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Modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT) in the UK is far more prevalent than previously thought, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA). A growing body of evidence resulting from an increase in law enforcement activity points to the numbers of victims being much higher than estimated, and

A director at Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin (CFR) is raising cash for charity Barnardo's by taking part in the Great North Run 2017. Michael Graham has already raised almost £600 on JustGiving ahead of taking part in the famous Manchester half marathon next month.

Amnesty International has condemned the execution of a man in Iran this week who was arrested and sentenced to death as a child, contrary to international law. Alireza Tajiki, who was 21 years old, was sentenced to death at the age of 16 in April 2013 after a criminal court convicted him of murder a

A prisoner who argued that the cessation of his state pension payments from the date of his detention was unconstitutional has successfully appealed his case in the Supreme Court. Finding that the statutory provision which disqualified prisoners from receiving such a benefit was contrary to the sepa

Thousands of letters to motorists, notifying them that their wrongly-imposed convictions and penalty points will be quashed, have been reissued because the State did not receive a response. Answering a written parliamentary question, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan said a total of 9,380 letters ha

Malcolm Hurlston The number and value of debt judgments in Northern Ireland has increased substantially in the first half of 2017, the Registry Trust has said.

Pictured (l-r): Hannah Megarry, Rory Copeland, Lisa McGrady and Danielle McKeefry The four trainees who joined Pinsent Masons in Belfast last year have all been retained as newly-qualified solicitors, the firm announced as it welcomed four new recruits to its training programme.

A new US report has identified Ireland's blasphemy law as the least restrictive in the world, the Irish Independent reports. The US Commission on International Religious Freedoms (UCIRF) examined the 71 countries with blasphemy laws and their compatibility with international human rights laws.

The Equality Commission of Northern Ireland helped a woman who was made redundant during her maternity leave settle her sex discrimination case against her employers for £9,000. Áine Magorrian took a case against her employers SALIIS Ltd alleging sex discrimination, unlawful discrimination on grou

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has urged the United States and North Korea to "scale down" the "megaphone diplomacy" between the two countries amid an escalation of hostile rhetoric. Mr Flanagan said it was "important in the context of international relations that any disputes or differences of o

Families of the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings have raised over £10,000 for a planned judicial review over the naming of suspects. The families have been crowdfunding for their legal bid to overturn a coroner's ban on naming suspects at forthcoming inquests into the deaths of 21 people in t

A plumbing company has won permission to appeal a high-profile employment ruling to the UK Supreme Court. Pimlico Plumbers is appealing the decision of the Court of Appeal in London that it should have classed Gary Smith as a "worker" rather than self-employed.

Courts across England and Wales are asking visitors to sip from any bottles they have in order to prove they do not contain acid, following a spate of attacks over the past few months, The Times reports. The test is intended to prevent attacks against lawyers, judges, defendants, witnesses, jurors a

The Board of Management of a secondary school in Athenry have been granted an order of certiorari, quashing the decision of an appeals committee which had directed the school to admit a pupil contrary to its enrolment policies. Ms Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh found that the committee had erred in c

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Employers, trade unions, educational institutions and members of the public are to be invited to contribute to a public consultation on tackling the gender pay gap.