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Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald is set to approve the piloting of a new scheme that would divert adults accused of minor offences from the courts into education, rehabilitation or community programmes, the Irish Independent reports.

Pictured (l-r): Ian O'Herlihy and Stephen Gillick Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Stephen Gillick as a partner in its employment law and benefits team.

Justice Minister David Ford Almost half of prisoners released from custody in Northern Ireland in 2012/13 went on to re-offend, according to new figures published by Justice Minister David Ford.

Ms Justice Iseult O'Malley TV3 has been told it must pay half of a €140,000 damages award to a Dublin lawyer pending the outcome of an appeal.

The Legal Services Agency is set to embark on its most high-profile bid to recover legal costs using a Recovery of Defence Costs Order, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Jimmy Seales is being pursued for £100,478 which he received in legal aid in order to fund his defence, marking the first time that

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has warned that figures showing a 36 per cent increase in the number of sexual offences recorded in Ireland over the period 2009-13 may be misleading. New crime statistics published by the CSO show that a total of 2,010 sexual offences were recorded in 2013, a dro

A senior lecturer at Maynooth University has written about redress for human rights breaches in Ireland in a chapter of a new book analysing the law in eighteen jurisdictions. Dr Noelle Higgins, who lectures in international criminal law, public international law, and The Rights of Minorities and In

NIHRC Chief Commissioner Les Allamby The High Court in Belfast has ruled that preventing access to abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities (FFA) and pregnancies as a consequence of sexual crimes is unlawful.

A man has lost his appeal to the Supreme Court against an order for his surrender to the United Kingdom authorities under the European Arrest Warrant procedure. Jason Buckley’s surrender is sought for the purpose of prosecution for a single offence of conspiracy to cause explosions.

The Government of Ireland is likely to agree to the appointment of four further judges to the Court of Appeal in a bid to ease its heavy workload, the Irish Independent reports. The court, which began hearing cases just over a year ago, receives an average of 60 new civil appeals every month on top

Pictured (l-r): Ian Huddleston, Arleen Elliott, John Guerin and Alan Hunter in Law Society House, Belfast John Guerin has become the president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, launching his presidency with a pledge to keep the Society at the forefront of justice issues in Northern Ireland.

The High Court in London has reserved its judgment on whether seven former soldiers can be arrested and brought to Northern Ireland to be interviewed in connection with the Bloody Sunday killings. Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas told the court that its decision would be given as soon as possible, and

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Legislation that would bring Irish bankruptcy law in line with Northern Ireland will be presented to the Cabinet next week, the Irish Examiner reports.

The family of a man who was murdered near Dundalk in 1976 are to issue civil proceedings against the PSNI, the Ministry of Defence and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Seamus Ludlow, 47, was killed in “disputed circumstances” and his murder remains unsolved, according to lawyers repr

A civil servant who suggested Irish judges don't treat burglary as a serious offence was not pressured to make a subsequent apology, the Department of Justice has said. Jimmy Martin, a member of the department's management board, wrote to the President of the District Court, Judge Rosemary Horgan, t