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Equality law expert Professor Evelyn Collins has been appointed as chair of the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland. She previously served as chief executive of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland from March 2000 to January 2023, overseeing a broad remit under Northern Ireland's equalit

The remains of executed prisoners will be removed from the grounds of Mountjoy Prison over the next six to seven months. An excavation is planned to begin this month in an area thought to contain the remains of the 29 prisoners executed by the State between 1923 and 1954, and potentially the remains

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Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan is to appear in court on a charge of trespassing near hot springs at Yellowstone National Park. The 70-year-old actor will appear in court in Wyoming on 23 January 2024, the BBC reports.

Belfast solicitor Sam Creighton, principal at Creighton & Company Solicitors, has passed away following an illness. Mr Creighton died peacefully at Marie Curie Hospice on 23 December 2023 and his funeral took place at Bloomfield Presbyterian Church and Roselawn Cemetery on Tuesday.

Northern Ireland's largest newspaper publishers have launched a joint legal challenge to new legislation granting pre-charge anonymity to suspects of sexual offences. Under the Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, which came into force last September, suspec

Arthur Cox has announced 11 new senior appointments, comprising five partners, five of counsel and a new legal director. The new partners are Gillian Beechinor in the real estate team, Kylie Dollard in corporate and M&A, Jack Logan in litigation, dispute resolution and investigations, Peter Murp

McCann FitzGerald has promoted seven lawyers to senior associate.

Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has expanded its corporate and commercial team with the appointment of solicitors Adele Patterson and Emma Coey. Ms Coey newly joins the firm, while Ms Patterson has been appointed to the role following her completion of the firm's trainee solicitor progra

A blind man who made a complaint of disability discrimination against his bank has secured a settlement with legal assistance from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. The man experienced ongoing difficulties in using the online banking services of a high-street bank. His first difficulty

A public inquiry into the UK's Horizon IT scandal has amassed enough evidence for police to open a criminal investigation into senior staff at the Post Office, lawyers for the wrongfully convicted postmasters have said. More than 700 sub-postmasters in the UK were falsely prosecuted between 2000 and

Legal battles over wills have soared in England and Wales by more than 34 per cent in five years, new figures show. Data from the Ministry of Justice show that 195 inheritance disputes went to court last year — as compared with 145 in 2017.

The Irish government should campaign to have a consent-based definition of rape included in a new EU directive on violence against women, Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) has said. Frances Fitzgerald, the former justice minister and current Fine Gael MEP, said last year that some EU member states ar

Ireland's statutory agency dedicated to tackling and reducing domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV) and supporting victims and survivors has been formally established. Cuan, an Irish work meaning a safe haven, harbour or place of shelter, has been chosen as the "working name" of the new

The Attorney General has been asked to advise the government of its options following the conviction of a Circuit Court judge for attempted rape and sexual assault. Judge Gerard O'Brien was convicted in late December of sexually abusing six men between 1991 and 1997 while working as a Dublin schoolt