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Graham Ogilvy reviews a "true story of love, crime and a dangerous obsession". Stendhal syndrome is unlikely to feature in a plea of mitigation in a court near you — and citing it did nothing to secure the liberty of Stéphane Breitwieser, the working-class Frenchman who systematically p

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The High Court has determined that the dependents of a man who was shot dead on his doorstep were not entitled to recover under the criminal injuries compensation scheme due to the victim's own criminal history. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty stated: “The p

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Joanna Robinson is used to long and demanding journeys. The partner at Pinsent Masons in Belfast is already preparing for the Chicago Marathon in October, having completed her first such event in Dublin last year. On the promise, she rather ruefully recalls that it was going to be a very flat route

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Alexander Langan MacDonnell BL discusses his selection as the 2024 of the Bar of Ireland and Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) Procedural Rights Fellow. I chose a career as a barrister after I took part in TY work experience in the courts and saw the type of work that goes on in the courts an

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Robert Shiels is impressed by a new history of opium which paints a fascinating picture of an ancient trade with a profound impact on modern society. Opium has its own history and this discursive study by novelist Amitav Ghosh, moving into factual history, concentrates on individual aspects of the o

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Eversheds Sutherland partner Graham Kenny recalls a dark part of Irish legal history brought to light in a recent Supreme Court case. Last month, a seven-judge Supreme Court unanimously held that the current law that denied John O’Meara a widow’s contributory pension was unconstitutional

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