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The number of homicides recorded by police in England and Wales rose to its highest level in a decade in the year leading up to June 2018, new figures reveal. When last year's London and Manchester terror attacks are excluded, the latest figures show a 14 per cent rise in the homicide rate from 630

Under Article 40.6.1(i) of the Constitution of Ireland, the ‘publication or utterance of blasphemous, seditious, or indecent matter is an offence which shall be punishable in accordance with law’. Pursuant to this mandate, Section 31(1) of the Defamation Act 2009 states that ‘a per

A university has begun offering a course on the law and judicial system of Harry Potter. The module is entitled “An Interface between Fantasy Fiction Literature and Law: Special Focus on Rowling’s Potterverse” and students are only eligible to sit the course if they have read all t

A 21-year-old man who stabbed a victim in the eye at a New Year’s Eve party in 2014, and went on to assault another victim nine months later, has had his unduly lenient sentence increased in the Court of Appeal. Sending the man back to prison for a further twelve months, Mr Justice George Birm

In-house solicitor Grace Boland has launched a new law firm focused on providing plain English legal services to the SME market. Boland Law will provide SMEs in Dublin/Leinster with their own in-house legal function on a flexible part-time basis, in order to allow growing businesses to easily access

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed four new trainees on a two-year training programme with the firm. Hannah Bulmer, Jennifer Rankin, Shannon McClintock and Laura Toland will spend six months each in four different departments.

Law firms Ronan Daly Jermyn, Malpes and Calder and Sherwin O'Riordan Solicitors have advised on the management buy-out of specialist recruitment business Brightwater Recruitment. Ronan Daly Jermyn advised the sellers in the transaction, while Maples and Sherwin O'Riordan advised the new ownership gr

Legislation to help facilitate cross-party talks aimed at restoring the Northern Ireland Executive will be introduced in Parliament today. The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill will also address a landmark Court of Appeal ruling which found that a senior civil ser

Professor Colin Harvey, professor of human rights law at QUB School of Law, writes on the impact that Brexit could have on human rights in Northern Ireland. The impact of Brexit on human rights and equality in Northern Ireland is gaining increased attention. This is welcome. The public conversation

Maples and Calder welcomed retail and property experts to a seminar looking at the future of the retail sector in the Internet age.

A shift towards city centre living in Belfast will create new opportunities for property developers, according to law firm TLT. Michael Wilson, an associate in the real estate team at TLT, told the Belfast Telegraph that there are "a number of prominent residential development projects under constru

Canadians have been queueing across the country for the chance to buy cannabis after the ban on the sale of the drug for recreational use came to an end yesterday. Newfoundland and Labrador man Ian Power was the first person to buy marijuana legally at midnight yesterday.

A charity promoting freedom of expression has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump for allegedly violating the First Amendment by attacking journalists. PEN America argues that the US president has used the powers of the federal government to retaliate against journalists and media outlets

The estate of singer Prince has issued a statement requesting that US President Donald Trump stop using the song Purple Rain at rallies. At recent events, including one in Mississippi, the playlist has featured the track, word of which reached the late artist's estate.