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A Darfuri refugee succeeded in his application for an order of certiorari quashing the decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, which had affirmed the recommendation of the Refugee Applications Commissioner that he should not be granted refugee status. The High Court found that the Tribunal had fai

A Darfuri refugee succeeded in his application for an order of certiorari quashing the decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, which had affirmed the recommendation of the Refugee Applications Commissioner that he should not be granted refugee status. The High Court found that the Tribunal had fai

Ireland and Britain have agreed a treaty to establish an Independent Reporting Commission to oversee progress towards the end of paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland. NI Secretary James Brokenshire will travel to Dublin today to sign the deal and to meet Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan

This week Belfast solicitor advocate Ciarán Moynagh (pictured) takes part in our regular Just A Minute feature. (If you would like to take part, simply email newsdesk@irishlegal.com) What has been your best experience as a lawyer?

Continued Brexit uncertainty, which has led to an upsurge in applications from UK lawyers seeking accreditation with the Irish Law Society, is continuing to generate an unprecedented demand for Irish passports from UK citizens. The spectre of visas being required by non-EU nationals has been raised

An 18 year-old from Lurgan has become the first school leaver to be accepted for Mayer Brown’s ‘articled apprenticeship’ scheme. Timmy Kennedy, who completed A-levels at Lurgan College, is one of only three trainees to be accepted for the scheme, which is now in its second year and is delivere

Following Prime Minister Theresa May’s comments last week that it was her prerogative to trigger Article 50 and that she would do so without a vote in Parliament, the House of Lords Constitution Committee has said that to trigger Article 50 without parliamentary involvement, whether by legislation

A 14-year old Northern Irish girl will be allowed to sue Facebook for the repeated publication of a naked photograph of her in what she claims is misuse of private information, negligence and a breach of the Data Protection Act. The High Court in Belfast has ruled that the case can go ahead after re

Former Irish international rugby player Dave Quinlan has joined London-based Fladgate from Pinsent Masons to boost the international firm’s sports business law offering. Mr Quinlan, a senior associate who spent time on secondment to both the Rugby World Cup and Olympics, played twice for Ireland b

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is to deliver the Law Centre (NI)'s annual Social Justice and Human Rights lecture next month. Lady Hale (pictured) will speak on Friday, 21 October following the closure of "Litigating for Soc

In the High Court in Belfast, Justice Maguire refused an application for leave to apply for judicial review of the Government’s “On the Run” scheme. The application for leave was rendered academic due to the outcome of the Hallett Review, and subsequent statements from the Secretary of State f

In the High Court in Belfast, Justice Maguire refused an application for leave to apply for judicial review of the Government’s “On the Run” scheme. The application for leave was rendered academic due to the outcome of the Hallett Review, and subsequent statements from the Secretary of State f

Mr Justice Maguire has set aside October 4 and 5 to hear legal challenges to Brexit with campaigners and a cross-party group of MPs separately arguing that it would be unlawful to trigger article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty without the approval of the UK Parliament. The legal team for Raymond McCord, wh

Following the publication of The Supreme Court, a new book by Irish Times legal journalist Ruadhán Mac Cormaic, the newspaper has today published an editorial recognising progress made in judicial ‘reshaping’ but calling for further reform to establish a judiciary to meet the requirements of th