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Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has announced new measures to tackle organised crime, including legislation to strengthen the powers of the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB).

Eight "separated children", who came to Northern Ireland without their parents or legal guardian, have gone missing since 2005, a new BBC investigation has discovered. BBC Spotlight reports that eight separated children have gone missing between 2005 and 2014 and remain missing.

Belfast firm KRW Law has welcomed the decision to resume the inquests into the Birmingham pub bombings of 1974. Louise Hunt, the senior coroner for Birmingham and Solihull, said: "There is a wealth of evidence that still has not been heard - I have decided the inquest should resume."

The three-person panel appointed to develop an anti-paramilitarism strategy for Northern Ireland have presented their proposals to the Northern Ireland Executive, the Belfast Telegraph reports. The Independent Review Panel was created to fulfil a key commitment from cross-party talks last year.

A ban on wearing headscarves in companies may be admissible if it is based on a general company rule which prohibits political, philosophical and religious symbols from being worn visibly in the workplace to ensure religious and ideological neutrality, in the opinion of an advocate general of the Co

Dublin firm McCann FitzGerald has sponsored an essay competition and commissioned a new art installation as part of a partnership with UCD School of Law.

Mark Kelly, ICCL executive director The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) yesterday launched a new Know Your Rights guide for older people.

The High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland Chancery Division has granted the Attorney General leave to appeal a decision of the Charity Tribunal on a number of points of law. The Attorney General sought to appeal a decision of the Tribunal to remove Robert Crawford as a trustee of the charity, Th

A religious charity focussed on criminal justice issues has called on the Government to assign responsibility for 18-24-year-olds in the criminal justice system to Children's Minister Dr Katherine Zappone. The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice made the recommendation as it launched a new report sh

John McCallister Former MLA John McCallister is being considered for an appointment as special adviser to Justice Minister Claire Sugden, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has signed a commencement order giving the Policing Authority new responsibilities over the appointment of civilian Garda staff from today.

Pictured (l-r): Tara Gibbon, Peter Mounsey, Jane Moffatt Two trainee solicitors are celebrating their win at the Irish National Negotiation Competition 2016 on Sunday.

Jon Cartwright, legal team partner at Hazlewoods Law firms’ bank debts have jumped 36 per cent in the past year, from an average of £28,000 to £38,000 per equity partner as the profession targets growth according to Hazlewoods, chartered accountants and business advisers who specialise in the le

A Russian journalist and an editor convicted of “insult” for publishing a news story complaining about an allegedly corrupt mayor had their article 10 right to freedom of expression violated, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The case concerned the criminal conviction, for insult, of

Northern Ireland's High Court has agreed to allow Irish language organisation Conradh na Gaeilge to bring a judicial review against the Northern Ireland Executive over its failure to adopt or implement an Irish language plan. The group says the St Andrews Agreement includes a specific, unfulfilled p