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Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire has been criticised for not backing interim compensation payments to survivors of child abuse.

A former criminal law lecturer and sex offender will be released because of a misinterpretation of the law by the State, The Irish Times reports. The High Court has ordered the release of Juilan Mysercough, 57, due to a flaw in the legality of his detention.

A man who sought to restrain the enforcement of a deportation order made against him, pending the outcome of an application to revoke the order based on him being the father of an EU citizen child, has had his case struck out of the Court of Appeal for want of jurisdiction. Delivering the judgment o

Guy Lougher The head of Brexit advisory at Pinsent Masons said government proposals for a future customs relationship with the EU include interesting suggestions for handling the Irish border.

Joe Charles Delays in Ireland's probate system are causing financial hardship for families of the deceased, Royal London Ireland has claimed.

Liz O'Donnell The chairperson of the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has called for independent verification of data on the enforcement of traffic laws, The Times reports.

A treatment programme for sex offenders in prison which was linked to reoffending has been scrapped in Northern Ireland, The Detail reports. The Core Sex Offender Treatment Programme (COPT) was first scrapped in England and Wales after a review by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) found that prisoners w

There has been a 484 per cent rise in the number of legal technology patents registered globally in the past five years, according to research by Thomson Reuters. Using data gleaned from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the company said that 579 patents covering new legal service

Bill Holohan The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) is hosting a free ADR Forum in Cork next month on the subject of Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) arbitrations.

Professor Deirdre Madden A law professor at University College Cork (UCC) has been appointed to a review group established to examine the role of voluntary organisations in publicly funded health services.

Prison officers seized over 3,500 weapons in Irish prisons from 2012–16, the Irish Examiner reports. The Irish Prison Service confirmed a total of 3,687 weapons were seized over the period.

The State will not appeal against the High Court's decision last month to refuse the extradition of Ian Bailey to France in relation to the death of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier. Mr Bailey, 60, denies any involvement in the death of Ms du Plantier, who was found dead outside her holiday home in Schull

In the Court of Appeal in Belfast, Friends of the Earth Limited successfully appealed against the dismissal of their application for Judicial Review. The application was in relation to a decision of the Department of the Environment refusing to issue a Stop Notice to the owners of the bed of Lough N

Laura Keogh Ireland could become a world leader in space law if a legal framework is put in place to support the space sector, an Irish lawyer has said.

Nóirín O'Sullivan Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan has failed in a bid to join Europol, The Irish Times reports.