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A man who made more than £1 million selling fake vinyl records was caught after a discerning fan of The Clash complained about the poor quality of an LP. Trading standards officers investigated Richard Hutter and found he had been selling thousands of counterfeit records over a six-year period

Nearly four in 10 organisations in Ireland do not know if they fall under the scope of the new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), according to a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. The business law firm polled more than 100 business leaders at its recent 'Sustainability Reporti

New legislation transferring responsibility for the criminal legal aid scheme to the Legal Aid Board will be drafted this summer under government plans published today. Justice Plan 2023, outlining over 140 actions to be taken by the government this year, was published today by justice minister Simo

Lawyers were directed to pay nearly €44,000 in compensation payments by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) in the past six months on the foot of complaints from members of the public. The LSRA's first complaints report for 2023 shows it received 595 complaints in the six-month perio

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Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has promoted Zara West to partner and Karen Gallagher and Claire Winrow to legal director in its Dublin office. The promotions are effective from 1 May 2023 and will bring the total number of partners across the Pinsent Masons network to 480.

Children should be taught about domestic violence at school to cut offending, a Northern Ireland judge has said. Judge Barney McElholm, of Londonderry Magistrates' Court, told BBC News NI that there has been an increase in the number of domestic abuse cases coming before him.

New legislation aimed at preventing criminals from using "repeated court challenges" to stymie the work of the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) will be published within weeks. The move was announced by justice minister Simon Harris at the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) annual confe

The Galway Solicitors Bar Association (GSBA) will next week host an event to celebrate 100 years of women in the solicitor profession. The event, taking place on Monday 17 April from 4pm–7pm, will include a one-hour CPD workshop with guest speaker Margaret Mulpeter on workplace wellbeing, foll

A man who drunkenly stole a thumb from a soldier in China's famous Terracotta Army will avoid a lengthy period of imprisonment after a plea deal with US prosecutors. Michael Rohana, 29, snapped the thumb off the ancient statue during an "ugly Christmas sweater party" at The Franklin Institute in Phi

Solicitors will be required to do more to protect client moneys under new regulations coming into effect this summer. The Solicitors Accounts Regulations 2023 will come into force from 1 July 2023, replacing most of the Solicitor Accounts Regulations 2014.

Former US president Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal charges brought after an investigation into alleged "hush money" payments made ahead of the 2016 election. Prosecutors allege that Trump made illegal payments to suppress negative information during his successful presidential ca

Judicial mediation will be offered in cases brought before Northern Ireland's Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal in a bid to speed up resolutions. A form of alternative dispute resolution, judicial mediation involves an employment judge acting as an impartial mediator and helping the

TikTok has been fined £12.7 million for a number of breaches of data protection law by the UK regulator, including failing to use children's personal data lawfully. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) estimates that TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children under 13 to use its

Northern Ireland's Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has launched a consultation on developing future regulations that will place climate change reporting duties on specified public bodies. These regulations are required to be made under the Climate Change Act (Northe