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A&L Goodbody (ALG) has announced the appointment of 11 new partners, 27 new associates and three of counsel across the firm's Dublin, Belfast and London offices. The partner appointments – eight in Dublin and three in Belfast – are the largest number of partner appointments ALG

Lawyers for a convicted child rapist have told a High Court judge that rape victims are subject to criminal prosecution if they publish their own identity. Last March, a jury convicted a 41-year-old Wicklow man of repeated sexual attacks on a neighbouring child when she was aged approximately nine.

Matt Higgins, founding principal of HHD Solicitors, has been appointed to join the Board of Members of Belfast Charitable Society. Mr Higgins, a lawyer for over 30 years, is already actively engaged in the local community outside of the law.

New eGates for passport control will be officially opened at Dublin Airport by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan tomorrow. The eGates are up and running in Terminal 1, ahead of the busy summer period, and will shortly be operational in Terminal 2.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland hosted a special event this week to discuss key issues around the Children Order. The Children Order Panel Day 2019, organised by the Children Order Panel Accreditation Board (COPAB), was held on the theme of "Vulnerability".

Belfast firm Wilson Nesbitt is donating nearly £1,500 to road safety charity Brake following fundraising efforts around the Belfast Marathon. Three Wilson Nesbitt relay teams took part in the marathon, raising £730 on their JustGiving page.

The immigration detention centre at Heathrow Airport has come under fire from an independent watchdog for holding people for "inhumane" periods. A new report from the centre's Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) notes that some detainees have been held for up to four-and-a-half years before being rel

In 1830, Sir Jonah Barrington became the only High Court judge to be dismissed from office by the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Jonah Barrington was a lawyer, judge and politician born at Knaptou, near Abbeyleix. The fourth child of impoverished landowner John Barrington, he was immediate

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Brazil: Supreme Court Votes to Make Homophobia a Crime

The Home Office has been granted a six-month adjournment in the First-tier Tribunal in a high-profile dispute over an Irish woman's access to a UK immigration scheme for EU nationals. Immigration rights campaigner Emma DeSouza is currently fighting to bring her husband to Northern Ireland

A vet has been suspended from the register for six months after stealing a newborn puppy and telling its rightful owners that it died. Zahra Rafiq, 29, delivered a litter of six French bulldogs but told owner Safinah Mhagrh, 29, that five had been delivered and one had died, The Times reports.

A woman has been granted a declaration that the Public Accounts Committee acted unlawfully in conducting a public hearing in a manner significantly outside its terms of reference, which also departed significantly from the terms of her invitation to attend the hearing. Delivering the Supreme Court's

The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, has indicated he is "minded to quash" the search warrants linked to the raids on the homes and office of two Northern Ireland journalists. Journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey brought judicial review proceedings to the High Court in Belfast earlier

A charity which offers assistance to victims and witnesses appearing in court has said it expects a significant increase in demand over the coming years. General manager Dympna Kenny made the comments as Victim Support at Court (V-SAC) launched its annual report for 2018 in Dublin yesterday.

A woman who tried to process a bogus personal injury claim because she needed money to cover the costs of her and her husband's funerals has been given a three-year suspended jail sentence. Judge Pauline Codd, sitting in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, said fraudulent claims lead to increased insuran