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The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunal Service (NICTS) has announced the closure of Derry Courthouse for most of July and August. The building will close on 9 July and reopen at the beginning of September, with cases due to be heard in Derry to be heard in Omagh or Coleraine instead, a spokesperso

A European Union committee will vote tomorrow on controversial copyright proposals ahead of a vote in the Parliament next month. The Committee on Legal Affairs will vote on the report on copyright in the digital single market, which details legislation intended to protect rights holders.

The European Court of Human Rights elected Vincent A. De Gaetano (Malta) as a new section president this week. He has been elected for a two-year term and will take up his duties on 1 September 2018.

Beverley Sunderland Only a third of businesses in the legal sector are open to the idea of hiring transgender staff, according to a new report from an English law firm.

Mary Kitson A woman who lodged a tribunal case alleging sex discrimination related to her pregnancy has been paid £25,000 in a settlement by her employers.

Less than two per cent of Irish prisoners cast their vote in the referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment, The Irish Times reports. Just 58 of 3,987 people in Irish prisons on 25 May 2018 cast their vote, a turnout of just 1.5 per cent (though this includes non-eligible foreign nationals).

A 27-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to assaulting a man with head injuries in an unprovoked attack, has had her sentence reduced in the Court of Appeal. The woman appealed against the severity of her sentence of 12 years with the final 3 years suspended, submitting that her early guilty plea shou

Ireland's former Chief Justice, Ronan Keane, has called for the delayed Adoption Bill 2016 to be brought forward as soon as possible. Mr Keane told the Sunday Business Post that proposed legislation to give adopted people a statutory right to birth certificate information is "long overdue in this co

Gerry McAlinden QC Prominent barrister Gerry McAlinden QC has been officially sworn in as a High Court judge.

Emily Logan New research published by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has revealed the extent of discrimination and inequality in housing in Ireland.

Sarah Benson An anti-prostitution NGO has called on the Government to ensure the full implementation of laws criminalising the purchase of sex in Ireland.

The majority of solicitors are now women, according to new figures. A four per cent increase the number of women qualifying in 2017 meant women outnumbered men for the first time in the profession.

Shimon Goldwater Over 5,000 students have now joined a legal bid to claim £20 million in compensation for classes cancelled by universities during lecturer strikes earlier this year, law firm Asserson has said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ci2pUFcXkk Two lawyers at Callan Tansey Solicitors have called on fellow legal professionals to skydive in support of Spinal Injuries Ireland (SII).

Michelle O'Neill Sinn Féin's annual ard fhéis has voted to bring the party's policy on abortion in line with the recommendations of the joint Oireachtas committee on the Eighth Amendment.