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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

Deirdre Malone, executive director of the IPRT The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has challenged the next Government to invest in communities affected by crime in order to make society safer.

Dublin District Court has dismissed charges against ten people who were accused of committing public order offences during a protest against the installation of a water meter. Independent TD Joan Collins and nine others were accused of failing to comply with a Garda's directions to leave the site of

Paul Tweed The Belfast Telegraph has apologised for publishing “a number of fundamental factual inaccuracies and defamatory inferences” about Hollywood actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.

A police officer who threatened to arrest a judge during court proceedings has been sentenced to three months in prison. Thomas Anthony Carlin, 43, was charged with contempt of court after he threatened to arrest Lord Justice Gillen during a case in which he was representing himself.

Finance Minister Mervyn Storey House prices in Northern Ireland increased by seven per cent over the past year, according to new figures published by the Department of Finance.

The High Court has found that the Minister for Social Protection erred in law and breached fair procedures, natural and constitutional justice, by failing to properly consider all of the evidence furnished by the applicant that her child was a “qualified child” under the Social Welfare Consolida

Martin Hanna, APIL's executive committee member for Northern Ireland The UK-wide Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has criticised Northern Ireland's Department of Justice (DoJ) over proposals to abolish legal aid as a method of funding legal cases for money damages.

Photo by Rob Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0 Former Irish solicitor Michael Lynn will be extradited to Ireland to face allegations of mortgage fraud following a ruling by the Supreme Federal Court in Brazil.

The High Court in Dublin has delivered a landmark ruling on the scope of access to environmental information. Delivering a judgment in the case of Stephen Minch -v- Commissioner for Environmental Information & Anor, Ms Justice Marie Baker said the Commissioner for Environmental Information had a

Claire Edgar Claire Edgar, partner at Belfast firm Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors, addressed the Belfast Domestic Violence Partnership conference this month.

Dr Louise Crowley of the School of Law Students in the College of Business and Law at University College Cork (UCC) will be recognised at its Work Placements Award ceremony later today.