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Salaries for legal professionals in Northern Ireland are performing strongly in the face of Brexit uncertainty, a survey has revealed. The regional Salary Survey Report from Abacus Professional Recruitment, published this week, is based on survey data from 100 partners, senior associate solicitors,

Women in Northern Ireland could face criminal investigation if they include reference to a previously unreported rape in their tax credit application, a charity has said. From today, new rules restrict child tax credits to a woman's first two children except under specific circumstances, such as a s

Darragh Mackin Lawyers for Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa, who is on trial in Cairo for alleged participation in a political protest, have cautiously welcomed reports of progress in his trial yesterday.

Brendan Howlin People who distribute an intimate image of somebody else without their consent could be jailed for six months under legislative proposals published by the Labour Party.

Two transgender persons suffered violations of their article 8 rights on account of an obligation to establish the irreversible nature of the change in their appearance in order to vary their birth names, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of A.P.

Theresa May Prime Minister Theresa May has been urged to press Saudi Arabia for the release of three juveniles who face beheading for allegedly attending protests.

A man who was unanimously convicted by a jury on two counts of false imprisonment has had his conviction quashed in the Court of Appeal. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court, Mr Justice Alan Mahon ruled that the trial judge should have discharged the jury after a witness inadvertently di

Paul McGarry SC Paul McGarry SC, chair of the Council of The Bar of Ireland, has robustly defended his opposition to the proposed lay majority on the new judicial appointments commission.

The Government has approved the establishment of a Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald (pictured) has announced. In making the announcement, the Government also reaffirmed the need for the extensive reform programme already underway within An Garda S�

Businesses need to keep ahead of employment law developments and have "greater respect" for statutory dispute bodies, employment law expert Kieran Mulvey has said. Mr Mulvey, former head of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), spoke at an employment law event hosted by Dublin-based law firm Phi

Les Allamby The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has welcomed the progress made to transfer responsibility for the provision of education at Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre from the Department of Justice to the Department of Education.

Gerlind Wisskirchen New labour and employment legislation is “urgently needed” before the impending AI revolution, including in the area of liability for autonomous cars, according to a report by the International Bar Association (IBA).

Darragh Mackin An urgent inquiry must be held into An Garda Síochána's handling of the investigation into convicted Waterford paedophile Bill Kenneally, the solicitor for four survivors of his abuse has said.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny Taoiseach Enda Kenny has sent an urgent letter to Egyptian President Abdel el-Sisi to request the release of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa from jail on humanitarian grounds.

One in four legal firms in Great Britain suffered a cyber-attack or fraud-related loss in the last year, according to a new report published by NatWest. According to the bank's 2017 Legal Benchmarking Report, 24 per cent of firms were affected - of which 16 per cent were small firms, 31 per cent wer