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British authorities wrongly locked up abuse survivors in immigration centres, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Ouseley ruled that parts of a Home Office policy introduced a year ago allowed for survivors of torture from overseas to be imprisoned, The Guardian reports.

Ciara Murray Ballymun Community Law Centre has named Ciara Murray as its new manager.

A solicitor in Sligo has criticised gardaí for arresting people in Sligo and releasing them in Ballymote, a 20-minute drive away. Anyone arrested in Sligo, including for routine drug searches, is brought to Ballymote Garda Station as Sligo Garda Station is reportedly no longer fit for detaining pri

The Courts Service of Ireland has confirmed that court sittings will resume at Mullingar Courthouse in early 2018. The refurbishment and extension of the courthouse building is nearing completion and is on budget, the Westmeath Examiner reports.

Pictured (l-r): Allyson McIlhatton, Patrick O’Reilly, Rachel Kelly, Emma Hunt, Paul Spring, Chris Guy, Glenn Watterson, Patrick McIlroy and Mark Thompson Belfast-based firm Mills Selig has raised over £5,000 for NI Children’s Hospice by abseiling down the Europa Hotel.

A group of seven companies with a combined debt to Deutsche Bank AG of approximately €698m, has been successful in its application for an examiner to be appointed pursuant to s. 509(1) of the Companies Act 2014. Overturning the decision of the High Court to refuse the application, the Court of App

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said imprisonment should be the “sanction of last resort” in the Irish criminal justice system.

Paul Tweed Huge defamation awards by Irish juries are "discrediting the law" and should be capped, one of Ireland's top defamation lawyers has said.

A&L Goodbody has invited university students of all disciplines to compete for its Bold Ideas Student Innovation Award in its sixth year.

A third of young offenders reoffend within a year of their release from custody, according to new figures from Northern Ireland's Department of Justice. A new report compares reoffending rates of under-17s and adults who have been given a non-custodial disposal at court, a diversionary disposal or w

Ronan Daly Jermyn has launched a free online resource to help entrepreneurs navigate many of the legal and organisational challenges faced today by start-ups and scaling companies.

A man who says his Japanese fiancée has been refused a UK visa because he holds an Irish passport is bringing an application for judicial review to the Northern Ireland courts, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Lawyers for Ciaran Doole want to overturn the Home Office decision so he can go ahead with

Brendan McGuigan Prison authorities in Northern Ireland are at odds over whether a substance abuse strategy has been commenced, The Detail reports.

Belfast firm KRW Law has written to the Attorney General for England and Wales, Jeremy Wright QC, to request a refresh investigation into the prosecution of the Guildford Four. The law firm is instructed by Ann McKearnan, the sister of Gerry Conlon, one of the Guildford Four who were wrongfully impr

Fionán Breathnach UK firm Simmons & Simmons has appointed Fionán Breathnach, a former partner at Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC), to head up a new Dublin office in response to Brexit.