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FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty Civil society is under threat in many parts of the EU, according to a new report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).

Sarah Burrows Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors (CFR) has become an associate member of Social Enterprise NI, the representative body for social enterprises and social entrepreneurs.

Pictured (l-r): Trevor Lockhart, CBI Chair; Angela McGowan, CBI director; Paul Drechsler, CBI President; and Gareth Planck, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland Eversheds Sutherland hosted a private dinner in Belfast for leading members of the CBI, including president Paul Drechsler.

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has been granted an order lifting the automatic suspension of the execution of a contract for interpretation services with a third party, which was imposed by European Regulations as a result of a challenge by an unsuccessful tenderer for the public con

The European Court of Human Rights is launching a series of five new factsheets. The factsheets concern case law on the themes of access to the Internet and the freedom to receive and impart information; deprivation of citizenship; legal professional privilege; and accompanied and unaccompanied migr

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The Government made a conscious decision not to "narrowly" interpret the Supreme Court ruling on asylum seekers' right to work, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said.

Séamus Woulfe Attorney General Séamus Woulfe has been asked to advise the Government on the legal risks of not replacing the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution if voters decide to repeal it in the forthcoming referendum, The Times reports.

Members of the legal profession have paid tribute to the late Judge John McKee, who passed away earlier this month. His funeral is set to take place this Friday 19 January, 1.30pm at Killinchy Presbyterian Church.

Joe Brolly A prominent criminal barrister and sports pundit has claimed that the "tremendous consensus" that once existed around the Good Friday Agreement has gone, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

Commissioner Helen Dixon Over €2 million has been spent on legal fees for the Data Protection Commissioner in the ongoing Schrems/Facebook data protection case.

Scotland’s criminal legal aid system could be on the verge of collapse as solicitors working for the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) say they are unprepared for the deluge of calls from suspects requiring legal advice – as guaranteed by legislation due to come into force. On 25 January, new laws

An “experienced burglar” who broke into the home of a High Court judge's widow, while serving a suspended sentence for another burglary, has been spared extra jail time despite an appeal by prosecutors. Martin O'Brien, 31, had pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to burglary at the ho

Judgment has been reserved in Sinn Féin president and Louth TD Gerry Adams' appeal against his two convictions in the 1970s for attempting to escape from prison. Lawyers for Mr Adams told Belfast's Court of Appeal the convictions should be quashed because his imprisonment under the UK government's

A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer has seen his license to practise revoked shortly after openly criticising the Communist Party of China. Yu Wensheng, 50, said he had received a letter from China's Bureau of Justice cancelling his license because he had not been employed by a licensed law firm

A mother and her five children who were refused continued emergency accommodation, and whose application for housing was deferred for a one-year period, have been unsuccessful in applying for an order quashing the decisions of Galway County Council. Finding that the applicants were not entitled to t