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A man accused of murdering his former partner and mother of their two children has punched a prosecuting barrister in the face at the Central Criminal Court. Vesel Jahiri (35), originally from Kosovo but of no fixed abode, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Anna Finnegan (25) at Allendale Glen, Clo

Competition finalists, Back Row (L-R) Niall Carden, Shanara Wallace, Alanna Loftus (Highly Commended), Aisling Guckian and Darragh McDonagh. Front Row: (L-R) Jane McGlinchey (2nd), James Devanney (1st) and Niamh Lynch (3rd).

The Ruler's Guide by Chinghua Tang In 626CE Li Shimin murdered his brothers and forced his father to abdicate the throne of China’s nascent Tang dynasty, ushering in the country’s golden age and becoming Emperor Tang Taizong, the greatest of China’s Sons of Heaven.

of witnesses in hearings before it”. The case also raised “important questions of freedom of speech in Parliament, the separation of powers and the extent to which the court may intervene in the affairs of the Legislature”.

Finalists for the sixth AIB Private Banking Irish Law Awards have been announced, following a 36 per cent increase in entries this year. A judging panel chaired by notary public and solicitor Dr Eamonn G. Hall will now review each submission against the category criteria before an awards ceremony in

Pictured (l-r): Sinead Kearney, ByrneWallace; Denise Kirwan, Comyn Kelleher Tobin; Children's Ombudsman Dr. Muldoon (attending separately), Josepha Madigan TD; Keith Walsh, Chairperson, Child & Family Law Committee; Carol Ann Coolican, Legal Aid Board Children's rights must be front and centre i

Pictured: Manan Kumar Mishra, senior advocate and Chairman of the Bar Council of India, and UCD President Professor Andrew J Deeks University College Dublin (UCD) has signed an historic accreditation agreement with the Bar Council of India.

Salaries for legal professionals in Northern Ireland are performing strongly in the face of Brexit uncertainty, a survey has revealed. The regional Salary Survey Report from Abacus Professional Recruitment, published this week, is based on survey data from 100 partners, senior associate solicitors,

Women in Northern Ireland could face criminal investigation if they include reference to a previously unreported rape in their tax credit application, a charity has said. From today, new rules restrict child tax credits to a woman's first two children except under specific circumstances, such as a s

Darragh Mackin Lawyers for Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa, who is on trial in Cairo for alleged participation in a political protest, have cautiously welcomed reports of progress in his trial yesterday.

Brendan Howlin People who distribute an intimate image of somebody else without their consent could be jailed for six months under legislative proposals published by the Labour Party.

Two transgender persons suffered violations of their article 8 rights on account of an obligation to establish the irreversible nature of the change in their appearance in order to vary their birth names, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of A.P.

Theresa May Prime Minister Theresa May has been urged to press Saudi Arabia for the release of three juveniles who face beheading for allegedly attending protests.

A man who was unanimously convicted by a jury on two counts of false imprisonment has had his conviction quashed in the Court of Appeal. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court, Mr Justice Alan Mahon ruled that the trial judge should have discharged the jury after a witness inadvertently di

Paul McGarry SC Paul McGarry SC, chair of the Council of The Bar of Ireland, has robustly defended his opposition to the proposed lay majority on the new judicial appointments commission.