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A rape case has collapsed days before trial after evidence emerged showing the defendant cuddling his accuser in bed. Samson Makele, 28, was accused of raping a woman he met in 2016 at the Notting Hill Carnival.

A PSNI officer convicted of perverting the course of justice after he admitted to crashing his car while over the limit and then attempting to cover it up by making the car look as though it had been stolen has lost his appeal against his conviction. The man was sentenced to six months imprisonment

Business Minister Heather Humphreys A bill introduced to the Dáil will provide a statutory basis for IDA Ireland to compulsorily purchase land after a landmark Supreme Court ruling flagged up issues in the existing legislation.

Luke Staines Michael J. Staines & Company Solicitors has welcomed newcomer Luke Staines.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has an "open mind" on separating the Garda Siochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) from the Department of Justice, The Irish Times reports.

A ruling on remedy and costs following the finding that a Police Ombudsman's report into the 1994 Loughinisland massacre was "unsustainable in law" has been postponed. Mr Justice McCloskey ruled last December that a 2016 report which found that collusion was an element in the massacre was unlawful a

Solicitor and former resident magistrate Wishart Mills has passed away at the age of 95, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has said. Mr Mills, who passed away on Saturday, graduated from Queens University Belfast in the 1940s and completed his apprenticeship at Macintosh & Bradley in Newtownar

David Stanton The Government has announced plans to set up an independent statutory gambling authority with power to impose a levy on licensed gambling facilities.

The Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) and the Official Assignee in Bankruptcy, Chris Lehane, are being sued over the alleged leaking of confidential material to a newspaper. Businessman Dermot Desmond and members of his family are taking the proceedings over the alleged leaking of confidential mat

Mr Justice Robert Haughton has recused himself from long-running proceedings over control of Blackrock Clinic Ltd because he criticised one of the parties to the case in a separate judgment, the Irish Independent reports. Breccia requested the recusal after Mr Justice Haughton said, in a November 20

Ahed Tamimi Amnesty International has called on Israeli authorities to release 16-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, who will appear in court today over an altercation with Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank last month.

Jim Duffy Jim Duffy, a barrister at 1 Crown Office Row, will be running the London Marathon in aid of the London Legal Support Trust (LLST) this April.

More than twice as many fines were issued for breach of greyhound welfare legislation last year than the year before, the Irish Examiner reports. A total of 43 fines worth €10,750 were issued under the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 in 2017, compared to 20 fines in 2016, the Irish Greyhound Board

A man who had his custodial sentence reduced from ten-months to six-months, with a further four-months suspended for a period of five years, has lost his appeal against his sentence in the High Court. Finding that the Circuit Court judge did not err in his judgment, Mr Justice Max Barrett refused al

Julian Yarr Partners at A&L Goodbody have elected Julian Yarr to serve a third term as managing partner.