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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.

Shimon Goldwater An international law firm specialising in class action litigation has invited students to join a group action against universities to reclaim part of their tuition fees because of strike action.

The Supreme Court has held that in circumstances where an applicant seeking asylum has not provided an address, placing a deportation notice on file does not constitute “service by registered post at the last known address” for the purposes of the Immigration Act 1999. Criticising the applicant�

The European Association of Judges (EAJ) has expressed its "total solidarity" with the Irish judiciary following personalised Polish media attacks on Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly. Ms Justice Donnelly recently ruled in the High Court that a case in which a man facing extradition to Poland objected on t

Pictured (l-r): Donal Creaton, Ed Kelly, Orla Donovan, Caitlin Love, Kevin Hegarty, Robert Kennedy and Harry Fehily. HOMS Solicitors has announced the appointment of four new solicitors in the firm's Limerick headquarters.

The inaugural Sports Law Bar Association (SLBA) conference in Dublin was a sell-out success, attracting barristers, solicitors, in-house counsel and academics from all over the island.

McCann FitzGerald has been named Irish Law Firm of the Year at an awards ceremony held in London last night.

Belfast-based Tughans has celebrated triple success at Insider's Northern Ireland Dealmakers Awards 2018.

Professor Michael Schmitt Use of military force against Russia by the UK would violate international law, according to one legal academic.

Sheriff Richard Davidson A controversial law criminalising "offensive behaviour" at football games in Scotland has been repealed by the Scottish Parliament.

Marielle Franco Human rights groups have demanded a full investigation into the killing of Marielle Franco, a noted human rights defender and city councillor in Rio de Janiero.

Plastic clog manufacturer Crocs has lost a legal battle to protect its design from being copied. Judges in Luxembourg endorsed a decision of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) made in 2016 to cancel legal protections enjoyed by the company.

EU judges have ruled that a restaurant chain cannot trademark a name containing the word "mafia" because it trivialises organised crime. The Italian government first objected in 2005 to the use of the trademark by La Mafia Se Sienta a la Mesa, a restaurant chain in Spain, and owners La Mafia Franchi