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Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan County courts and magistrates' courts now exercise jurisdiction throughout Northern Ireland under reforms that took effect yesterday.

John Costello, chairman of the Parole Board Three life prisoners with mental health issues were denied parole last year because community supports were not available, the Parole Board has revealed.

Human rights and sex workers' rights advocates have criticised the prosecution of four Romanian women who gardaí believe were trafficked to Ireland to work in brothels. The four women, aged 21, 22, 23 and 30, pleaded guilty to charges of brothel-keeping at a special sitting of Galway District Court

The extension of the period of validity of existing state aid must be regarded as the alteration of that aid and, therefore, as new aid, the Court of Justice of the Europen Union has held. In 1960, DEI, a public electricity company, entered into a contract with Alouminion, a Greek company specialise

Michael Johnston Belfast firm Carson McDowell has been named Regional Law Firm of the Year by The Legal 500 – the second time it has won the accolade in the past three years.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court has held that Northern Ireland fishing vessels cannot legally fish or harvest mussel seed in the territorial waters of the State. Despite the acquiescence of State authorities for a number of decades, and the reciprocity afforded to Irish vessels in NI wate

The High Court in Belfast has refused two landmark judicial reviews challenging the UK government's ability to activate Article 50 and withdraw from the European Union. The judicial reviews were brought by victims' campaigner Raymond McCord and a cross-community group of MLAs from Sinn Féin, the SD

AJI secretary Mr Justice John Edwards The Association of Judges in Ireland (AJI) has repeated its call for the creation of a judicial council following allegations made against a judge in the Dáil.

The law of contempt of court is "long overdue" reform, The Bar of Ireland has said in a submission to the Law Reform Commission. The Council of The Bar of Ireland made its submission in response to the Commission's issues paper on Contempt of Court and Other Offences and Torts Involving the Administ

Noel Waters The Department of Justice and Equality has a permanent secretary general for the first time since 2014 following the appointment of Noel Waters.

The State Claims Agency (SCA) negotiated savings of up to 75 per cent with plaintiff law firms last year, new figures show. In a report presented to the Public Accounts Committee, the Agency said: "For each legal Bill of Costs received from plaintiff solicitors the level of legal costs is carefully

Caoilfhionn Gallagher A London-based barrister who hails from Dublin has been recognised as a rising star in human rights law at the 2016 Chambers UK Bar Awards.

Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland programme director at Amnesty International Amnesty International has issued a fresh call for reform of Northern Ireland's abortion laws following reports a woman has been charged by police for use of abortion pills.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The Criminal Assets Bureau returned over €3.8 million to the Exchequer last year, according to its annual report for 2015.

A drunk driver has successfully appealed against the severity of the sentence imposed upon him for causing the death of a four-year-old boy and causing serious injuries to the boy’s mother in 2014. The Court of Appeal found that the sentencing judge was not objective in his decision, and had faile