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More than twenty human rights lawyers have signed a letter criticising plans to shred the medical records of some symphysiotomy survivors. The Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme website has asked applicants to get in touch to tell them whether their application and supporting documents should be returned

The European Court of Justice has dismissed an action by The Body Shop to have a decision of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) to reject its application for registration of the trade mark “SPA WISDOM” annulled. In 2010, The Body Shop International, established in Littleh

MPs backed the Investigatory Powers Bill at its second reading in the House of Commons yesterday by 281-15. The UK's Home Secretary Theresa May told the chamber that the legislation would uphold the Government's commitment to "updating and consolidating our country’s investigatory powers in a clea

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford A new £13.9 million forensic laboratory has been formally opened in Belfast by Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford.

The Supreme Court has found that a Receiver was validly appointed, after upholding the trial judge’s finding that “the close of business” had been correctly interpreted by the bank as being 4pm. The appeal followed an application initiated by an originating notice of motion filed on 13th July,

Pictured (l-r): Mark Barrett and John Cuddigan in back, Julie Burke and Richard Martin in front Law firms Ronan Daly Jermyn and JM Burke Tax Solicitors have announced they will merge with effect from 4 April 2016.

More than 200 lawyers have said the Investigatory Powers Bill breaches international surveillance standards and is not fit for purpose ahead of its second reading in the House of Commons today. In a letter to The Guardian, senior lawyers condemned the bill, which sets out a legal framework facilitat

Justice Minister David Ford Justice Minister David Ford has welcomed the findings of a scoping study on children in the justice system.

Law Centre (NI) successfully appealed an Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit case for a client who suffered from asbestosis as a result of exposure to asbestos in previous employment. The client received £1,054 in arrears and is now entitled to an additional weekly payment of £16.80 until his

Pupils at Dalriada School in Ballymoney will go on to compete in the Bar Mock Trial National Finals in London after taking first place during the regional finals in Belfast.

A man has failed in his appeal against conviction for producing child pornography in a Skype conversation with a third party. The appellant, Mark Mulligan, had challenged the status of the conversation as child pornography within the meaning of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998.

Barry Devereux, managing partner at McCann FitzGerald McCann Fitzgerald has been named Ireland's Law Firm of the Year 2016 at The Lawyer European Awards in London.

Ciarán Moynagh A legal challenge to the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 was adjourned until Tuesday 26 April at a hearing in Belfast this morning.

ELSA Ireland, the Irish section of the European Law Students Association, hosted its inaugural moot court competition on Saturday.

Pictured (l-r): David Barniville SC, chairman of The Bar Council of Ireland, and Chief Justice Susan Denham A new exhibition in the Four Courts explores the connection between The Bar of Ireland and the Easter Rising of 1916.