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The Northern Ireland Prison Service has announced the death in custody of a 22-year-old prisoner at Maghaberry Prison. The prisoner died yesterday morning, Thursday 30 August. His next of kin have been informed.

Criminal conversation gave a man a right of action for damages against anyone who had sexual relations with his wife, and the consent of the wife did not affect his entitlement to sue. It was not necessary that adultery resulted in separation, however if the couple was already separated the man was

Two men who allegedly went on a bin-stealing spree have been caught by police. Kenneth Brooks, 50, and Nicola Weydeveld, 19, were spotted by a security guard with a suspicious number of rubbish bins.

The requirement that a claimant of widowed parent’s allowance must have been married to or have been the civil partner of the deceased unjustifiably discriminates against the survivor and/or the children on the basis of their marital or birth status, justices in the Supreme Court have ruled. T

Martin Hanna, of Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors reflects on the firm founded by his grandfather in light of its victory today at the UK Supreme Court. Today is another historic day in the long history of Francis Hanna & Company Solicitors. Earlier today, the Supreme Court handed down its

A teacher whose application for judicial review was dismissed in limine in the High Court, has had his case remitted to the High Court for a fresh determination. Finding that the High Court judge was incorrect to hold that the matter was moot due to the expiration of the sanction imposed, the Court

Gardaí are looking into several cases in which cybercriminals impersonated solicitors in order to dupe companies and individuals out of substantial sums, the Irish Independent reports. This has happened as many as six times in the past year, according to the head of the Garda National Economi

A Belfast boys' home should be included in official efforts to deal with the legacy of the past, lawyers have said. KRW Law argued that Kincora should be dealt with as part of the NIO's consultation on dealing with the past, which comes to a close next month, the Belfast News Letter reports.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held by a majority that the Hungarian Supreme Court did not breach a man's right to a free trial by refusing to refer a question to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling. However, the ECtHR found that applicant G&aac

Belfast solicitors Rachael Gamble and Jade Gabriel of Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors have received their Advanced Certificate in Administration of Trusts. The completion of this module as part of the STEP Diploma adds to the specialist expertise of the firm's private client department, which alrea

Normal service will resume at Derry's courthouse in the first week of September, the Derry Journal reports. The city's 200-year-old courthouse was temporarily shut for maintenance of the ventilation system, with family and youth business relocated to Coleraine Courthouse and other cases to Omagh Cou

More than 100 Britons who were resettled abroad in the post-war period are to sue the UK government over abuse they suffered, the BBC reports. The Independent Inquiry Into Child Sex Abuse (IICSA) said in March that 2,000 people should be compensated within a year.

An appeal court has ruled that the Fourth Amendment protects the energy consumption data collected by smart meters. The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that individuals have a reasonable expectation that this data should remain private, and that the government's access of it cons

Scotland's Former First Minister Alex Salmond, who began crowdfunding his legal fees last night for his judicial review case at the Court of Session, exceeded his target in a matter of hours. Mr Salmond sought £50,000 to cover the fees involved in seeking judicial review of the Permanent Secre

A Crown Court judge who accessed files in a case in which her daughter was a witness has been censured for "serious misconduct", The Brief reports. Judge Karen Holt accessed a record in the case of Cecil McCready, a music teacher facing trial on child sexual abuse charges. He was jailed in Marc