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Philip Lee has appointed Finola Igoe, Jean-Anne Young, Aoife McBennett and Jessica Gorman as of counsel. Ms Igoe and Ms Young are members of the firm's projects and construction team, while Ms McBennett and Ms Gorman are members of the media and entertainment team.

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A man who convinced thousands of followers that he was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ has been imprisoned in Russia. Sergei Torop, a former traffic cop, founded the "Church of the Last Testament" in 1991 and recruited thousands of members in Siberia.

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A retrospective extension to planning permissions which would otherwise expire as a result of delays caused by judicial reviews is set to be enacted this month. The Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025 will be published this week following its announcement in May, with a view to its enactm

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An obituary for the late Northern Ireland prosecutor Ronald Appleton KC has been published by The Telegraph. Mr Appleton was a senior Crown prosecutor for 22 years until 1999, overseeing a number of high-profile Troubles cases.

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A 92-year-old man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a 75-year-old widow in 1967 in what is believed to be the longest-running cold case ever solved in the UK. Ryland Headley, aged 34 at the time, broke into the home of Louisa Dunne in Bristol in June 1967 and attacked her. Her body was

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DLA Piper has appointed two new legal directors and four new senior associates in Ireland. New legal director Oisín Mulvihill specialises in finance, advising on a range of cross-border and domestic financing matters, with a particular focus on securitisation, structured finance and other deb

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A viral video clip has captured the moment a man joined a remote court hearing while using the toilet. Footage of the man clearly sitting on a toilet seat and making full use of the facilities was broadcast to the public via the YouTube stream from Gujarat High Court in India.

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