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The roll-out of Universal Credit in Northern Ireland has been complicated by technical problems with claimants using Irish passports and Northern Ireland driving licenses.A number of claimants told BBC News they were unable to verify their identity through an online UK government website with these

A paralegal hailing from Co Cork, who posed as a barrister in order to defraud people, has been jailed in England for eight years. Michael Cremin, 41, advertised himself as a barrister and was listed on a legitimate chambers website, despite his law degree from the University of London being entirel

Paul Tweed Belfast lawyer Paul Tweed of Johnsons Solicitors has secured an apology and damages from Metro for former First Minister Peter Robinson.

The Irish Yearbook of International Law is now accepting submissions for its thirteenth volume. The internationally peer-reviewed yearbook, edited by Professor Siobhán Mullaly (incoming at NUI Galway) and Professor Fiona de Londras (University of Birmingham) and published by Hart Publishing, publis

Campbell Newell Trade mark specialist Marks & Clerk today said businesses should still seek expert advice ahead of Brexit, despite some clarity over industry issues post-split.

A judge in the High Court in London has criticised Home Secretary Amber Rudd for failing to release a torture survivor from detention in spite of repeated court orders. At an emergency hearing yesterday, Mrs Justice Nicola Davies DBE said Mrs Rudd had provided "less than satisfactory reasons" for th

Dublin firm Mason Hayes & Curran is sponsoring a series of public talks to be hosted by the Royal Irish Academy beginning next month. The first talk, on 12 September, welcomes the former President of Ireland, Professor Mary McAleese MRIA, as a guest speaker.

Pictured (l-r): Kimberly Hill, TinyLife, receives a cheque from Kenny Chambers, Managing Partner, Johnsons and Eva Morgan, Johnsons A team from Belfast-based Johnsons Solicitors has a cheque for more than £2,000 to premature and vulnerable baby charity TinyLife.

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.