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A UK Supreme Court Justice has called it “critical” that the role of judges in a representative democracy is properly understood as one of applying the law and not making it, broadly speaking. In a lecture to lawyers in the Bahamas last month during the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council's

Pictured: Lauren Stewart, Andrea McIlroy-Rose and Megan McPhillips Two Belfast school pupils are visiting the London headquarters of Pinsent Masons to mark International Women's Day today.

A couple who complained that the council were in breach of the licence agreement to allow them to use their static caravan in Portstewart have been awarded €750 in compensation in Coleraine County Court. The couple were denied access for six months despite having paid their licence fee for the ful

Claire Sugden Independent Unionist MLA Claire Sugden has said she wants to continue as Justice Minister following last week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald A regulatory body for Irish mediators could be established in the future, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

Judge Síofra O'Leary Judge Síofra O'Leary of the European Court of Human Rights will deliver NUIG School of Law's Annual Distinguished Lecture 2017.

The first book on Ireland's new Court of Appeal has been published by Clarus Press. The Court of Appeal: A Guide, written by Irish barrister Kieron Wood, is described as an invaluable reference tool for solicitors, barristers and judges.

Prime Minister Theresa May Prime Minister Theresa May has approved the appointment of Lord Justice Fulford, 64, as the first Investigatory Powers Commissioner for a three-year term. Lord Justice Fulford will take up the appointment with immediate effect.

A fresh PSNI investigation into the 1972 murder of Jean Smyth-Campbell would not meet the requirements of article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the High Court in Belfast has ruled. Margaret McQuillan, sister of Ms Smyth-Campbell, initiated judicial review proceedings against the PSNI

Sandra Egan Sandra Egan, partner at Holmes O'Malley Sexton Solicitors, is one of four women profiled by the Limerick Leader ahead of International Women's Day 2017.

Gerald Kean Celebrity solicitor Gerald Kean has pledged €10,000 towards a Down Syndrome Ireland Centre of Excellence in County Laois.

A man who robbed a 16-year-old boy of €15, with the threat that he had a knife in his pocket, has had his suspended sentence replaced by a custodial sentence. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Hedigan found that the trial judge had made an error in principle by

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) has expressed "deep disappointment" that legislation will not be in place to facilitate Garda access to the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court until the end of 2017 at the earliest. Cabinet approved the drafting of such legisl

Forty-nine prisoners are still slopping out in Irish prisons as of January 2017, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald (pictured) has confirmed. Following the construction of a new prison in Cork and the refurbishment of Mountjoy prison, 98.7 per cent of Irish prisoners now have access to in-cell sani

The UK government must fulfil its commitment to hold a public inquiry into the 1989 murder of solicitor Pat Finucane, Ireland's Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan (pictured) has said. Mr Flanagan delivered the annual Pat Finucane lecture in Belfast's Europa Hotel last night.