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Prospective university and college students are showing an increased interest in law degrees, according to the latest figures from the Central Applications Office (CAO). Of 65,294 applicants for level 8 courses, a total of 2,694 applicants listed a degree in law as their first preference - an increa

Paul Tweed Belfast lawyer Paul Tweed of Johnsons Solicitors is representing Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams in defamation proceedings against the BBC.

A new book from Clarus Press is set to provide an accessible and comprehensive account of the law in relation to sexual offending in Ireland. Sexual Offending in Ireland: Laws, Procedures and Punishment has been written by Dr Susan Leahy and Dr Margaret Fitzgerald O'Reilly, law lecturers at the Univ

Karolina Szumko A woman has been spared jail for a racist attack on a bouncer because a judge said she was “a lady”, The Times reports.

Samah Hadid Amnesty International has launched a new campaign calling for world leaders to back the prosecution of alleged Syrian war criminals.

The decision of the Department for the Economy to publish the names of “natural persons” in receipt of Renewal Heat Incentive Scheme funding has been quashed by an order of certiorari, after the High Court found that the decision was in breach of the Data Protection Act 1998. The Department is,

Prime Minister Theresa May has said proposed new institutions to carry out legacy investigations in Northern Ireland will shift the "unbalanced" focus away from soldiers and police officers. In a letter to army veterans published by BBC News, Ms May said the UK government is "concerned that the whol

Arthur Cox has announced plans to move to new premises on Dublin's Earlsfort Terrace next Monday 20 March. The firm, which is currently based in Earlsfort Centre, confirmed the move to Ten Earlsfort Terrace via Twitter this morning.

The family of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa have expressed regret that he was not included in a list of over 200 young people pardoned by the Egyptian government this week. Mr Halawa, 21, is being prosecuted in a mass trial for allegedly participating in a political protest.

The widow of solicitor Pat Finucane (pictured) is set to ask the UK Supreme Court for leave to appeal her failed legal bid to overturn the UK government's refusal to hold an inquiry into his 1989 murder. Solicitor Peter Madden will lodge an application directly with the UK Supreme Court next week on

The creation of online courts will result in more unrepresented defendants and defeat the principle of open justice, according to a legal think tank. Transform Justice has today published a report warning that the Mnistry of Justice’s £1 billion court reform programme for England and Wales makes

A telephone subscriber’s consent to the publication of his data also covers its use in another member state, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. The highly harmonised regulatory framework makes it possible to ensure throughout the EU the same respect for requirements relating to

Amnesty International has welcomed the support of the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland for its call for an inquiry into Mother and Baby Homes in Northern Ireland. Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh and the Primate of All Ireland, said many in the church and society were “ashamed” and that

A defaulting shareholder of the Blackrock Clinic has been ordered to pay another shareholding company almost €9 million in respect of the defaulted loans which the company purchased after the collapse of Anglo Irish Bank. In the leading judgment of the three-judge Court of Appeal, Ms Justice Finla

Richard Grogan A leading employment solicitor has called for the decisions of Adjudication Officers to be more easily accessible online.