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Dr Rachel Killean Dr Rachel Killean has joined the Queen's University Belfast faculty as a lecturer in the School of Law.

In today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case of J.K. and Others v. Sweden the European Court of Human Rights held, by ten votes to seven, that there would be: a violation of article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights if the ord

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Human rights group Reprieve has written to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in support of a British citizen on death row in Ethiopia, who they say continues to be refused access to a lawyer.

The High Court awarded €30,000 in general damages for injuries sustained by a cyclist as the result of a road traffic accident involving a taxi, while rejecting a majority of the cyclist's claim for special damages. The personal injury claim was brought by a bicycle courier against a taxi driver f

A cross-community group of MLAs are expected to file legal proceedings at the High Court in Belfast over the UK's Brexit vote. Raymond McCord, a prominent victims rights campaigner whose son was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in 1997, lodged an application for judicial review at the High Court ea

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has completed interviewing a number of former soldiers who were involved in the Bloody Sunday killings in 1972. A report is now being compiled, to be sent to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS).

Islamic extremists likely to radicalise their fellow inmates are to be held in special units in English and Welsh prisons, Justice Secretary Liz Truss (pictured) has announced. The plans will go along with new vetting measures for Muslim prison chaplains and the removal of extremist literature from

The UK's Justice Secretary Liz Truss is abandoning her predecessor's plans to roll out more problem-solving courts on the basis they would not be seen as tough on offenders, The Guardian reports. Insiders at the Ministry of Justice say former Justice Secretary Michael Gove's plans to bring more of t

A man has pleaded guilty at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for the 2012 destruction of religious monuments in Mali, marking the first time ever a defendant accused of war crimes has entered a guilty plea. Islamist Ahmad al-Mahdi pleaded guilty, telling judges he did so with deep regre

Human rights group Reprieve has complained to the information commissioner over the UK government's refusal to disclose whether it was involved in a decision not to prosecute anyone over a covert operation to kidnap Libyan dissidents. Earlier this year, the Crown Prosecution Service said there was i

Celebrity solicitor Dr Gerald Kean (pictured) has joked he will have to work into his 90s to pay his debts after losing millions in the 2008 crash. The personal injury solicitor qualified in 1980 and opened his own Dublin practice, Keans Solicitors, in the late '80s.

Criminal justice agencies have teamed up to launch a charity fundraising initiative celebrating 60 years of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE). The Northern Ireland Prison Service, Probation Board and Youth Justice Agency will invite prisoners, prison staff, probation officers and youth justice wo

The High Court has awarded €195,000 to a Garda with 33 years of experience who suffered persistent physical and psychological harm as a result of an assault that occurred in the course of arresting a member of the public. The injuries caused him to retire early, and without a special pension after

Children's Minister Dr Katherine Zappone An agreement allowing Irish people to adopt children from the Philippines has come into effect.

An Garda Síochána have been told to reveal the number of staff in each garda station, The Times reports. The newspaper successfully appealed a rejected Freedom of Information (FOI) request, with the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) stating it must now release personnel numbers for all