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21 May The Wall Street Journal: Northern Ireland’s Largest Law Firm Quits Criminal Cases to Protest Legal Aid Cuts

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/05/20/northern-irelands-largest-law-firm-quits-criminal-cases-to-protest-legal-aid-cuts...

21 May Belfast Telegraph: Report into McGurk’s Bar massacre should be quashed due to alleged serious oversights, High Court hears

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/report-into-mcgurks-bar-massacre-should-be-quashed-due-to-alleged-serious-oversights-high-court-hears-31238751.html...

19 May The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings Rules 2015

On the 5th of May 2015 The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2015 came into operation.   These rules are a direct attack on the capacity of legal defence practitioners to exercise their proper function both to their clients and to...

19 May BBC: NI’s largest law firm Kevin Winters quits major crime cases

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-32801994...

15 May BBC Spotlight: Special Branch ballistics unit investigated over weapons link to 60 murders

Solicitor Niall Murphy interviewed for BBC Spotlight - 4 mins 40 secs http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05v2g1r/spotlight-12052015  ...

10 May The Independent: Amal Clooney to represent ‘hooded men’ who accuse Ted Heath of authorising torture in Northern Ireland

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/amal-clooney-to-accuse-ted-heath-of-authorising-torture-in-northern-ireland-10239318.html...

10 May The Irish Times: Activities of Glenanne gang ‘deeply disturbing’, says judge

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/activities-of-glenanne-gang-deeply-disturbing-says-judge-1.2205243...

08 May The Irish Times: Legal challenge into loyalist gang investigation to begin

08 May BBC: Loyalist ‘collusion’ legal action begins in Belfast

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-32626643...

07 May The Irish News: Larkin joins challenge to Loughgall case