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The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) is struggling to satisfy its mandate with "diminishing financial resources", chief commissioner Les Allamby has warned. Writing in the foreword to the human rights body's latest annual report, Mr Allamby said the organisation needs "a decent finan

A third of police files prepared for prosecutors in England and Wales are being returned because of significant mistakes, often leading to delays in the court process, new figures reveal. According to Crown Prosecution Service figures released to The Times, 33 per cent of files submitted to prosecut

A farmer has been fined more than £2,000 for damage to an ancient earthwork which he tried and failed to blame on his sheep. Richard Pugh, 35, admitted that he damaged Offa's Dyke, which follows the ancient border between England and Wales, with his farm equipment.

A man with multiple sclerosis whose application for disability allowance was refused on the basis that he was not resident in the State has been granted leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. The High Court refused to consider the substantive issues raised by the man in his application for judicial r

James Duggan has been elected managing partner of Flynn O'Driscoll Business Solicitors, succeeding founder Pat Flynn. Mr Flynn is taking up the role of chairman following his 17-year term as managing partner, which has seen the firm grow to a staff of 85 people across two offices in Dublin and Galwa

The Government is treating a surprise High Court ruling which tightens the residence requirement for citizenship applicants as an "urgent priority", ministers have said. Last week, Mr Justice Max Barrett ruled that applicants for citizenship must not have left the State at all in the year leading up

Tully Rinckey Ireland has announced the appointment of Mary Flaherty as a consultant company secretary in Dublin. Ms Flaherty will advise business clients on all aspects of company establishment and company compliance.

Lawyers have called on the Department of Justice to bring the personal injury discount rate in Northern Ireland in line with the rate in England and Wales. The discount rate is a percentage used to adjust the lump sum awards for future losses, costs and expenses received by victims of life-changing

Draft legislation providing for cross-border recognition of bail decisions and the monitoring of bail conditions is set to be published. The Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Bill 2019 will implement an EU framework decision from 2009, drawn up in response to

A judge in the Court of Appeal has said it was "almost inconceivable" that one of Ireland's most experienced criminal trial judges would simply forget to instruct the jury on the presumption of innocence in a rape trial. Mr Justice John Edwards yesterday quashed the conviction of Mohamed Okda, 33, w

Ronan Daly Jermyn partner Sean O'Reilly and Adam McCarthy consider the implications of smart contracts. There is a great deal of excitement surrounding smart contracts. Smart contracts have the potential to be traceable, transparent, and irreversible. As for security, they can record an indisputable

Both the number and total value of small claims and High Court judgments in Northern Ireland have decreased in the first half of 2019 compared to the same period the previous year, according to new figures. According to the Registry Trust, there were 3,721 defaults and small claims judgments in Nort

The King's Inns has congratulated barrister-at-law graduates on being called to the Bar this week. Cillian Bracken, Simon Gillespie and Clare Kelly, pictured above, were among the new barristers called by the Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke.

International law firm Pinsent Masons has been recognised as one of the best multinational employers for LGBT+ staff in Stonewall's 2019 Top Global Employers index. The firm is one of 14 organisations to be named in the list that highlights multinational businesses for the progress they have made in

A&L Goodbody's aviation and transport finance team has won recognition for its innovative work on a $575.4 million securitisation last year.