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The High Court has allowed an application for judicial review of the Northern Ireland Prison Service’s policy to video-tape strip searches by force and retain the video for six years, finding that such a policy had no basis in law. The applicant, Gerard Flannigan is a prisoner at HMP Maghaberry, a

An appeal which is widely seen as a test case for future symphysiotomy actions is taking place at the Court of Appeal. A 76-year-old woman who was subjected to a prophylactic symphysiotomy in 1963 is appealing last May's High Court decision that the use of the procedure was not without justification

The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (NIC-ICTU) has called for the implementation of a Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme in Northern Ireland. The move was backed unanimously by delegates at a conference in Derry yesterday.

Matheson partner Garret Farrelly Dublin firm Matheson has advised a major aviation company on its successful tender for the design, build and operation of new fuel farm tanks at Dublin Airport under a long term services concession agreement.

Clare Bailey, deputy leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland A Green Party candidate's proposal to prosecute men whose sexual partners obtain an illegal abortion after falling pregnant has created a stir on both sides of the border.

Pictured (l-r): Julian Yarr, managing partner at A&L Goodbody; Sonya Lennon, Dress for Success; and Sinéad Smith, corporate responsibility manager at A&L Goodbody Dublin firm A&L Goodbody has partnered with charity Dress for Success to set up a 'Steps to Success' scheme helping local wo

Pictured (l-r): Ashley McCausland BL, Ashleigh Jones BL, Sinead McKeagney BL, Sophie Laverty BL, Dr Philip McGarry (Threshold), Gerry McAlinden QC, Grainne Close (Autism Initiatives), Bobbie-Leigh Herdman BL, Rachel Bergin BL, Fiona Fee BL The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee has presente

The High Court has declined to make an order requiring Euro Safety & Training Services to pay several hundred thousand euros upfront by way of security for the costs of proceedings brought against An Foras Áiseanna Saothair (FÁS), finding that the case was of public interests due to allegation

Child law solicitor Deirdre Burke An intermediary has been used in Ireland's courts for the first time, The Irish Times reports.

Darragh Mackin The Government was not informed of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa's move to a different prison in Egypt and neither was his family, Mr Halawa's legal team has said.

House prices in Northern Ireland rose by 2.4 per cent over the year to February 2016 to reach an average of £157,000, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The increase was lower than the 7.5 per cent rise noted across the UK, where the average property value now stands at £284,000

A Hungarian national of Roma origin’s complaint that the authorities failed to investigate allegations she suffered racial abuse and threats from participants in an anti-Roma march has been upheld by a majority at the European Court of Human Rights. The court considered in particular that, given t

Three women who lived in the Berkeley apartment whose balcony collapsed, killing six, have launched a legal bid for damages for emotional distress. Caroline Conlan, Cliodhna Maloney and Aisling Tallon have launched action against the builder, owner and manager of the apartment block after allegedly

The US state of Georgia executed a man yesterday despite concerns about his mental state, racial bias, and lack of adequate representation during his trial. Kenneth Fults was convicted of murdering a woman in her home in 1996. A jury sentenced him to death in 1997.

Pictured (l-r): Ellen Forester, Nichola Coghlan and James Donnelly Two trainee solicitors from Belfast firm Tughans will fly the flag for Northern Ireland in Canada after winning the regional heat of the Brown-Mosten International Client Consultation Competition.