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The Irish Times has published a full obituary for late barrister Marcus John Albert Daly SC, who passed away in July at the age of 78. Mr Daly was admitted to the King’s Inns in 1955 and called to the Bar in 1959, later taking silk in 1975.

Pictured (l-r): Maurice Phelan and Peter Johnston Dublin firm Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Peter Johnston as a partner in the firm's dispute resolution team.

Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland programme director Police figures showing almost 3,000 hate crime incidents in the last year have sparked concern from human rights groups.

Madden & Finucane Solicitors has complained that one of its clients in Maghaberry Prison was confined to his cell without regard for due process.

Tom McEntegart TLT acted for UKAR on the transfer of title on approximately 90,000 mortgages securities UK-wide.

A local development company in Connemara, County Galway, failed in a High Court challenge to the decision by a state body to award the entirety of a public contract to another applicant – a development programme that in previous years had been divided into two separate contracts. Justice Hedigan s

Judges claimed more than €780,000 in expenses in the first half of 2016 according to new Courts Service figures, The Irish Times reports. By court, judges' expenses totalled:

The re-offending rate in Northern Ireland fell by around four per cent between 2011-14, according to new analysis from the Department of Justice. The Department's latest statistical bulletin includes re-offending rates for adults and under-17s given a non-custodial disposal at court, a diversionary

Sue McAllister and Claire Sugden Sue McAllister, director general of the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS), is due to step down at the end of October.

Focus Ireland has launched a new campaign calling for a change in the law to protect Irish homes from the threat posed by so-called "vulture funds". The homelessness charity says Government action is needed following figures which showed up to 47,000 homes are now owned by vulture funds.

Noel Rock Proposed legislation to ban ticket touting in Ireland will go before TDs in Autumn, the Irish Independent reports.

Justice Minister Claire Sugden plans to introduce legislation banning so-called "zombie knives" in Northern Ireland following a similar ban in England and Wales. Zombie knives, also sometimes known as "zombie killer knives" or "zombie slayer knives" are ornate weapons ostensibly sold for recreationa

A human rights lawyer raised the alarm over a flaw in Apple's iOS software after receiving anonymous text messages that could have compromised his phone's security. Ahmed Mansoor contacted security researchers after receiving an SMS message with a link to allegedly "secret" information about torture

Immigration lawyers have said European migrants are rushing to the UK before the UK government begins the process of leaving the EU, The Brief reports. Following the publication of quarterly figures on migration to the UK from the Office of National Statistics, lawyers have said the government's pla

The High Court has dismissed a Tipperary farmer's claim that the mining activities of a nearby company had caused settlement to the surface of some of his 18-acre farmland and damage to adjacent buildings. Relying on the tort of nuisance, the farmer sought damages in excess of €3 million which the