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The High Court in London has ruled that a coroner's "cab rank" policy of dealing with bodies on a first-come, first-served basis was unlawful, irrational and discriminatory. The protocol issued by Mary Hassell, senior coroner for inner north London, last October has now been struck down and quashed.

Denis Naughten Environment Minister Denis Naughten is planning to hike fines for littering under the Litter Pollution Act, The Irish Times reports.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform erred in law in failing to consider whether Article 8 rights were engaged when refusing applications of two Mauritian citizens who had lawfully entered the State through a government scheme in 2006. Emphasising that t

Pictured (l-r): Rosanne Brennan, associate; Richard Gray, joint head of the corporate team; Neasa Quigley, joint head of the corporate team; Paul McGuickin, senior associate; and Helen Boyle, solicitor. Belfast-based Carson McDowell has announced a series of appointments to its corporate team in res

Anna Vangrove Law firm TLT has promoted Belfast banking and restructuring lawyer Anna Vangrove to partner as part of its 2018 promotion round.

John Cronin British and Irish politicians, regulators and business leaders discussed the prospects for Ireland as a financial services hub after Brexit at a seminar in London this morning.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The Department of Justice has lent its full support to a voluntary group organising a two-day gathering of Magdalene women this summer.

Ireland's press freedom ranking has fallen as a result of high defamation awards by the Irish courts and proposed Government legislation. Reporters Without Borders placed Ireland 16th in the 2018 Word Press Freedom Index, down from 14th in 2017.

Grainne Teggart Amnesty International has welcomed the publication of a delayed report recommending the relaxation of Northern Ireland's abortion laws in cases of fatal foetal abnormality.

Brian McCloskey Matheson has advised a US-based private equity fund on the successful acquisition of an Irish-based private security company.

Fergal Maguire Fergal Maguire, director at Cleaver Fulton Rankin, has been recognised in the Business First Northern Ireland Top 40 Under 40 List.

Eversheds Sutherland's summer internship programme has been named Best Diversity & Inclusion Participative Initiative by the Irish Institute of Training and Development (IITD).

A group of newspaper companies have had their application for judicial review of a court order imposing reporting restrictions on a sexual assault case refused in the High Court. Finding that the 2014 order was lawfully made, but that there was no lawful basis for it to continue after the accused ha

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan told Cabinet colleagues that he should have the authority to propose appointments of judges during a row which broke out yesterday, The Irish Times reports.

The Departments of Health and Justice have published a significantly delayed report which recommends a change in the law to allow abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality (FFA). The report was commissioned in summer 2016 and completed by October that year, but its publication was delayed indefi