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Justice Minister David Ford Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford has met with Lynne Owens, the new director general of the National Crime Agency (NCA).

Mason Hayes & Curran has invited third level students in Ireland to participate in its inaugural tech law writing contest. Students are invited to submit 500-600 word essays on Technology, Media and Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Data Security or Data Protection with the winner in wi

An appeal by the PSNI officer who attempted to arrest a judge during court proceedings against his three month prison sentence has been adjourned for a week. Thomas Anthony Carlin, 43, sought leave to appeal his sentence to the UK Supreme Court at a specially convened hearing in Belfast at 7pm on Fr

A man has lost his appeal against the High Court’s dismissal of his negligence claim against the Minister for Defence, after the Supreme Court reaffirmed the High Court’s position that there had been inordinate and inexcusable delay. The appellant Peter McGarry’s claim had been that he had suf

Ciarán Moynagh of McLernon Moynagh Solicitors A legal challenge to the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 was adjourned for over three weeks at a hearing in Belfast this morning.

Dublin law firm Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) has published analysis of the impact on employment law of the main Irish political parties' proposals. The firm compared the manifestos of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Labour and Sinn Féin in order to establish how their proposed policies would affect busi

The PSNI officer who attempted to arrest a judge during court proceedings has confirmed he will appeal against his three month prison sentence. Thomas Anthony Carlin, 43, will seek leave to appeal his sentence to the UK Supreme Court at a specially convened hearing in Belfast tonight.

Law Centre (NI) client Andrea Richardson has received over £5,900 in compensation in a settlement for breach of the law which protects agency workers’ rights. In her application to the Industrial Tribunal, Ms Richardson claimed that she was entitled to equal pay with direct employees of the organ

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has said incidents of self-harm and suicide "dramatically dropped" after TVs were made available to inmates in 2002. The IPS was responding to figures published by the Irish Examiner which show that it spent €440,427 on TVs for inmates over 2014-15.

Kathryn Forde, real estate partner at TLT's Belfast office UK law firm TLT advised Kremlin Associates on the purchase of a site that will host a new hotel in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter.

Pictured: Artist Mick O'Dea giving an overview of his exhibition at the launch of RHA Kids Dublin firm Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) has launched a new partnership with the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA).

Photo by 350z33, CC BY-SA 3.0 A former US senator who played a key role in negotiating the Good Friday Agreement could be appointed to replace Justice Antonin Scalia in the US Supreme Court.

The High Court has declined to make an order finding that an airline should be awarded costs for a discovery-related application that had been rendered moot by circumstance, and which would potentially result in the State being liable to it for a substantial sum. The application was brought by Ryana

Mr Justice Peter Kelly Mr Justice Peter Kelly, president of the High Court, is expected to be appointed as temporary president of the Court of Appeal, The Irish Times reports.

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in two cases that foresight is simply evidence – albeit sometimes strong evidence – of intent to assist or encourage a crime, which is the proper mental element for establishing secondary liability. In doing so, it has set the law back to its position b