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Belfast firm Orr & Co Solicitors has merged into Diamond Heron Solicitors. Sam Beattie and Joanna Beattie have now joined Diamond Heron and are based out of the firm's Royal Avenue office.

A new statutory perjury offence will "act as a deterrent" to potential fraudsters, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said. The Government yesterday approved amendments to broaden the scope of the Perjury and Related Offences Bill, introduced by Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh foll

Further action must be taken to improve how cases of domestic violence and abuse are handled in Northern Ireland's criminal justice system, according to a key watchdog. In a new report, Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) warns that important reforms have been delayed as a result of t

Northern Ireland solicitor William Rogers, a former senior partner in Carson McDowell, has passed away. Mr Rogers was admitted to the roll of solicitors in 1960 and once played a leading role in what is now Northern Ireland's largest independent law firm.

The Inspector of Prisons, Patricia Gilheaney, has warned that regular prison inspections are not taking place because of inadequate resources. In half of Ireland's ten closed prisons, no inspections have been conducted in a decade, Ms Gilheaney told Today with Sean O'Rourke, the Irish Examiner repor

A decline in the number of offenders participating in the Community Return Programme has been branded "disappointing" by penal reform campaigners. The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) welcomed new figures from the Probation Service showing that an increasing number of offenders are being dealt with t

By Brian Welsh, CEO of Insight Legal In most industries, the process of transferring software suppliers will involve some degree of migrating data from your current system to a new system. Today’s legal sector is no different, and you would expect your new supplier to charge some sort of fee t

Pinsent Masons has signed up to The Valuable 500 campaign which seeks to place disability inclusion on the board agenda of 500 global businesses. The Valuable 500, which was launched at the World Economic Forum's annual summit, urges global business leaders to become accountable for disabi

Victims of discrimination in England and Wales are being denied their fundamental right to justice and perpetrators are going unchallenged because of failures in the legal aid system, the human rights watchdog has warned. An inquiry into legal aid for victims of discrimination by the Equality and Hu

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a German autobahn toll proposal which would have put the burden of cost solely on the owners and drivers of cars registered in other EU member states is contrary to EU law. In an unusual move, infringement proceedings were brought against Germany by

Offshore private registers detailing who owns which companies in the Channel Islands are to be made public. The move follows sustained pressure on the islands to do their part of tackle tax avoidance.

Protestors in Hong Kong are preparing for fresh rallies on Friday as they demand city authorities satisfy their demands on the revocation of the Extradition Bill, The Guardian reports. Anonymous calls have been made on social media for people to gather outside the government headquarters in the Admi

A man was detained by police after giving his dogs "illegal" names in an eastern province of China. The dog breeder, in his early 30s, reportedly named two dogs "Chengguan" and "Xieguan" – which refer to the job titles of local state employees.

Two 14-year-old boys have become the youngest convicted murderers in the history of the State after being found guilty of the murder of 14-year-old Ana Kriégel. The two boys were aged 13 at the time of the murder and are known only as Boy A and Boy B due to their age.

The Court of Appeal in Belfast has held that PSNI officers can pursue claims for holiday pay from the date of commencement of the Working Time Regulations (NI) 1998, and are not confined to a three-month limitation. Finding that the officers were “workers” for the purposes of EU Communit