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Reform of gambling legislation in Northern Ireland is "long overdue", gambling law expert James Griffiths has said. Mr Griffiths, a senior associate at Pinsent Masons in Belfast, has welcomed a consultation launched by the Department for Communities (DfC) on the regulation of gambling.

The restrictions imposed by Hungary on the financing of civil organisations from abroad are not compatible with EU law as they infringe the principle of free movement of capital and a number of fundamental rights, in the opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona. In 2017, Hungar

A woman was arrested after allegedly telling police she worked for the CIA, while wearing a hat that said "FBI". Police were called to a petrol station in South Bend in the US state of Indiana after a woman showed up and tried to access their CCTV footage.

Alliance Party leader Naomi Long has been elected as Northern Ireland's justice minister after the five main political parties signed up to a deal to restore devolution. Independent unionist MLA Claire Sugden, who held the justice brief from 2016 to 2017, had expressed her interest in resuming the r

Judges from Ireland and most other European countries joined their Polish counterparts at a protest in Warsaw against the erosion of judicial independence in the country. Supreme Court judge Mr Justice John MacMenamin, wearing an Ireland national football team scarf, represented the Association of J

A powerful new Office of the Ombudsman for Police Conduct (OPC) will be established to supersede the Garda Síóchána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc), according to reports. The Sunday Times reports that it has seen a confidential 140-page briefing about the new agency which was prepar

The High Court's oversight of the treatment of teenagers needing specialised therapeutic intervention, and the disproportionate number of children from ethnic minority backgrounds coming before the child protection courts, are highlighted in the latest volume of reports from the Child Care Law Repor

Attorney General Séamus Woulfe has said his decision to open a new inquest into the 1981 Stardust nightclub fire "drew on analogies of the Hillsborough disaster". Mr Woulfe confirmed last September that he would open a fresh inquest into the 48 deaths following a request from the families of

Following the successful launch of the of the fine art print of Irish artist Stephen McClean's original oil on canvas “Entering the Four Courts” and the sell-out of every release since, Irish Legal News has arranged a special release of prints from the edition exclusively for readers of

Lord Reed has been installed as the new President of the UK Supreme Court. The Scottish judge was sworn in at a ceremony in London this morning, where he was “especially pleased to see here so many of my former colleagues of the Scottish bench and bar”.

Boris Johnson's attempt to give ministers control over which courts are no longer bound by European Court precedent will damage the legal system, Lord Pannick QC has warned. The crossbench peer said he would try to undo the change proposed by clause 26 of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, which comes b

Northern Ireland councils have paid out at least £1.3 million in personal injury cases since 2015, according to new figures. A total of £1,350,497 was paid out by six councils who disclosed their pay-outs to the Belfast Telegraph, while the other five councils said they did not have a pr

Two trainees from William Fry and one from Maples will represent Ireland at an international environmental law moot in April. William Fry trainees Peter Carvill and Karolina Rozhnova, along with Maples trainee Fiachra Mac Elhatton, will represent the Law Society of Ireland's law school in the 24th A

Same-sex couples in Northern Ireland can give notice of their intent to form a civil marriage to the General Register Office for Northern Ireland from today following a change in the law last summer. The first same-sex weddings are expected to take place from 10 February 2020, following the minimum

Lady Hale has listed her 'Desert Island Judgments' in an interview with The Guardian. The former UK Supreme Court President, who has been succeeded by Lord Reed, cited the prorogation case as her top one.