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A police officer who allegedly threatened to arrest a senior judge during court proceedings has been referred to the Attorney General for Northern Ireland. Thomas Anthony Carlin, 43, appeared at the High Court in Belfast today for trial on one charge of contempt of court.

Photo credit: "Ottawa - ON - Oberster Gerichtshof von Kanada" by Taxiarchos228 at the German language Wikipedia. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of allowing assisted suicide under certain conditions across the country's provinces while giving t

A man has lost his appeal against an order pursuant to section 32(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, which requires him to obtain the consent of the High Court before instituting or continuing any legal proceedings in any court or tribunal. The order was made at the request of the Att

Pictured (l-r): Chris English, Davy Private Clients; John Guerin, president of the Law Society; and Conor Cahalane, Davy Private Clients The Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced a new sponsorship agreement with Belfast-based wealth manager Davy Private Clients for 2016.

Children's Minister James Reilly The Government has not yet enacted the Children First Act 2015 because of concerns that it will be overwhelmed by allegations of child abuse, witnesses told a UN committee in Geneva yesterday.

Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, former president of the High Court, will be nominated by the King's Inns to serve on the new Legal Services Regulatory Authority, the Irish Independent reports.

Pictured (l-r): Niall Pelly, Michelle Ridge, Andreas Carney, Michael Jackson, Rory McPhillips, Sally Anne Stone and Oisin McClenaghan Six new partners have been appointed at Matheson, the Dublin-based law firm announced today.

Deirdre Duffy, the ICCL's deputy director The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has criticised the Government's reluctance to incorporate economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights into the Constitution.

Jenna Boyce A family solicitor at Higgins Hollywood Deazley has been accredited to work on the prestigious Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency Panel (NIGALA).

Her Honour Mary Jane Mowat Those accused of sexual crimes should be given anonymity because of the “stigma” that attaches to the offences, according to a retired judge in England.

Belfast commercial law firm Carson McDowell has revealed it raised more than £700 for a children's charity before the Christmas and New Year break.

A former consultant surgeon has failed to obtain an order from the Court of Appeal restraining the prosecution of a number of indecent assault offences which allegedly took place between the 1960s and 1990s. The alleged offences were perpetrated primarily against teenage boys who had been admitted t

Children's Minister James Reilly Children's Minister James Reilly has told a UN committee that the Government "fully recognise that we must continue to work hard in order to fully realise the standards and objectives" of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Dáil Éireann will today debate proposals to incorporate a range of economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights into Ireland's Constitution. A report submitted by the Constitutional Convention in 2014 said a large majority of its members supported changes to enshrine ESC rights, but called for "furt

Mr Justice Brian Cregan The legal dead-lock which has impeded an investigation into the wind-up of theIrish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) could be broken by giving the commission the powers of a High Court judge, The Irish Times reports.