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The Bar of Northern Ireland has urged caution in pursuing transformative civil justice reforms proposed by Lord Justice Gillen, calling for more evidence and reassurances on funding. It its 84-page response to Lord Gillen's draft report, it states: "We note the acknowledgement that the report is 'be

Belfast firm Robert G. Sinclair Solicitors has announced the appointment of five new solicitors.

Whether EU member states are obliged to grant humanitarian visas to people yet to enter its territory will be decided by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) following an emergency request from Belgium, EUobserver reports. The country's foreigners’ claims council has asked the court to rule on the

A total of 421 homes in Ireland were repossessed in the third quarter of 2016, according to new figures from the Central Bank. The latest Residential Mortgage Arrears and Repossession Statistics report states: "During the third quarter of 2016, legal proceedings were issued to enforce the debt/secur

Angelika Nußberger The European Court of Human Rights has elected a new vice-president – Angelika Nußberger (Germany). She has been elected for a three-year term and will take up her duties on 1 February 2017.

Commissioner Lorna McGregor A greater effort is needed to protect Britain’s position as a global leader in human rights as the development of a new British Bill of Rights, a rise in hate crime in recent years and changes to social security provide an uncertain future for society’s most vulnerabl

A Europe-wide body for judges has suspended the membership of Turkey’s judiciary owing to evidence that it is no longer independent of the country’s executive and legislature. It is a condition of membership of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ), and for the status of obse

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a claim brought by a woman who fell down the stairs of a double decker operated by Dublin Bus. Delivering the finding of the three-judge Court, Mr Justice Michael Peart found that the woman was “the author of her own misfortune” by letting go of the handrail bef

Jolyon Maugham QC A tax barrister has raised over £70,000 to challenge the Brexit process in the Irish courts.

Decisions about the free movement of EU workers in Northern Ireland should be devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive, according to an influential House of Lords committee. The Lords EU committee has published a report calling for the UK and Irish governments to negotiate a draft bilateral agreem

Gavin Woods Gavin Woods, partner at Arthur Cox, has been elected as president of Arbitration Ireland at the association's AGM.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has welcomed a new European anti-terrorism directive at a meeting with EU justice and home affairs ministers in Brussels.

Ryanair will argue in an English court that claims for compensation over flight delays can only be made against Ryanair in the Irish courts. In April, lawyers for the Dublin-based firm will tell Liverpool County Court that its terms and conditions clearly state disputes must be settled in the Irish

The Law Society of Northern Ireland welcomed Judge Elizabeth McCaffrey and CCBE representative Michael Robinson at an event hosted to mark European Lawyers Day 2016. Judge McCaffrey was appointed as a county court judge in Northern Ireland in September.

Pictured (l-r): Máirtín Ó Muilleoir and Paul Givan Northern Ireland's Communities Minister Paul Givan has launched a consultation on the legislative changes needed to ensure housing associations remain as independent social enterprises.