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Emily Logan, IHREC chief commissioner The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has said the conclusions of a new UN report form a "clear ‘to do’ list for the State".

Alan Shatter Former justice secretary Alan Shatter has said a Sinn Féin election commitment to scrap the juryless Special Criminal Court would endanger jurors, the Irish Independent reports.

Pictured (l-r): David O'Donnell and Frank O'Flynn Dublin law firm Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) has announced the appointment of Frank O'Flynn as a partner in its corporate team.

UK Supreme Court President Lord Neuberger A Conservative think tank has condemned increasing fees of more than £1,000 an hour charged by City law firms for restricting access to justice.

High Court judge Mr Justice Adrian Colton is expected to replaceLord Justice Weir as presiding judge of the Coroners' Court next week, UTV News reports. Lord Weir took on the role on a temporary basis following the retirement of senior coroner John Leckey last year.

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.