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John Larkin QC The Attorney General for Northern Ireland has claimed changing the law to allow abortions in the event of fatal foetal abnormality (FFA) could contravene the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Peadar Tóibín Sinn Féin has outlined procedures for protecting jurors in sensitive cases as an alternative to the continued operation of the juryless Special Criminal Court.

Miriam O'Callaghan TV presenter Miriam O'Callaghan will host the University College Dublin (UCD) Student Legal Convention next month.

Catriona Gibson Dublin-based firm Arthur Cox has appointed Catriona Gibson as managing partner of its Northern Ireland practice in what it says is a first for women.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has responded to reports that banned drivers in the UK could use a legal loophole to continue driving in Ireland. The Belfast Telegraph yesterday reported that defence lawyers in Letterkenny District Court had successfully argued that the procedure used to implement U

The Bar of Northern Ireland has criticised the Department of Justice's second Access to Justice review for focussing too greatly on cutting legal aid costs. In its response to the consultation on the Report of the Access to Justice Review Part II, published by Justice Minister David Ford late last y

Criminals who plead guilty at the earliest opportunity could see their sentences cut by a third under new proposals by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales. The council said its plans, currently out for consultation, would spare victims the trauma of trial.

The Supreme Court has ordered for the votes in the May 2014 local election in Listowel, Kerry to be counted afresh, following a challenge to the result by an unsuccessful candidate. Dan Kiely had challenged the legality of how the returning officer in charge of the running of the election had conduc

The High Court in Belfast has ruled in favour of an unmarried mother who launched legal action over her inability to access a widowed parent's allowance. Siobhan McLaughlin won the action against the Department for Social Development (DSD) in a case that could have implications for the delivery of b

A judge of the High Court has agreed he will inspect the historic buildings at the centre of a high-profile case to be brought against the State next week.

The retired judge in a legal bid to be allowed to resume practising as a criminal barrister will have his case against the Bar Council of Ireland, the Justice Minister and the State heard in May, The Irish Times reports. Barry White, 71, a retired judge of the Central Criminal Court, is challenging

Olivia O'Kane, a media lawyer at Carson McDowell A senior lawyer at Belfast firm Carson McDowell has said the creation of a specific offence for revenge porn could encourage victims to seek legal recourse.

Photo by Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0 A District Court judge has exposed a legal loophole that could allow drivers banned from getting behind the wheel in Northern Ireland to continue driving in Ireland, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

CDPB chair Lord Alderdice The legal implications of a British exit from the European Union will be discussed at an event in Belfast later this month.

A judge at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has rejected a bid by the State to seize funds which were stolen from two sex workers and later recovered, the Irish Examiner reports. Judge Patrick McCartan was ruling in the case of Mantas Grazevicius, 32, who was accused of false imprisonment and robbery o