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Charlene Dempsey HHD Solicitors successfully defended a 37-year-old Polish national from deportation following his conviction of drugs offences.

Research from the University of Loughborough, commissioned by the Law Society of England and Wales, has found that the legal aid means test is preventing families in poverty from accessing justice. The research shows that people on incomes already 10 per cent to 30 per cent below the minimum income

Britain has the highest prison population in the EU with nearly 100,000 people in jail, according to new findings. A report by the Council of Europe found that only Turkey, which has locked up 192,627 people, has more inmates than the UK.

A law firm has withdrawn the offer of a training contract from an Exeter law student who allegedly made racist remarks online, The Brief reports. It follows an investigation by University of Exeter into allegations that multiple members of Bracton Law Society (BLS) shared racist and misogynistic mes

Two retired lawyers who helped set up the Dublin office of international law firm Walkers have achieved business success with their new lingerie brand. Vicki Ashman (née Hazelden) and Ian Ashman told The Irish Sun that they plan to expand their high-end Scrumpies of Mayfair lingerie brand across th

An application brought by the Government of Ireland to revise the Ireland v United Kingdom ruling delivered in 1978 has been dismissed by the European Court of Human Rights. The request, based on two grounds of revision, was dismissed by 6-1, with Irish judge Síofra O’Leary providing a dissentin

A Polish justice minister has accused the Irish judiciary of engaging in "political games" in a continuing row over the extradition of a wanted Polish national, The Irish Times reports. Marcin Warchoł, under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice, said: "I am surprised the court adopted the

Pictured (l-r): Alan Reid, Kirsty Finney and Sam Dickey The Law Society of Northern Ireland has backed a new initiative to make buying and selling a home smoother for consumers.

Anita Ramasastry The Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway will host a symposium this Friday to explore the role of national action plans in furthering the business and human rights agenda.

A petition seeking judicial review of the UK government's “position” on the revocability of a notice of intention to withdraw from the EU has been granted permission to proceed following an appeal, our sister publication Scottish Legal News reports. The petitioners, Andy Wightman MSP and others,

Tara Casey Tara Casey, a law student at University College Dublin, has been awarded the Thomas Addis Emmet Fellowship for 2018.

A family law silk and academic has suggested some judges take advantage of their position to behave abusively towards lawyers. Professor Jo Delahunty QC, of 4PB Chambers and Gresham College in London, said barristers have complained about having been humiliated by “judicial bullying”, though in

The Philippines has given official notification to the United Nations of its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). It comes a month after the ICC announced it was opening a preliminary examination into allegations that thousands of extra-judicial killings have taken plac

Claire Edgar Claire Edgar, partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors, has contributed an article on domestic violence to the latest edition of VIEW magazine.

A pensioner who died last year has become the first person from the UK to be investigated in Germany for an alleged role in the Holocaust. Stanislaw Chrzanowski, who died at the age of 96 in October, lived in Shropshire and was unaware he was under investigation.