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The High Court in Belfast has ruled in favour of a couple who sought permission for a legally-binding humanist wedding ceremony. Mr Justice Colton quashed the General Register Office’s decision to refuse an application for authorisation for a humanist marriage on the grounds that it breached the a

Mr Justice Colm Mac Eochaidh has been appointed a judge at the General Court of the European Union for a term of office expiring on 31 August 2019. Mr Justice Mac Eochaidh was born in 1963 and graduated in law from University College Dublin in 1984.

Solicitor Antoinette Curran, a former president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, has passed away. Ms Curran was admitted as a solicitor in 1979 and became president of the Law Society in 1998.

A new book examining key legal cases which have brought about significant social change in Ireland will be launched in Dublin later this month. Legal Cases that Changed Ireland, published by Clarus Press and edited by Professor Ivana Bacik and Dr Mary Rogan, is based on a 2015 series of seminars und

Maria McCloskey Maria McCloskey, an associate solicitor at Napier & Sons in Belfast, has been appointed to co-ordinate a new legal project in partnership with the Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers (NICRAS).

A couple who want to take their seriously ill baby to the US for experimental treatment against the wishes of the hospital in which he is being kept on life support have been refused permission to appeal by the UK Supreme Court. Chris Gard and Connie Yates, whose son Charlie suffers from MDDS, were

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Draft legislation establishing the Independent Reporting Commission in Irish law has been published, fulfilling a key part of the Fresh Start Agreement agreed in Belfast two years ago.

John Finucane Belfast solicitor John Finucane has failed in his bid to be elected as Sinn Féin's MP for North Belfast.

It is incompatible with EU law to require a worker to take leave first before being able to establish whether he is entitled to be paid for it, according to Advocate General Tanchev. In circumstances where an employer has not provided a worker with paid leave, the right to paid leave carries over un

A man in Thailand has been given a record 35-year sentence after insulting royalty on Facebook. 34-year-old Mr Wichai was convicted on 10 counts of lèse-majesté by a military court in Bangkok after posting photos and videos of the Thai Royal Family on a Facebook account which he fraudulently creat

A former GAA footballer who was subject to two seriously defamatory publications in the Sunday World has been awarded damages totalling €310,000. Mr Justice O’Connor found that the public scrutiny faced by the former footballer meant that aggravated and punitive damages were also necessary. Back

Pictured: Michael Johnston, managing partner at Carson McDowell, with newly appointed partners Mary-Kim Doherty, Kerry Teahan, Peter Guzhar, Grant McBurney and Olivia O’Kane Northern Ireland's largest independent law firm, Carson McDowell, has today announced the appointment of five new partners.

John McGuinness Compensation pay-outs for medical negligence have nearly doubled in five years, the Irish Examiner reports.

Information Commissioner Peter Tyndall A record number of Freedom of Information requests were made to public bodies last year, according to Information Commissioner Peter Tyndall's annual report.

The UK Supreme Court will rule next week on a challenge to the Secretary of State for Health over his failure to make abortion available on the NHS in England to women from Northern Ireland. Judgment in R (on the application of A and B) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Health (Respondent) will