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The Government will not announce the wording of the abortion referendum until the Supreme Court has ruled on an unrelated case concerning the rights of an "unborn child", The Irish Times reports. The court is considering the meaning of the word “unborn” in the Constitution following a High Court

Sixteen law firms are among the UK's top 100 LGBT-inclusive employers, according to Stonewall. The LGBT charity's annual list includes UK and international firms with offices in Belfast, such as Pinsent Masons, Baker McKenzie, Herbert Smith Freehills, Eversheds Sutherland and Allen & Overy.

Stephen McKinney Stephen McKinney, director at GCS Armagh Solicitors, has been named secretary of Armagh Solicitors' Association (ASA).

Deirdre Malone The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) will tomorrow launch a major new report calling for the abolition of solitary confinement.

Chief Constable George Hamilton The PSNI Chief Constable has warned there is a lack of clarity about post-Brexit policing and justice arrangements, the Irish Independent reports.

Liam Herrick The executive director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has been awarded a grant from the Open Society Foundations (OSF).

Sir Brian Leveson Senior judges have lent their support to a proposed simplification and rationalisation of the sentencing code, The Times Brief reports.

A new report has called for legislative change in the UK to protect British nationals from torture and ill-treatment abroad. Beyond Discretion: The protection of British nationals abroad from torture and ill-treatment looks at the experiences of several British nationals that sought the UK governmen

Dublin firm Mason Hayes & Curran, in conjunction with Social Innovation Fund Ireland and the Irish Government, has launched the second year of their three-year €450,000 Engage & Educate Fund.

A man who sought to appeal an order of costs made against him in the High Court in 2012, has been refused leave to appeal in the Supreme Court. The man sought to argue that the 33rd Amendment to the Constitution could be applied retrospectively as the issues were procedural in nature, however the fi

Ernest Cantillon Cork-based Cantillons Solicitors has announced the promotion of three new partners.

Mrs Justice Keegan The PSNI has not been fulfilling its obligation to provide full disclosure of intelligence material in legacy inquests, presiding coroner Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan has revealed.

Finian McGrath Ireland will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) by March, the Government has announced.

Below, we republish in full the Department of Health's information note on the legal advice underpinning the Government's decision to propose new text in the Constitution as part of the referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment.

Asylum seekers may not be subjected to a psychological test in order to determine their sexual orientation, the Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) has determined. The performance of such a test, the court said, amounts to a disproportionate interference in the private life of the asylum seeke