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David Isaac, chair of the Diversity Steering Group at Pinsent Masons International law firm Pinsent Masons has been ranked one of the top five most inclusive employers in the 2016 Stonewall Workplace Equality Index.

The High Court has refused an application from a man who sought an order of certiorarior declaration in relation to an order made following an appeal against his conviction for harassing his ex-wife. Sean Carraher claimed that the hearing had been fundamentally flawed on the grounds that Garda witne

Deirdre Malone, chief executive of the Irish Penal Reform Trust The passage of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Bill 2012 through the Oireachtas has been hailed as a “historic step” for Ireland.

Tanya Ward, chief executive of the Children’s Rights Alliance The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) has published its concluding observations on Ireland's record under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The PSNI and Ulster University have launched an online course to promote awareness of cybercrime and what it entails, as well as highlight tools and support available to everyone to stay safe in the virtual world. Detective Chief Inspector Douglas Grant, from the PSNI’s Cyber Crime Centre, has bee

A Sinn Féin MLA has been ordered to pay an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP nearly £50,000 in compensation for falsely implying he had harassed and shot people. Mr Justice Stephens, sitting in the High Court in Belfast, ruled that Phil Flanagan's tweet about Tom Elliott's conduct during his career a

Trevor Dolan, financial services partner at the firm Dublin firm LK Shields has said it was "instrumental in the process" that led to the designation of Jersey as an acceptable jurisdiction authorised for migration through the Irish Collective Asset-management Act 2015 (ICAV Act).

The UK's three law commissions have called for a new legal framework for the conduct of elections and referenda in an interim report published today. The report comes off the back of the commissions' joint project on electoral law, dealing with 17 major statutes and 30 sets of regulations and conclu

A woman has been found to have been legally detained under a motion for attachment and committal issued for her failure to comply with an order for possession over her family home. A motion for attachment and committal was issued on 8 December 2015 after Ms Claire Knowles failed to comply with an an

Aoife McNickle BL The new chairperson of the Irish Women Lawyers Association (IWLA) has said the voluntary organisation will continue to promote gender equality in Ireland's legal profession in 2016.

Justice Minister David Ford The Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 will come into force in Northern Ireland this Spring, Justice Minister David Ford has said.

European Commission vice-president Andrus Ansip The EU and US have reached an agreement on a new scheme to allow companies to move personal data across the Atlantic following months of negotiations.

Attorney General John Larkin QC The appeal by Ashers Bakery Company against a high-profile discrimination ruling has been adjourned for three months.

Pictured (l-r): Barry Devereux and Gary McSharry Irish law firm McCann Fitzgerald has announced it will open its first US office in New York later this month.

The Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA) has published the results of its annual VenturePulse survey in association with William Fry. Irish high tech SMEs raised €522 million in 2015, an increase of 30 per cent on the previous year, the report shows.