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Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald will seek Oireachtas approval for another one-year extension to the Special Criminal Court's jurisdiction over organised crime cases.

Cllr Dessie Shiels A councillor and practising solicitor has criticised his colleagues on Donegal County Council for not anticipating the impact the new Letterkenny courthouse could have on parking.

Liz Truss Liz Truss has been sacked as Lord Chancellor and demoted to Chief Secretary of the Treasury following a tenure dogged by controversy.

Matthew Jury A law firm representing some victims of terrorism in Northern Ireland have called on the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to advance their interests in negotiations with the Conservative Party.

A court in Pakistan has sentenced a man to death for making blasphemous remarks on Facebook. Taimoor Raza, 30, was convicted by an anti-terrorism court in Bahawalpur of posting blasphemous remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, his wives and companions.

The Supreme Court is set to be relocated from the Four Courts to a dedicated building for the first time ever, The Irish Times reports. A new building for the court has recently been incorporated into the proposal for a €40 million family and children's court complex at Hammond Lane in Smithfield,

In a dispute involving bookmakers and Dundalk Racecourse, the Court of Appeal has found that the loss of betting ring pitches in the redevelopment of the racecourse in 2007 did not constitute a breach of contract. In a joint judgment by Ms Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan and Ms Justice Mary Irvine, th

Retired Judge Bryan McMahon, who produced a landmark Government report on Direct Provision, has urged the Government to act on its recommendations at a conference marking the two-year anniversary of its publication. The McMahon Report was published in June 2015 and contained 173 recommendations to i

Dublin barrister Gillian Finane was attacked by a prisoner in Dolphin House yesterday, The Irish Times reports. Ms Finane was briefing a prisoner in a consultation room in the Dublin Districts Family Courts when he took out an improvised blade and held it to her face and neck.

The High Court in Belfast has ruled in favour of a couple who sought permission for a legally-binding humanist wedding ceremony. Mr Justice Colton quashed the General Register Office’s decision to refuse an application for authorisation for a humanist marriage on the grounds that it breached the a

Mr Justice Colm Mac Eochaidh has been appointed a judge at the General Court of the European Union for a term of office expiring on 31 August 2019. Mr Justice Mac Eochaidh was born in 1963 and graduated in law from University College Dublin in 1984.

Solicitor Antoinette Curran, a former president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, has passed away. Ms Curran was admitted as a solicitor in 1979 and became president of the Law Society in 1998.

A new book examining key legal cases which have brought about significant social change in Ireland will be launched in Dublin later this month. Legal Cases that Changed Ireland, published by Clarus Press and edited by Professor Ivana Bacik and Dr Mary Rogan, is based on a 2015 series of seminars und

Maria McCloskey Maria McCloskey, an associate solicitor at Napier & Sons in Belfast, has been appointed to co-ordinate a new legal project in partnership with the Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers (NICRAS).

A couple who want to take their seriously ill baby to the US for experimental treatment against the wishes of the hospital in which he is being kept on life support have been refused permission to appeal by the UK Supreme Court. Chris Gard and Connie Yates, whose son Charlie suffers from MDDS, were