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The Bar of Northern Ireland has criticised the Department of Justice's second Access to Justice review for focussing too greatly on cutting legal aid costs. In its response to the consultation on the Report of the Access to Justice Review Part II, published by Justice Minister David Ford late last y

Criminals who plead guilty at the earliest opportunity could see their sentences cut by a third under new proposals by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales. The council said its plans, currently out for consultation, would spare victims the trauma of trial.

The Supreme Court has ordered for the votes in the May 2014 local election in Listowel, Kerry to be counted afresh, following a challenge to the result by an unsuccessful candidate. Dan Kiely had challenged the legality of how the returning officer in charge of the running of the election had conduc

The High Court in Belfast has ruled in favour of an unmarried mother who launched legal action over her inability to access a widowed parent's allowance. Siobhan McLaughlin won the action against the Department for Social Development (DSD) in a case that could have implications for the delivery of b

A judge of the High Court has agreed he will inspect the historic buildings at the centre of a high-profile case to be brought against the State next week.

The retired judge in a legal bid to be allowed to resume practising as a criminal barrister will have his case against the Bar Council of Ireland, the Justice Minister and the State heard in May, The Irish Times reports. Barry White, 71, a retired judge of the Central Criminal Court, is challenging

Olivia O'Kane, a media lawyer at Carson McDowell A senior lawyer at Belfast firm Carson McDowell has said the creation of a specific offence for revenge porn could encourage victims to seek legal recourse.

Photo by Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0 A District Court judge has exposed a legal loophole that could allow drivers banned from getting behind the wheel in Northern Ireland to continue driving in Ireland, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

CDPB chair Lord Alderdice The legal implications of a British exit from the European Union will be discussed at an event in Belfast later this month.

A judge at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has rejected a bid by the State to seize funds which were stolen from two sex workers and later recovered, the Irish Examiner reports. Judge Patrick McCartan was ruling in the case of Mantas Grazevicius, 32, who was accused of false imprisonment and robbery o

The Committee of the 10th North South Irish Criminology Conference has called for submissions for this year’s conference. The general theme of the conference, which takes place in Maynooth University on 23 and 24 June 2016, is: ‘Beyond the Penal State: Exploring the Boundaries of Punishment’.

The Northern Ireland High Court of Justice has refused an application by the representative of a man shot by soldiers in 1987 relating to a delay in the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)’s disclosure of documents in a separate civil case. The personal representative

Lawyers paid tribute to Mr Justice Paul Butler as he began his final week as the judge presiding over High Court bail applications, The Irish Times reports. He is set to shortly be replaced by the President of the High Court, Mr Justice Peter Kelly.

Daniel Scanlon International law firm Kennedys has announced the appointment of Daniel Scanlon as a partner in its insurance and litigation practice.

Mr Mark Kelly, executive director of the ICCL The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has waded into a growing row over proposals to scrap the juryless Special Criminal Court.