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The total cost and number of legal actions against the state is rising relentlessly according to the latest figures from the Comptroller and Auditor General. The accounts for the State Claims Agency reveal that, at the end of 2016, the estimated cost of outstanding compensation claims against the St

The cash-strapped Department of Justice spent nearly €4 million renting a building in Dublin that it never used – and could never use because it lacked the required planning permission. The annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General for 2016 reveals that a building on Wolfe Tone Street

Tributes have been paid to Stephen Davis, the governor of controversial Maghaberry Prison who has died after a short illness. Mr Davis, joined the Northern Ireland Prison Service in 1985, initially serving as assistant governor of Crumlin Road Gaol.

Leona Rankin Certain provisions of the Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 have come into force which will see changes to our current whistleblowing provisions under the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, Leona Rankin writes.

Pictured (l-r): Rory Delahunty, Chief Information Officer, Ronan Daly Jermyn; Michael Brophy, CEO, Certification Europe; Richard Martin, Managing Partner, Ronan Daly Jermyn; Tom Noonan, Chief Operations Officer, Ronan Daly Jermyn

A man who drove into a crowd of people while on his way home from an Orange Order parade, has been given a two year custodial sentence, to serve one in custody and one on licence. Judge Patricia Smyth stated that continuing to drive after striking several pedestrians was an aggravating factor in the

Ireland followed Australia, the UK and France on Saturday to become the fourth country in the world to insist on plain packaging for cigarette packets. Logos and branding are now banned and cigarettes must be sold in plain packaging with more prominent health warnings. Cigarettes already manufacture

The UK’s increased detention and deportation of EU citizens from Britain is being examined by the European Commission, which has warned it will take “appropriate action” if necessary. Enforced removals and detention of EU citizens have risen abruptly in the wake of the Brexit vote.

Ronan Dunne The Government is due to begin seeking feedback on whether Ireland’s mergers laws are working, The Irish Times reports.

Three Belfast lawyers are set to hit the streets of the Big Apple in a bid to raise £10,000 for charity.

Claire McDaid TVT, tension free vaginal tape, also known as vaginal mesh, was advertised as an innovative new product when it was introduced to the market; a simple procedure that provided an effective solution to bladder prolapse, a condition suffered by many women. However, as the years have passe

Pictured (l-r): Lord Nicholas Macpherson, former Secretary to the Treasury in the UK from 2005 to 2016; Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade; Liz Grace, Partner, Matheson and Michael Jackson, Managing Partner, Matheson.

in the planning process. v. As a result of this deficient site notice, members of the public whose lands were affected by the two possible grid connection routes made any submissions to the Board in relation to the application for planning permission nor was any consent given for grid connection wo

The father of two children has successfully applied for his children to be returned to the jurisdiction of England and Wales after they were removed from their habitual residence there without his consent in July 2016. The mother of the children brought the two children to Ireland without his knowle

Eilis Barry, chief executive of FLAC Legal rights group FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) has warmly welcomed the new Chief Justice's focus on access to justice and civil justice reform in his speech marking the new legal year.