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Cork solicitor Frank Buttimer remains Ireland's top-earning free criminal legal aid solicitor, the Department of Justice has confirmed. Mr Buttimer earned €548,449 in 2015, down from €709,668 in 2014. He was the only legal aid solicitor to earn more than half a million euros.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has announced a new victim's levy for road traffic offenders.

Brendan McGuigan, chief inspector of criminal justice in Northern Ireland An independent inspection of arrangements in place to support legacy inquests in Northern Ireland has found PSNI existing processes to be complex, convoluted and contributing to delay.

Samuel Dickey House sales in Northern Ireland rose last month at the fastest level in two years.

A former solicitor who admitted stealing €260,000 from her clients because she was €6.5 million in debt has been jailed for a year. Jacqueline Durcan, 47, pleaded guilty in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one count of stealing €260,000 between February 21, 2008 and January 27, 2011.

NIHRC Chief Commissioner, Les Allamby Northern Ireland made progress on human rights in 2016 but still has "some way to go", the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has said.

Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan Twice as many people in Great Britain were issued with Irish passports last month than in November 2015, according to new figures from the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Belfast solicitor Christopher Stanley of KRW Law has questioned the investigation into the Guildford pub bombings following the release of documents from the National Archives. Five people were killed on 5 October 1974 when two bombs were detonated at two Guildford pubs. Three men and a woman, known

The Court of Appeal has granted the application of a mother to return to Australia with her two children, who she brought to Ireland in the Summer of 2016 with her Irish husband. Overturning the High Court’s decision to refuse her application, Mr Justice Gerard Hogan found that that the children w

Constitutional Court Justice Edwin Cameron A leading South African judge visiting Dublin has underlined the key role of an independent judiciary for the rule of law and the protection of constitutional rights.

Ronan Lavery QC The UK Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments that the activation of Article 50 would conflict with the Good Friday Agreement and the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Maurece Hutchinson, managing partner at JMK Solicitors One of Northern Ireland’s top personal injury lawyers has urged Justice Minister Claire Sugden to ensure children’s rights are fully protected in claims made following road traffic collisions.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) will tell the Council of Europe that Ireland is failing to act to sufficiently protect victims of trafficking. IHREC is meeting with rapporteurs from the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) to

The Irish Council of Civil Liberties (ICCL) yesterday hosted a symposium on privacy rights in the digital age.

Irish-born human rights expert Professor Conor Gearty will discuss British human rights after Brexit at the London launch of his new book at LSE this evening. On Fantasy Island: Britain, Europe and Human Rights examines the future of the Human Rights Act and the UK's relation to the European Convent