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A new litigation finance body has launched a bond for ordinary investors to provide the money for lawsuits, with a view to reaping the rewards of successful cases. The litigation bond within an individual savings account, from Just Isa, aims to raise money for lawsuits against banks and profess

Prisoners at HMP Magilligan are being taught fabrication and welding skills to address a shortage in the number of qualified and skilled metal workers in Northern Ireland. Prisoners at the Limavady facility are being taught Fabrication and Welding NVQ courses by North West Regional College.

A man who allegedly dipped his rear end in a holy water fountain while high on meth has been arrested. Zachary Burdick, 21, is said to have disgraced himself in the Spirit of Life Church in Mandan, North Dakota during Mass on a Tuesday morning.

The managing director and principal shareholder of a fishing company has been unsuccessful in challenging the rule that, in the absence of exceptional circumstances or otherwise provided by statute, companies must be represented by lawyers with a right of audience in court proceedings. Dismissing th

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the promotion of John O'Leary to partner in the firm's dispute resolution team. Mr O'Leary, a graduate of University College Dublin and previously a senior associate with the firm, specialises in domestic and multi-jurisdictional contractual, tortious and share

Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed Kara Turner as a consultant in the firm's education team. Ms Turner worked as a junior counsel at the Irish Bar prior to holding an advisory position in the Joint Managerial Body (JMB), a school management organisation in the post-primary education sector.

LK Shields partner Aoife Bradley has been appointed as an officer of the International Bar Association's employment and industrial relations committee. Ms Bradley is head of employment, pensions and employee benefits at LK Shields, with experience in the area of unfair dismissal, employment injuncti

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission will appear as amicus curiae in a case involving a woman in a nursing home who is a ward of court. The Supreme Court agreed to allow the Commission to join the case, which will explore the nature and extent of the rights and protections to be afforded t

The Law Society of Ireland's annual human rights conference will tomorrow explore the legal framework around capacity and the impact of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015. The conference in Blackhall Place will bring together legal practitioners, people with disabilities, family carers

A watchdog has warned that restrictive practices in mental health facilities such as seclusion and restraint should be used only as a "last resort". The Mental Health Commission (MHC) has said there is no therapeutic benefit to the practices, which were used in 79 per cent of in-patient mental healt

The office of the Advocate General for Scotland is asking the Court of Session in Edinburgh for leave to appeal a decision of the Inner House made last month. In September, the court permitted a group of politicians to ask the Court of Justice of the European Union for a ruling on whether MPs can re

Name checks are to be undertaken when UK bank customers transfer money from next summer to deter rising bank fraud. Currently, if a person wants to send money they are asked for the recipient's account name, as well as number and sort code. However, the bank does not check if the name is correct.

Lawyers, NGOs, trade unions and public sector workers are exploring the public sector duty from a legal perspective for the first time at a conference in Dublin today. The one-day conference, hosted by FLAC, is the first of its kind and aims to enhance awareness and understanding of the public secto

Ireland's legal regulatory bodies co-hosted a panel discussion on fair civil trials yesterday in advance of European Lawyers' Day next week.