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The UK government has announced it will commission abortion services in Northern Ireland following the failure of the devolved Department of Health to do so. The commissioning of abortion services follows the making of regulations in May 2022 which provided the UK government with the same powers as

Responsibility for licensing will move from the Circuit Court to the District Court under new legislation which will overhaul Ireland's "antiquated" licensing regime. Ministers today published the general scheme of the Sale of Alcohol Bill, which will bring Ireland's patchwork of more than 100 licen

Property lawyers have been urged to prepare for a housing market crash similar to that seen in 2007 and 2008. England and Wales' Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), which regulates conveyancing firms, has recommended solicitors prepare for a 40 per cent fall in deals.

The UK Supreme Court will sit in Manchester next March, Lord Reed has announced. The sitting in Manchester will be the first time the court has ever sat outside one of the four UK capital cities. Three cases will be heard when the court, whose permanent home is in central London, sits at the Manches

Unhappy customers are suing "Italy's No. 1 brand of pasta" after discovering its products are actually made in Iowa and New York. A federal US judge this week ruled that the class action lawsuit against Barilla, the world's largest pasta manufacturer, can go to trial.

A new pre-action protocol for defamation and other media and communication claims has come into effect in Northern Ireland. The protocol applies to all cases in the Court of Judicature and County Court involving claims in defamation, misuse of private information, breach of confidence, data protecti

Northern Ireland will become the first part of the UK and one of the first countries in the world to introduce miscarriage leave and pay under plans now out for consultation. The two-month consultation follows the recent introduction of the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act (Northern Ireland)

UK consumers are at risk of predatory practices by big tech firms because of delays in promised competition legislation, an influential Westminster committee has said. A new report by the business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) committee notes that the government has not yet published the Di

A judge in the Circuit Court was incorrect in law in directing a jury to return a verdict of not guilty on a count of endangerment in circumstances where the garda investigation did not include an interview with the accused, the Supreme Court has ruled. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission

Finally, a politician you can trust: a cat has been appointed as the mayor of an Italian town and will stay in office for a year. Miao spent her first day as ‘mayor of the animals’ of Civita d’Antino, Abruzzo Region, southern Italy earlier this month.

Tesco has been warned by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) that it could sue the supermarket giant if its UK "checkout-free store" pilot is expanded to Ireland. The NGO wrote to Tesco in the wake of news reports about a man who was allegedly refused access to a store in London without dow

RDJ has announced the renewal of its long-standing partnership with Connacht Rugby. Rugby players Jack Carty, Alex Wootton and Diarmuid Kilgallen joined JP Gilmartin, partner-in-charge of RDJ's Galway office, to highlight the law firm's status as long-standing official legal advisor for the club.

The Law Society of England and Wales's new president has said criminal lawyers should refuse work for which they are not properly remunerated as they demand a 15 per cent increase in legal aid fees, in line with barristers. Lubna Shuja's appointment comes as solicitors have been offered a nine per c

Men should refrain from discussing sport and "opera" in the workplace to avoid excluding women and minorities, according to an English judge. Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, said that conversations at work dominated by such discussions could prevent women and ethnic-minority people from takin

Spain has abolished the titles of the grandchildren of the fascist dictator General Francisco Franco as well as 30 others linked to him. The Democratic Memory Law, passed earlier this year, came into effect yesterday and removes the amnesty for the atrocities committed under Franco's 40-year rule, w