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Criminal justice bodies in Northern Ireland have too readily used "transformation" as a pretext for cuts which have sometimes increased pressure for other bodies, a review has found. Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland this week published a strategic overview of transformation in Northern I

The UK government's decision to withdraw a funding grant from Belfast rap trio Kneecap has been ruled unlawful.

The European Commission has closed three in-depth state aid investigations following rulings by the EU courts. The Commission no longer believes that selective advantages were granted by Luxembourg to Fiat and Amazon and by the Netherlands to Starbucks.

Proposals to improve the experience of services for victims and witnesses of crime in Northern Ireland have gone out for consultation. The Department of Justice is seeking the views of the public as it develops its Victims and Witnesses of Crime Bill.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Dying in ‘Hell’: The fate of Palestinian medics jailed by Israel

Former UK Supreme Court president Lady Hale has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, is a former judge who served as the first female president of the Supreme Court. In 2019 she announced the court’s judgement that the prorogation of Parli

Ogier partner Oisin McClenaghan has been appointed as chair of arts body aemi. Founded in 2016, aemi is a Dublin-based initiative that supports and regularly exhibits moving image works by artists and experimental filmmakers.

Colin Mitchell has taken up post as president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland.

ByrneWallace and LK Shields Solicitors are to merge in a shock move that will create one of the largest law firms in Ireland. The merged firm, to be called Byrne Wallace Shields, will create a firm with over 430 employees, including 220 solicitors.

A stowaway has managed to fly from New York to Paris without a boarding pass. The woman, a Russian passport holder somewhere between 55 and 60 years old, is awaiting deportation to the United States following her arrival in France without a visa, CNN reports.

Taylor Muldoon has been awarded The Lord Kerr Scholarship by Queen's University Belfast School of Law. The annual scholarship was established in memory of Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore, law alumnus of Queen's in 1969, former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and Justice of the Supreme Court of the U

Northern Ireland's enduring powers of attorney (EPA) framework is "outdated" and in need of urgent reform, former justice minister Claire Sugden has said. Ms Sugden, who chairs the Northern Ireland Assembly's All-Party Group on Ageing and Older People, told ministers to consider introducing somethin

Global data centre investors and operators are confident about the sector’s future and predict increased investment in data centres in the next two years, according to research by DLA Piper. The global law firm commissioned TMT Finance to survey 176 senior executives on the topic of data

Corporate law firm Flynn O'Driscoll LLP and commercial law firm Vincent & Beatty LLP have agreed to merge. The merger will be effective from 1 January 2025 and will create a firm with a headcount of 140 staff.

The European Commission has opened infringement procedures against Ireland for failing to transpose the NI2 Directive. EU member states were required to transpose the NIS2 Directive, which aims to ensure a high level of cybersecurity across the EU, into national law by 17 October 2024.