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Young people at Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre in Bangor were joined by parents, families and invited guests as the annual carol service hosted by the Youth Justice Agency (YJA).

Kieran Donnelly The level of outstanding fines in Northern Ireland is "exceptionally high", according to the Northern Ireland Audit Office.

Discrimination resulting in the denial of a basic education is a sufficiently severe violation of basic human rights so as to amount in law to persecution, the Supreme Court has found. In the circumstances of the particular case involving a Serbian child of Ashkali ethnicity, Mr Justice Clarke found

Legal bodies have welcomed Luxembourg's ruling on indiscriminate retention of data as a blow to legislation that undermines legal professional privilege (LPP). The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that EU law precludes national legislation that prescribes general and indiscriminate reten

Ireland must recover the sum of €8 per passenger from airlines benefiting from unlawful state aid because the difference between the lower and normal rates of the Irish air travel tax constitutes unlawful aid which must be recovered regardless of the benefit the airlines actually derived from the

The Department of Justice cannot be compelled to legislate to protect the identities of minors who are suspected of crimes, the High Court in Belfast has ruled. It follows a legal challenge by a 15-year-old boy who was identified in newspapers as a suspect in a cyber attack.

Attorney General John Larkin QC Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin QC is too late to refer the Ashers discrimination case to the UK Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston A free trade agreement between the EU and Singapore can only be concluded by the EU and the member states acting jointly, according to the Opinion of Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston, contrary to the position of the Commission and European Parliament – both of

Pictured (l-r): Rachael Doyle, Mrs Susan Denham and Ross Power Two Maynooth University graduates who took part in the Superior Courts Summer Intern Programme have encouraged others to apply.

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has announced an immediate pre-Christmas £240,000 capital funding package for voluntary Search and Rescue groups in Northern Ireland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGv8100l4Gk A new legal drama is set to be broadcast on RTÉ One early next year.

A 39-year-old man given a five-year sentence following his conviction for sexual assault of his younger sister over a period of six years in the 1990s has failed in his challenge to the severity of his sentence in the Court of Appeal. Delivering the judgment, Mr Justice Edwards rejected the argument

EU law precludes national legislation that prescribes general and indiscriminate retention of data except in the fight against serious crime, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. In Case C-698/15, Mr Tom Watson, Mr Peter Brice and Mr Geoffrey Lewis brought actions challenging the UK

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald A bill to address the legislative barriers to Ireland’s ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be published in the next few days after it received Government approval yesterday.

Miles Celic, chief executive of TheCityUK The UK government must clearly and urgently articulate how it will ensure the widespread enforceability of UK court judgments in EU member states after Brexit, a new report argues.