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The UK government has applied for the use of a closed material procedure (CMP) in a court case before the High Court in Belfast. It marks the first application for a partially-secret hearing in the Northern Ireland courts.

Thirty-nine newly-qualified solicitors received their parchments and were admitted to the Roll of Solicitors at the first parchment ceremony of 2016 last night. Kevin F. O'Malley, the US Amabassador to Ireland, was the guest speaker at the ceremony.

House prices in Northern Ireland rose by nine per cent over the past year, according to the latest Ulster University House Price Index. The latest report shows the cost of an average property reached £154,685 in the last quarter of 2015, with the highest prices in South Belfast.

PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) will fund a police investigation into murders allegedly committed by the IRA informant codenamed Stakeknife from its own budget.

The Court of Appeal have dismissed an appeal brought by a road haulage company against the severity of a €1 million fine imposed on it following its plea of guilty on 18th December 2012 to an offence contrary to ss. 12 and 77(9) of the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. The particulars of

FLAC director general Noeline Blackwell Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) has this morning published a report charting the impact of austerity on access to justice in Ireland.

Progress has been made in improving the conditions in Maghaberry Prison since a damning report said it was in a "state of crisis", but a "significant amount of work" is still to be done, a report has found. Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJNI) revisited Maghaberry seven months after t

Eamon Ryan RTÉ has confirmed it is seeking its legal costs against a Green Party trustee who brought the broadcaster to court in a failed challenge to its decision to exclude Eamon Ryan from a leaders' debate.

21-year-old student Aoife Beary has been named as the lead plaintiff in the US lawsuit over the Berkeley balcony collapse. Attorneys agreed to name Ms Beary, at whose 21st birthday party the incident occurred, as lead plaintiff in the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda this week.

Justice Minister David Ford Justice Minister David Ford discussed the forthcoming Psychoactive Substances Act at a seminar organised by the Organised Crime Task Force drugs sub-group.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has used the Crime and Security Act 2001 to seize cash suspected to belong to a proscribed organisation for the first time. A total of £3,500 was seized last September and handed to the Treasury, which allocates a portion of the funds to the PSNI.

A 13-year-old has been awarded €4,000 in damages after a Dublin hotel served his chips with detergent instead of vinegar. Dublin Circuit Civil Court heard that Raymond Allen was dining with parents Owen Mellon and Svetlana Allen at the Radisson Blu St. Helen's Hotel when the incident occurred.

Male and ethnic minority barristers in England and Wales are more likely to receive complaints, according to a report published by the bar’s regulator this week. The Bar Standards Board (BSB) studied complaint patterns between 2012 and 2014, finding that female barristers were significantly less l

An asylum appeal is to be re-heard after the High Court found that the introduction to the Refugee Asylum Tribunal’s decision had incorrectly stated that the Refugees Application Commission had found no or minimal basis for the application. The applicant had been born in Nigeria, and his claim of

Salil Shetty, secretary general of Amnesty International International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led to a wholesale assault on basic freedoms and rights, warned Amnesty International as it launch