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The successors in title of land subject to a negative covenant contained in a lease agreed to in 1981 have had their application for a declaration that the covenant was unlawful refused in the High Court in Belfast. Finding that the application of the doctrine of restraint of trade to successors in

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan discussed Brexit and paramilitary issues with the UK government's Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire yesterday.

John-Mark McCafferty A national housing charity has warned that rent legislation is not being flouted by some landlords.

A verdict in the long-running trial of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa in Cairo will finally be delivered on Monday, The Times reports. Regardless of the outcome of the trial, the Government has said it will seek to have him returned to Ireland. However, campaigners and human rights groups have warned

Dominic Raab The UK must keep 'half an eye' on rulings of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), according to justice minister Dominic Raab.

Koulla Yiasouma Northern Ireland's Commissioner for Children and Young People, Koulla Yiasouma, has become the latest to criticise a vigilante group that purports to confront child sex abusers.

Cahir O'Higgins A Dublin-based solicitor who was hit by a car and injured while cycling in Greece has called for a change in Irish law to protect cyclists.

MLAs' tweets are not subject to the Northern Ireland Assembly's Code of Conduct and the oversight of the Assembly Commissioner for Standards, it has emerged. A complaint against former minister Edwin Poots over a tweet linking the LGBTQ community to paedophilia was dropped after the Commissioner fou

The European Commission is consulting on proposals to lower the fingerprinting age for children in the EU's Visa Information System (VIS). The changes would see children as young as six years old fingerprinted when applying for a visa to a country in the Schengen area, which includes most EU member

A Muslim practice allowing men to summarily divorce their wives by repeating the word ‘talaq’ three times has been declared unconstitutional by India's Supreme Court. The 1,400 year old practice was brought to an end this week after the five-judge bench ruled 3:2 that talaq-e-biddat is illegal i

A man who disposed of upwards of £76,000 from his father’s estate while acting as executor has been found by the High Court in Belfast in breach of his legal and statutory duty as an executor, and guilty of devastivit in carrying out his role as executor of the estate of the deceased. Referring t

The Supreme Court is set to consider the issue of consent and its application as a defence in a prosecution for assault causing harm. The court granted an application from Gerard Brown for leave to appeal a judgment from the Court of Appeal, which upheld his conviction in Portlaoise Circuit Criminal

There continue to be concerns about vulnerable prisoners at Maghaberry Prison, despite the leadership's "real desire" to deal with its issues. A small team of inspectors made an unannounced visit in April to review progress since the last full inspection.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Irish motorists are using their mobile phones while driving in spite of tens of thousands of fines and penalty points, The Irish Times reports.

Rachel Lafferty HOMS Solicitors has congratulated one of its trainees on winning the Law Society Litigation Prize.