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Justice Minister David Ford Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford has announced the closure of five further courthouses in a bid to balance the books of the cash-strapped Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS).

Imelda McMillan Belfast lawyer Imelda McMillan has been elected chairperson of Women in Business (WiB).

A dyslexic woman has won a disability discrimination case against her employer after she was accused of falsifying documents. An employment tribunal found that Starbucks discriminated against Meseret Kumulchew, a supervisor in one of its London stores.

An application for a judicial review against a Northern Ireland local authority after it named a playground after an IRA hunger striker has been put on hold. The High Court in Belfast yesterday heard that Newry and Mourne District Council and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland would oppose

The Rt Hon Sir Anthony Campbell's appointment as Independent Assessor of PSNI Recruitment Vetting has been extended by six months. Sir Anthony is responsible for reviewing the appeals of candidates against decisions of the police vetting panel, where it deems a candidate unsuitable for appointment t

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a man’s appeal against his life conviction for the rape of a nine year old and six year old. The appellant, Jimmy O'Neill, had been arrested in the immediate aftermath of the rapes, which occurred in a flat in which he was staying after he lured the two girls ther

Two-thirds of Irish law firms saw an increase in fee income over the past year and a similar number expect it to continue over the next year, according to a new survey. The results of the Law Society Managing Partner Survey, published in the latest edition of the Law Society Gazette, paint an optimi

Pictured (l-r): Paul Goulding, Sharon Daly, April McClements, and Paul Lewis at Matheson's Dublin office Dublin firm Matheson hosted a special event to examine the impact of the UK's Insurance Act 2015 on Irish businesses.

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford has launched a public consultation on the creation of a new offence of domestic abuse. The specific offence would relate to patterns of coercive and controlling behaviour in intimate relationships.

Niall Collins, FF spokesperson on justice Fianna Fáil has reiterated that it would create an Irish sentencing council if it is returned to power, in a bid to impose harsher sentences on serious offenders.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has hit back at criticism of his party's plans to scrap the juryless Special Criminal Court, saying that a witness protection scheme would address safety concerns in terror cases.

Justice Minister David Ford Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford has said responsibility for a failure to properly fund legacy investigations in Northern Ireland should fall on the shoulders of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) and not the Department of Justice.

Victims support group Relatives For Justice (RFJ) will host the Pat Finucane Memorial Lecture in Belfast on Thursday. The lecture is headlined "Victims' right to truth, national security & dealing with the past: When does legitimate state secrecy become cover-up?"

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan The Green Party has been granted leave to bring a judicial review against public broadcaster RTÉ over its exclusion from televised general election debates.

The Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone has been awarded £48,750.00 after a Sinn Féin politician posted a defamatory statement about him on Twitter in May 2014. Philip Flanagan, a Sinn Féin MLA, published a tweet about Thomas Elliot MP, a member of the Ulster Unionist Party.