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Crown Court prosecutors' fees are worse than the wages at McDonald's, a senior barrister has said. Barristers who take instructions from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are to attend a rally next week to consider action that would bring trials to a standstill, The Times reports.

The UK has been ordered to give the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius "as rapidly as possible" after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled British occupation of the archipelago was illegal, The Guardian reports. The British retained possession of the islands after Mauritius gained independen

A California man wrongfully convicted of murder has been awarded $21 million as compensation for being imprisoned for 38 years, in what is believed to be the longest jail term overturned in the state's history. Craig Coley, 71, a Vietnam war veteran was jailed in 1978 for the killing of his ex-partn

A Kim Jong-un lookalike has been deported from Vietnam ahead of a visit this week from North Korea's leader, who is meeting with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi. Howard X, a Hong Kong resident, staged his own summit with Trump impersonator Russell White last week.

A man who brought a claim for personal injuries against a taxi driver who drove over his foot has had his claim dismissed in the High Court. Concluding that it was clear from CCTV evidence that the man was the aggressor in a fight which resulted in him falling beside the back wheel of the taxi, and

A landmark ruling from the Supreme Court is likely to bring significant changes to the way in which contempt of court charges are brought forward and dealt with in the Irish courts. The court today handed down its judgment in a judicial review brought by Kevin Tracey against District Judge Aeneas Mc

The Irish Tax Institute has called on the Government to consult on changes to tax legislation. President Marie Bradley told the Institutes's annual dinner that there should be more transparency around the making of tax laws, the Sunday Independent reports.

A handful of serious offenders in Ireland may have to be released in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Cabinet has been told. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan told his Government colleagues that a small number of offenders could be affected as a result of the impact of a no-deal Brexit on the Euro

The story of an Irish lawyer who successfully sued the BBC over his portrayal in a 1950s radio adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses will be the subject of a lecture in Dublin next week. Dublin solicitor Reuben James Dodd Junior launched a lawsuit against the BBC after a June 1954 broadcast of an adap

Suzanne Rice, president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, recently attended a dinner hosted by the Newry & Banbridge Solicitors' Association (NBSA).

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates writes on an anomaly as to whether wages claims should be brought in the Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court or in the main Irish courts. The issue of where wages claims should be brought came to a head in a case

The Law Society of Ireland has reaffirmed its commitment to using the latest digital education technology to train solicitors with "21st century skills". An expert group chaired by Mr Justice Michael Peart of the Court of Appeal last year praised the Law Society's use of digital education technology

A police force that rejected a potential recruit on the basis he is a white heterosexual male has been found guilty of discrimination by an employment tribunal. Matthew Furlong, 25, applied to join Cheshire Police in 2017 and was told at interview that it was "refreshing to meet someone as well prep

The philosophical question of what constitutes a sandwich has found its way into a legal context. An article for the Minnesota Law Review looks at a recent American case in which the definition of a sandwich was contested.

Adventurer Bear Grylls is facing a fine of up to €2,500 after he caught, killed, gutted and boiled a frog for a television show. Grylls, 44, was accused by officials in Bulgaria, where the show was filmed, of violating local laws protecting flora and fauna.