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The family courts are "no longer safe for lawyers or litigants" and government plans only risk worsening the situation, a leading family lawyer has warned. The Irish Times yesterday revealed that the Bar Council wrote to the Courts Service last November to raise concerns about violence in Dolphin Ho

Israel is failing to comply with the provisional measures imposed by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to protect Palestinians in Gaza from the risk of genocide, human rights campaigners have alleged. Yesterday marked exactly one month since the top UN court ordered Israel to "take immediate

A City of London law firm has said it will pay some junior lawyers up to $2 million each over three years. Partners at Pogust Goodhead recently made a $550m investment deal with an American fund manager – the biggest investment ever in an English law firm.

Angry parents summoned police to a "Willy Wonka Experience" in Glasgow after it turned out to be little more than a sparsely-decorated warehouse. Police Scotland confirmed that officers attended the event and provided advice as parents with crying children raged about the £35 (€40) ticket

Court business in Newry and Dungannon will be relocated for three months while repair works are carried out at Dungannon Courthouse. The 20th-century courthouse will be closed from 29 March until 1 July 2024 to allow work to replace a "defective structural beam", the Department of Justice announced

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has launched a public awareness campaign to promote the rights of victims and witnesses. The "These are your rights" campaign was formally launched on Sunday by justice minister Naomi Long in partnership with the commissioner-designate for victims of crime, G

Law firm RDJ has been announced as headline sponsor for the 2024 Dublin City Triathlon, which is set to attract athletes from across the globe. Scheduled for 24 August, the race will feature a challenging course that includes swimming in the scenic waters of the upper river Liffey, by the Garda Boat

Northern Ireland firm Turley Legal has appointed Michael Wilson as a director in its real estate team. Mr Wilson specialises in all aspects of non-contentious commercial property work, including freehold and leasehold acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant, residential development and prope

The Irish Immigration Lawyers' Association (IILA) and the Irish Asylum and Citizenship Bar Association (IACBA) are to host a joint CPD event for the first time this Friday. While in-person spaces for the event in the Distillery Building this Friday 1 March, 2pm-4pm are now fully booked, the event ca

More than 1,000 people seeking asylum in the State are without accommodation, according to new government figures which the Irish Refugee Council has described as indicative of an emerging humanitarian crisis. The figures also show that very few people in that position are subsequently being accommo

Law students Ciara McLoughlin, Ceara Tonna-Barthet and Clíodhna McHugh have emerged as winners of the 64th Irish Times Debate. The grand final of Ireland's longest-running third-level debating competition took place at University College Dublin on Friday, with teams debating the motion: "This

The Bar of Northern Ireland has congratulated 34 barristers on taking silk, including 12 women — a three-fold increase in the number of women in the last call four years ago. Until Friday, nobody had been called to the senior bar since February 2020 because of the collapse of the Northern Irel

Dozens of vehicles have been provided by the EU to Ukrainian police and prosecutors to support the investigation and prosecution of war crimes in territories liberated from Russian occupation. The European Commission is supplying 30 cars to the National Police of Ukraine (NPU) and 20 cars to the Off

The Law Society of Northern Ireland's past president James G. Doran has passed away. Mr Doran, who passed away on Sunday, was born in 1927 and was admitted as a solicitor in 1953.

Lawmakers in Germany have voted to approve the partial legalisation of cannabis. The legislation advanced by the country's ruling coalition was backed by 407 parliamentarians. 226 voted against the bill and only four abstained.