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Jonathan Jones Two and a half dozen in-house lawyers have been recruited to a dedicated Whitehall team focussed on the Brexit negotiations, The Times reports.

Up to 60 members of the Irish American Law Society of Cleveland have landed in Ireland for the society's 2016 Business and Legal Symposium, Irish Central reports. The society consists of judges, lawyers and law students in Cleveland, Ohio who claim Irish ancestry.

Leman Consulting, a new business and legal consultancy from the team at Leman Solicitors, was launched in Dublin today. The company claims to be "the only legal consultancy in Ireland" and promises to help businesses grow while taking control of and reducing their legal costs.

Shami Chakrabarti Former Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti is set to become the shadow attorney general in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet.

Pictured (l-r): PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton, Frances Fitzgerald, Claire Sugden and Garda Commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald and her Northern Ireland counterpart, Claire Sugden, have welcomed the publication of a strategy for co-operation between gardaí an

In an application before the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Denham has appointed a Notary Public for both County Cork and County Dublin, and all adjoining counties thereto. In the special circumstances regarding the appointment of a Notary Public to non-adjoining counties, Chief Justice Denham took in

The issues particular to Northern Ireland in the two Brexit challenges before the High Court in Belfast will be heard at the hearing on 4-5 October, a judge has ruled. Challenges are brought by Raymond McCord, a victims’ rights campaigner whose son was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in 1997, an

Ciarán Moynagh A bid to overturn the criminalisation of buying sex in Northern Ireland will proceed to a full hearing after leave for a judicial review was granted by the High Court this morning.

Sabine Walsh, president of the MII The Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII) has welcomed a Government commitment to publish the Mediation Bill as a matter of priority.

Queen's University Belfast is among the top 10 universities in the UK for law, while Ulster University is in the top 35, according to The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017. QUB clocks in at number 9 in the league table for law while Ulster University clocks in at number 33.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald More than 30 people were forcibly deported in the past six months under the International Protection Act 2015, the Irish Independent reports.

Advocate General Sharpston has stated that the Court of Justice of the European Union should annul the measures maintaining Hamas and LTTE on the EU list of terrorist organisations, on procedural grounds. On 27th December 2001, the Council of the European Union adopted a common position and a regula

The Bar of Northern Ireland has welcomed the proposed creation of a Witness Charter for Northern Ireland, but warned it must be accessible for the vast majority of court users in its practical application. The Department of Justice closed its consultation on the draft Witness Charter yesterday.

Colm O'Gorman, executive director of Amnesty International Ireland Amnesty International Ireland has welcomed the release of Irish citizen Dr Homa Hoodfar from Iranian prison after more than three and a half months of detention.

John Whelan, head of A&L Goodbody's international technology practice A&L Goodbody has launched its fifth annual Bold Ideas student competition alongside an announcement that it will recruit around 40 graduate positions over the coming months.