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A Belfast man has been granted leave for a judicial review against the Advocate General for Northern Ireland over the appointment of a barrister to represent him in partly-secret court proceedings. Terence McCafferty, 47, sought a judicial review after he was unsatisfied with the two barristers iden

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has committed to a review of the constitutional requirement to wait four years for a divorce in Ireland, The Irish Times reports.

Tánaiste Joan Burton The Government is set to introduce primary legislation removing the ability of courts to allow under 18s to marry in Ireland in certain circumstances.

A judge has criticised An Garda Síochána for failing to introduce a formal system for the authorisation and supervision of undercover drugs operations. Mr Justice Alan Mahon made the remarks in a judgment of a case where a 25-year-old man was convicted of selling cannabis to undercover gardaí, Th

The Ulster Farmers' Union and wind energy company Simple Power Ltd have lodged papers seeking leave for a judicial review against Northern Ireland's Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment (DETI). The farmers' union said it was taking action against the department because of its proposals to e

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) seized illegal drugs worth £1.35 million in the latest phase of an ongoing initiative called Operation Torus. Between 7 September-31 October, officers charged 44 suspects and reported 74 to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) following 1,166 searches,

Following his full judgment on 30 November, Horner J of the Northern Ireland High Court of Justice has found that it is not possible to read Northern Ireland’s abortion law in a way that is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. The Judge had invited further submissions on the is

Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns Tributes were paid in the Four Courts on Friday to Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, the outgoing President of the High Court, as he sat on the bench for the last time.

Attorney General Máire Whelan Attorney General Máire Whelan has called for a review of Ireland's defamation laws in order to ensure court reporters are not exposed to the risk of litigation.

A mass trial in Egypt involving Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa was postponed for the eleventh time after Egyptian lawyers walked out of court, The Irish Times reports. Lawyers for 420 defendants, who stand accused of participating in a political protest in 2013, walked out of the courtroom in protest

Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan A bid by the widow of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane to overturn a High Court ruling which found that Prime Minister David Cameron was justified in refusing an inquest into his death will be heard in April.

Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, outgoing president of Ireland's High Court, has warned his colleagues to avoid making excessive interventions in public investigations. Speaking on Friday, his final day of the bench, Mr Justice Kearns suggested that successive court interventions had "virtually paralysed

Pictured (l-r): Seanna Mulrean and Shane Neville Dublin firm LK Shields has announced the promotion of Seanna Mulrean and Shane Neville as partners in the corporate & commercial and litigation & dispute resolution departments respectively.

The High Court in Dublin has ruled that a woman who hid her pregnancy from her ex-partner can have her three-year-old child adopted despite refusing to identify the child's father. The unnamed 22-year-old woman went to court to win the right to put her child up for adoption despite refusing to ident

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The Courts Service of Ireland has signed a contract to deliver four new courthouses in Drogheda, Letterkenny, Limerick and Wexford, as well as courthouse improvements in Cork, Mullingar and Waterford.