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A woman who was convicted of the murder of a homeless man in Newry in 2009 has had her appeal dismissed by the Court of Appeal in Belfast. The woman contended that the trial judge had failed to give adequate direction on the effect of intoxication on her intent, and also sought leave to appeal on th

A prisoner forced to slop out as he had no in-cell lavatory facilities was denied his constitutional right to privacy, the High Court has ruled. However, Mr Justice Michael White said he was not awarding damages to Gary Simpson because his witness testimony was partly untruthful and exaggerated.

Ryanair has welcomed a European court ruling in favour of the airline's argument that a crew's home base should not be the sole determinant of which court jurisdiction can hear disputes on labour issues. Handing down judgment in the Mons case this morning, the European Court of Justice rejected the

A number of lawyers are among witnesses who will be called before the Oireachtas committee on the Eighth Amendment, The Irish Times reports. Barrister William Binchy and solicitor Caroline Simons were among names proposed at a private committee meeting yesterday, though the agreed list has not yet b

Judges in Co Kerry are facing calls to allocate poor box revenue to local charities, rather than those based abroad, the Irish Examiner reports. Kerry County Council is seeking a meeting with Judge James O’Connor to discuss the matter.

Over 25 solicitors participated in the Law Society of Northern Ireland's annual advanced advocacy course in its eighteenth year.

A Nigerian national with a history of offending who complained about an order deporting him from the UK suffered no violation of his article 8 rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. Mr Ndidi, the applicant, arrived with his mother in the UK aged two. He had an escalating history of of

The number of people arrested over terrorism-related offences increased by 68 per cent to 379 in the year to June, the Home Office reports. It said the figure was the highest since records began in 2001 and included 12 arrests related to the Westminster attack in March this year, 23 to the Mancheste

Preliminary issues raised by the mother of a child who was ordered to be returned to the US to live with her siblings and their father, have been rejected in the High Court. Criticising the woman for frustrating the litigation process, Ms Justice Reynolds stated that the reliefs claimed by the woman

Irish residential property prices rose by 12.3 per cent over the year to July, faster that in the past two years, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). It compares with a 7.1 per cent increase in the year to July 2016, and an increase of 11.5 per cent in the year to June

The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) should be tasked with prosecuting cross-border terrorism, the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, has said. The primary function of the EPPO, as set out in the Lisbon Treaty, is to investigate and prosecute fraud against the EU bu

Failte Ireland is cracking down on properties being advertised as hotels without being registered with the tourism body, The Times reports. Regulations introduced with effect from 1 January 2017 make it an offence for any premises to advertise itself as a hotel without being registered with Failte I

An updated edition of a popular book on the principles and rules of construction and post probate issues has been published. The Construction of Wills, Second Edition, updates the 2001 book to take account of recent case law as well as new legislation, such as the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Ac

Tributes have been paid to a legal secretary at Boland & Company Solicitors in Kilkenny who suddenly died on Saturday. Sonja Wayland, 34, from Co Kilkenny, died suddenly at her home in Co Wexford on Saturday morning, the Irish Independent reports.

Pictured: IRLI's rugby blitz last year Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI) will hold its annual rugby blitz and sports day in Blackhall Place at the end of this month.