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More work is needed to address judicial diversity and issues with recruitment that threaten the UK’s world-renowned legal systems, the House of Lords Constitution Committee has warned today. The committee states in a report that It is deeply concerned about the dispute between the UK government an

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The Court of Appeal has rejected an attempted to trademark the shape of London’s black cabs, upholding a decision of the High Court from last year that the shape lacked "distinctive character”. The London Taxi Company, manufacturer of the hackney carriages, had taken the firm Frazer-Nash to cour

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Legal figures are set to come together at University of Limerick next week for a conference marking 80 years of the Irish Constitution. Keynote presentations will be delivered by Emily Logan, chief commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, and Mr Justice Donal O'Donnell of the

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Prisoners in Northern Ireland have received compensation payouts worth over £700,000 in five years, the Belfast Telegraph reports. More than 1,800 injury claims have been submitted since 2013 resulting in payments of £696,348, according to figures released under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws.

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Judges and barristers have defended Judge Karen O'Connor after a backlash against her sentencing of Tom Humphries for child sex offences, The Irish Times reports. The ex-sports journalist for The Irish Times was jailed for two and a half years after Dublin Circuit Criminal Court found him guilty of

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