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A police commissioner who vowed to crack down on speeding has been given a a six-month driving ban for speeding. Nottinghamshire's Conservative PCC Caroline Henry was caught breaking the speed limit five times in just 12 weeks.

The Law Commission of England and Wales is to launch a new project to review the law around autonomous flight. The two-year review is sponsored by the Future Flight Challenge at UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and supported by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Department for Transport (D

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Crypto exchange Gemini has become the first and only company to be registered as a virtual asset service provider (VASP) with the Central Bank of Ireland for AML/CFT purposes. The EU's Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive extended anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML

A report published today by Westminster's European scrutiny committee has concluded that the principle of the supremacy of EU law should be scrapped. It added that allowing this to continue would be "incongruous" with the UK’s legal framework.

The UK Supreme Court has confirmed a case concerning the Scottish Parliament's right to organise an independence referendum will be heard this October. The Scottish Independence Referendum Bill was referred to the Supreme Court by Scotland's Lord Advocate on the question of whether an advisory refer

Ireland is failing to meet its obligations under a binding human rights treaty to protect the rights of workers, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said. In a report to the Council of Europe, the rights body said Ireland has not yet accepted several provisions of the Revised European

Progress on a cross-departmental strategy to stop domestic and sexual violence and abuse in Northern Ireland has been published. The ministers for justice, health, communities, education and finance have published an action plan setting out proposed activity for year seven of the seven-year domestic

Revenue at DWF increased four per cent to €487 million (£416.1m) as profits rose 5.3 per cent to €211.7 million (£180.9m), the firm has announced in its full-year results for the year to 30 April 2022. For FY2021/22, the board has declared a final dividend of 3.25p per sha

Revenue at Ashurst, which expanded into Ireland last year, is up 12 per cent to €934 million (£798m). Profit per equity partner increased to €1,375,000 (£1,175,000) – up 13 per cent on the previous financial year. Paul Jenkins, Ashurst's global chief executive officer, sa

Restorative justice is becoming more common in Ireland but is "still not being used to its full potential", new research has found. A second mapping exercise by researchers at Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology has found that the six main providers delivered 1,056 restorative justice

A woman who failed to declare a half-eaten Subway sandwich at customs has been fined more than £1,500. Jessica Lee, 19, forgot about the chicken and lettuce sandwich she bought in Singapore as she travelled back to Australia.

Law student Danielle DerGarabedian has been appointed as editor-in-chief of The College Tribune, the only student-run publication in Ireland which is financially independent of its associated institution. Established in 1989 and now entering its 36th volume, the Tribune is UCD's oldest surviving new

Widespread tributes have been paid to the late legal academic Dr Vicky Conway following yesterday's news of her unexpected passing. An associate professor of law at Dublin City University (DCU), Dr Conway was one of Ireland's foremost researchers on policing. She was a member of the Commission on th

The UK government has been told that a new trade deal with Israel "must not be a betrayal of Palestinians' human rights" as negotiations begin. Amnesty International has submitted a 19-page briefing to the Department of Trade, setting out how the agreement should be framed to avoid reinforcing Israe