Twenty-six barristers have been formally called to the Inner Bar in ceremonies held at the Supreme Court today and yesterday. The call to the Inner Bar, commonly referred to as “taking silk”, marks ...

The Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration has been allocated €6.17 billion in Budget 2026, with significant increases in spending on policing, prisons and the courts. Compared to last year ...

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has accused An Garda Síochána of a “wholly disproportionate use of force” at a Palestine protest in Dublin on Saturday. The NGO alleges that gardaí adopted ...

The EUBA Annual Conference 2025 will explore litigation in the EU Courts and the regulation of online content under the Digital Services Act.

UK withdrawal from the ECHR would tear up the legal underpinning of the Good Friday Agreement, writes former British civil servant and diplomat George Fergusson. The Conservatives’ formal support for ...

Arthur Cox Northern Ireland has welcomed six new trainee solicitors: Olivia Berry, Ava Cleary-McGuffin, Beth Hillis, Ryan Irvine, Caleb Moore and Ciara O’Hagan. The new trainees will work alongside ...

Solicitor Carol Sinnott has been elected as chairperson of the Irish Immigration Lawyers Association (IILA). Ms Sinnott is the principal of Sinnott Solicitors, a firm specialising in asylum and ...

A judge was shot dead inside a courtroom in Albania on Monday for the first time in the country’s modern history. Judge Astrit Kalaja, 53, was shot multiple times shortly after handing down a ruling ...

Mysterious objects which violated Lithuanian airspace and delayed flights for hours turned out to be balloons carrying ...

Applications are now open for the legal access internship scheme jointly run by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Law Reform Commission, the Office of the Attorney General, the ...

The Law Society of Ireland is inviting applications for its Access programme, which provides financial and practical supports ...

Northern Ireland's justice and health ministers have been pressed to set out a clear timetable for the implementation of capacity law reforms passed by MLAs nearly a decade ago. Part 5 of the Mental ...