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The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by a man in respect of his conviction for sexual assault and other conduct to the prejudice good order and discipline under the Defence Act 1954. Ronan Donaghy had been in the Defence Forces for 21 years, and along with Ms C, was stationed at Aiken

Justice Minister France Fitzgerald New powers allowing the Charities Regulator to investigate financial mismanagement will come into effect by early September, The Irish Times reports.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has published proposed legislation to give new powers to the investigation into the wind-up of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC).

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has launched a consultation on a draft Northern Ireland Human Trafficking and Exploitation Strategy for 2016/17.

Steven Keenan Belfast firm MKB Law has welcomed solicitor Steven Keenan to their commercial and litigation team.

Paul McBride, partner and head of Pinsent Masons' Belfast office International law firm Pinsent Masons has announced it achieved a global turnover of £382.3 million and increased its profit per equity partner to £550,000 in 2015/16.

Jonathan Lynch Dublin firm McDowell Purcell has announced a new partnership with Invent, the innovation and enterprise centre based on Dublin City University's main campus.

Dr Geoffrey Shannon, a leading authority on child law and family law, examines, analyses and explains the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 in a new book published by Clarus Press. Children and Family Relations Law in Ireland: Practice and Procedure addresses a wide range of new issues, inc

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has warned people in Strabane to be on the look out for suspicious items after the alarm was raised near Strabane Court House. Police received a report on Saturday that a "device" had been left near the courthouse in town. Officers carried out extensive

in a procedure of this kind operates to create an estoppel against the party who elected to avail of that procedure” (Corrigan v. Irish Land Commission I.R. 317 and The State (Byrne) v. Frawley I.R. 326.) The appellant also argued that he should have been given a copy of the report compiled for

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has published draft legislation designed to toughen proceeds of crime laws in Ireland.

Gavin Booth The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland is launching a new investigation into the killing of Colum Marks by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in Downpatrick twenty-five years ago.

Committee chair Keith Vaz A committee of MPs has recommended the decriminalisation of soliciting and brothel-keeping in England and Wales.

A woman who wants to use her daughter’s eggs in order to give birth to her own grandchild has succeeded at the Court of Appeal. The woman, “Mrs M”, claimed one of her daughter’s final wishes before shed died of cancer in 2011 was for her eggs to be fertilised with donor sperm and implanted i

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has announced new application processing targets for AccessNI, which carries out basic, standard and enhanced criminal record checks. Justice Minister Claire Sugden said the new targets are the most demanding of any UK disclosure agency.