced.

Senator Ged Nash The Labour Party has said it will propose legislation to give greater protection to workers with uncertain hours of work, The Irish Times reports.

Three tenders for multimillion euro contracts for translation services in the justice sector were scrapped following complaints from a bidder, the Irish Independent reports. Tenders with a combined value of between €7.5 million and €9 million have been cancelled in the past 13 months.

The Court of Appeal has overturned the decision of Justice Baker in the High Court, and found that the Protective Certificate obtained by the solicitor had not caused the Credit Union to suffer an irreparable loss that would not otherwise occur. Any loss was an inevitable consequence that had been f

Attorney General John Larkin QC Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin QC could involve himself in two Brexit cases to be heard by the High Court.

Former Attorney General and Justice Minister Michael McDowell has backed a Seanad motion calling for the introduction of a judicial council in Ireland, The Irish Times reports. The Seanad motion, also signed by Independent Senators Victor Boyhan and Gerard Craughwell, calls for legislation to introd

Edel McGinley, director of the MRCI The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) has called for reform of the Irish immigration system in a statement published ahead of the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants.

The Irish Whiskey Association has recruited former practising barrister Carleen Madigan BL as a legal adviser as it steps up its campaign to protect Irish whiskey. The Association's Protect Irish Whiskey Campaign is calling for Irish whiskey producers and distributors to report products which are wr

Solicitors at Belfast firm Carson McDowell have begun hosting a series of sessions aimed at teaching young people about their rights and responsibilities in a number of areas.

The General Court of the European Union has confirmed the Commission’s decision to accept the commitments of Thomson Reuters intended to remedy its abuse of a dominant position in the market for consolidated real-time datafeeds. Consolidated real-time datafeeds provide banks and financial institut

Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire The families of those killed in the Ballymurphy Massacre walked out of a meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire after failing to reach agreement on funding for legacy inquests.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge brought by a 24-year-old man who argued that the four-year sentence imposed on him for assault was excessive. The Court found that the trial judge had been correct in taking into account the man’s previous convictions for personal violence, and the sen