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Conor McCormick The current approach to reforming access to justice in children's proceedings should be reconsidered, argues Conor McCormick in a new paper for the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly.

NGOs, community activists, litigators, academics and funders will come together at an international conference on strategic litigation in Belfast later this year. The three-day Litigating for Social Change conference will see delegates consider how strategic litigation can transform lives and enable

Dublin firm Arthur Cox has welcomed a fresh intake of Summer interns who will be working with the firm over the next four weeks.

Two sisters from Belfast have settled sexual harassment claims against the owner of KFC restaurants for £14,000 and £16,000 respectively with the support of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Kirstie and Courtney McKeever alleged they suffered harassment by a male co-worker at KFC on th

Amongst a series of superfluous actions brought by two individuals against the State’s tenancies tribunal, the High Court held that the judicial review proceedings were duplicitous, and ordered that the Court should consider limiting the applicants from engaging in future frivolous applications. P

Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has welcomed the conclusion of Irish-led UN negotiations on a new global approach to the issues facing refugees and migrants.

Health Minister Simon Harris Tobacco industry figures have threatened to use the Supreme Court to defeat Government plans to ban cigarette vending machines.

Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire is today holding the first in a series of meetings in Northern Ireland focussed on the Brexit negotiations.

Rachel Toner Belfast and Newtonwards firm Worthingtons Solicitors has announced the recent appointment of Rachel Toner as a commercial solicitor.

Pictured (l-r): Steven Gilliland and Emma Smyth Belfast firm MKB Law has announced the appointment of two new trainee solicitors, Steven Gilliland and Emma Smyth.

Alan Sheeley Pinsent Masons has warned that police budgets risk being swallowed up by law firms unless work given to them to seize fraudsters' assets is done either on a “no win no fee” basis or according to competitive tendering.

Fran Duffy A law student who has been selected to play netball for Ireland in the Nations Cup next month is appealing for sponsorship to cover her travel and training costs.

In Letterkenny Criminal Court, the Master of a sea fishing vessel was found guilty on three counts of breaching EU regulations, and was fined €105,000. In dismissing the appeal, the Court of Appeal rejected the Master’s challenge to the three counts found against him, stating that the trial judg

Almost €1.3 million was paid into the poor box in Irish courts last year, a year-on-year decline of roughly 40 per cent. The total collected sum of €1,291,397 in 2015 has since been distributed to 724 charities, agencies and individuals, according to the Courts Service of Ireland.

Ireland's Registrar General Kieran Feely, who manages the State's marriage registration system, has raised concerns about the number of so-called sham marriages. Mr Feely highlighted figures showing only 53 per cent of proposed marriages involving a non-Irish EU partner and a non-EU citizen proceede