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A man has become the first person to be jailed under new modern slavery laws after he used children in a "county lines" operation. Zakaria Mohammed, 21, a drug dealer, was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court for his drug operation which he ran between Birmingham and Lincoln

Campaigners against Brexit have announced their intention to sue the Electoral Commission unless it reopens an investigation into a £435,000 donation to the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). The Good Law Project, founded by Jolyon Maugham QC, sent a formal pre-action letter to the electoral wat

McCann FitzGerald was named the leading Irish law firm in the area of ‘Innovation in the Business of Law’ at the FT Innovative Lawyer Awards 2018 in London last night. The firm took away three honours in the category for its partnership with Women's Aid, its development of cutting edge l

Agents for Britain’s security service are authorised to commit serious crimes, on British soil, without informing prosecutors, under a secretive MI5 policy, a court has been told. Reprieve, Privacy International, the Pat Finucane Centre and the Committee on the Administration of Justice a

On 4 April 1603, the Treaty of Mellifont officially finalised the Tudor conquest of Ireland, however by 1606 it became clear to the British Crown that Brehon law, or ‘the common law of the Irishry’, was still being administered in Ireland. In particular, reliance on the customs of &lsquo

It’s hard to believe only ten years have passed since touch screen phone keyboards entered the mainstream, sweeping away the misery of millions who otherwise had to type messages with a number pad. Unfortunately for BlackBerry and its iconic QWERTY keyboard, the touch screen revolution also h

A new trailer for On the Basis of Sex, an upcoming drama about the life of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has been released ahead of its cinema début.

Police officers attending domestic disputes are to be issued with sound protection because of noise at work regulations in a UK first. The initiative, pioneered by Police Scotland, follows a review prompted by the PSNI's £135 million bill paid to former officers with damaged hearing.

A retired Garda sergeant who suffered and sustained significant personal injuries in the course of restraining a prisoner has been granted an order of certiorari, quashing the refusal of the Minister for Justice and Equality to authorise his application for compensation. Remitting the matter to the

Personal injury and road traffic specialists JMK Solicitors have reported record levels of business in their 15th year of practice. The Belfast- and Newry-based firm has grown its staff by 20 per cent since January to a headcount of nearly 60.

The Court of Appeal has said its "hands are tied" by a "legal lacuna" which prohibits the court from adjusting sentences imposed on minors for serious offences it deems too lenient. In a judgment delivered yesterday, Mr Justice John Edwards said there were "no legal means to resentence" a 20-year-ol

The UK Supreme Court will rule next Wednesday on whether a bakery discriminated against a man on grounds of sexual orientation by refusing to fulfil an order for a cake that read "Support Gay Marriage". In October 2016, the Court of Appeal in Belfast found that Ashers Baking Company had directly dis

The Parole Board reviewed a record 114 cases in 2017, with its recommendations accepted in full by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan in all but three cases. At the start of the year, there were 349 prisoners serving a life sentence in the State, of whom 21 were granted period of temporary release.

Matheson has announced the launch of a new mobile app to aid businesses facing a dawn raid in the investigation of a suspected white collar crime. The Dawn Raid App includes step-by-step guidance for a business experiencing a dawn raid and provides quick access to Matheson lawyers.