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Health Minister Michelle O'Neill The Food Hygiene Rating Act 2016 has been enacted today, making the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme mandatory for food businesses in Northern Ireland.

John-George Willis, head of the firm's corporate department Belfast firm Tughans has maintained its position at the top of the Experian Deal Review and Advisor League Tables for the number of deals done in Northern Ireland in the third quarter of 2016.

The bar regulator has proposed three new ways of qualifying as a barrister in a consultation. The first option in the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) Future Bar Training Consultation is the “evolutionary” approach, which would preserve the current system of academic study, vocational training and

Constitution Minister Chris Skidmore British citizens abroad will be entitled to vote in future UK elections forever under plans announced by the UK government.

The Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the High Court jury which had awarded the man €5,000 in 2013. Justice Irvine accepted that the Book of Quantum was out of date, that the award was disproportionate to his injuries, and that the jury had adopted an incorrect approach to the man’s con

Northern Ireland's legal aid budget per capita is by far the highest in Europe, according to a major Council of Europe (CoE) survey. The sixth regular evaluation report from the 47-nation Council of Europe’s European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (known by its French acronym, CEPEJ) on

Ennis District Court will abandon its court poor box in favour of a "Court Discretionary Fund", The Irish Times reports. The name was changed by a local judge who felt "poor box" was an outdated term.

Kevin Hanratty, director of the Consortium The Human Rights Consortium, which took a neutral position in the EU referendum, has joined a legal challenge against the Brexit process as an applicant.

A couple suspected of tax evasion whose home was searched did not suffer any violation of their article 8 rights, the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously held. The proceedings against them had been triggered when information about their assets held in a Liechtenstein bank had been illegal

Gerry McNally, assistant director of the Irish Probation Service, has been elected to serve as President of the Confederation of European Probation (CEP) for a three-year term.

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden acknowledged the vital role of the Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust (PRRT) in providing services to serving and retired police officers and their families during a visit to their premises. Ms Sugden met members of the PRRT board and staff t

Barry Devereux, managing partner at McCann FitzGerald McCann FitzGerald has welcomed being named one of Europe's most innovative law firms by the Financial Times.

In the absence of sufficient information regarding the claims the company sought to acquire, Justice Costello in the High Court held that the company, which itself was not a creditor to the O’Donnell estate, did not have the locus standi to make an application for the transfer of chose in action

Taoiseach Enda Kenny There are no plans to appoint new judges until a new judicial appointments system has been introduced, despite remarks made by Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the Dáil, The Irish Times reports.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny Ireland will host an all-island Civic Dialogue on Brexit, starting with a meeting in Dublin in November, the Government has announced.