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The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has raised serious concerns over the safety of inmates and staff in prisons in England. The CPT's report following a UK visit last Spring notes prison violence spiralling out of

A choir of solicitors, barristers and judges will raise money in aid of Belfast's homeless at a concert next month.

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has raised over £100,000 for local charities since it began its Charity of the Year initiative in 2012.

A 59-year-old man has been awarded €675,116.72 in damages by the High Court after an accident at work which caused him serious injuries. The defendant company accepted liability for the accident, but since it had created a non-physical job for the man to return to after he recovered from his accid

Wendy Lyon There is no justification for requiring a financial contribution towards legal aid from victims of domestic violence, a lawyer has said, after it emerged the cost of abolishing the contribution would be just €366,000.

Portlaoise court sittings should be moved out of the town centre as a matter of priority, a local councillor has said. Sinn Féin councillor Caroline Dwane-Stanley told local radio station Midlands 103 that court sittings were disrupting business in the town.

Dara Murphy Data Protection Minister Dara Murphy has said he believes EU data privacy concerns will continue to be recognised by US President Donald Trump, The Irish Times reports.

Two partners at the Belfast office of Pinsent Masons have been named in Business First's Northern Ireland 40 Under 40 list.

Irish businesses are seriously under-prepared for the implementation of the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Irish Independent reports. A survey by the newspaper found that four out of 10 businesses have not initiated GDPR plans and fewer than one in 10 have plans at an adv

Regina Fonseca Honduran women's rights defender Regina Fonseca will address a Belfast meeting hosted by Amnesty International, Alliance for Choice and Frontline Defenders next week.

Belfast firm Worthingtons Solicitors has raised over £100 for Autism NI at a coffee morning hosted by staff.

A woman who broke her ankle on a night out at a Wexford rugby club fundraiser has had her action against the club dismissed by the High Court. Mr Justice Barr questioned the demeanour of the woman as a witness, and criticised the woman for withholding evidence from her own expert witness – stating

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The forthcoming judicial appointments bill will provide for a lay majority and chairperson on the new judicial appointments commission.

Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire Legislation to restore devolution in Northern Ireland if an agreement is reached will be fast-tracked through Parliament by May in spite of the coming snap election.

Ireland's longest-serving district court judge has sat in Dundalk Courthouse as a permanent judge for the last time, The Argus reports. Judge Flann Brennan, who was appointed as a judge in 1984 and permanently appointed to Dundalk in 1986, will now cover for judicial absences all over Ireland.