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Proposals to provide victims of domestic abuse with greater access to legal aid in family law cases have been approved by the Northern Ireland Assembly. MLAs debating the Domestic Abuse and Family Proceedings Bill agreed to back an amendment brought by Rachel Woods, Green MLA for North Down, in the

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Staff at Belfast and Newry firm JMK Solicitors have been working remotely from across Europe during the Covid-19 pandemic. Izabella Andrzejewska, a member of the JMK graduate programme, has availed of the opportunity to work full-time from her home in Poland, around 1,500 miles away from Belfast.

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A review of support measures for prison officers suffering from work-related stress has been delayed by at least a month and a half. The review was announced by Justice Minister Naomi Long in June and was originally due to be completed by the end of October.

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Co Antrim firm Armstrong Solicitors has announced the promotion of conveyancing lawyer Joanne Moore to director. Ms Moore, who joined the firm in 2016, has spent most of her career in residential conveyancing.

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A new report which blasted the PSNI's approach to Black Lives Matter protests in Northern Ireland as "not lawful" raises questions about institutional racism in the force, a law firm has said. Belfast firm Phoenix Law, which is representing a number of people under investigation as a result of BLM p

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Children facing criminal trial will only be remanded into custody as a "last resort" under proposed legislation to be brought before Stormont next year. Justice Minister Naomi Long said a number of changes to bail and remand legislation for children would be included in the Justice (Miscellaneous Pr

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Care and supervision units (CSUs) in Northern Ireland prisons are set to be reviewed following concerns about the length of time some prisoners have spent in them. Late last month, investigative journalists at The Detail found that there were 611 occasions between 1 November 2016 and 31 October 2019

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Proposals to ban the so-called "rough sex" defence in Northern Ireland have gone out to public consultation. Justice Minister Naomi Long launched the consultation following a review on the use of ‘consent to serious harm for sexual gratification’ as a defence.

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Queen's University Belfast should set up an endowed chair for the study of unionism and name it after the late law lecturer Edgar Graham, the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) has proposed. Mr Graham graduated from QUB in 1976, began working on a PhD at Oxford University and was called to Th

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A judicial review launched on behalf of a child who was injured in a hit-and-run is challenging the standard practice of parents or guardians signing off on compensation settlements. Solicitor Ciaran O'Hare of McIvor Farrell is acting on behalf of a child who suffered a head injury at 10 weeks old a

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A fresh legal challenge will see judges in Belfast asked to rule on whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted in bad faith and for improper purpose in relation to Brexit. An anonymous litigant is seeking a declaration that the prime minister's decision to sign the Withdrawal Agreement and Northern

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The Bar Council of Northern Ireland has introduced a new version of its code of conduct for barristers. The new code of conduct, which took effect from 1 October 2020, applies to all barristers, whenever called to the Bar and whether or not they currently hold a practising certificate.

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Mr Justice Gerry McAlinden has been appointed as interim president of the Victims' Payments Board, which will determine who is entitled to payments under the new Troubles pension scheme. The Department of Justice was designated in August, following a long political row, as the administrator of the l

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