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Nikita Hand has been awarded over €248,000 in damages after a jury in a civil case found that she was raped by MMA fighter Conor McGregor. The High Court jury found on Friday that Mr McGregor raped Ms Hand in the Beacon Hotel in Dublin on 9 December 2018.

A man has been convicted of a criminal offence after deliberately gaining weight to avoid compulsory military service. The 26-year-old was sentenced last week by a court in South Korea, where all able-bodied men are required to service in the military for at least 18 months.

Francesca Albanese, one of the leading UN experts on Palestine, is to deliver Amnesty International Northern Ireland's annual lecture next week. Ms Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, will speak about the findings of her latest report, Genocide

Arthur Cox has appointed Denise Murray as head of financial services compliance and regulatory relations. Ms Murray brings more than 20 years of regulatory and industry experience, including over 15 years at the Central Bank of Ireland and at Mediolanum, where she served as chief risk and compliance

Inspectors have given top marks to Hydebank Wood Secure College and Women's Prison — a first-time achievement for any prison facility in Northern Ireland. Outcomes for young men and women were ranked as "good" in both facilities against the four 'healthy prison' tests of ‘safety’,

Three independent experts have been appointed to conduct a review of environmental governance in Northern Ireland, including considering options for an independent environment protection agency.

The Law Society of Ireland has invited schools to sign up for an initiative that gives students the opportunity to learn about the law and explore a future career as a solicitor. Over 2,000 students participated in the Law Society Legal Ambitions course — an innovative Transition Year (TY) mod

The outcome of inquiries held by the new Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (LPDT) are now being published online. The tribunal, which examines complaints of misconduct referred by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) and the Law Society of Ireland, began holding hearings in mid-202

Australia is to ban under-16s from social media platforms in a bid to protect young people from online harms. The Australian government yesterday introduced the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024, which will require social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that a Russian trustee in bankruptcy could not claim a property in London owned by a bankrupt Russian citizen due to the operation of the principle of immoveable property rights being solely determined by the laws of the country they are located in. Appellant Lyubov Ki

Pop singer Katy Perry has won a 15-year-long trade mark dispute with a fashion designer called Katie Perry. The American pop star — whose real name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson — launched the legal action in 2009 after Australian woman Katie Jane Taylor, née Perry, registered "Kat

The Irish government has defended the "independence and impartiality" of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it issued arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders. Judges in The Hague said yesterday they have concluded that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Israeli prime minist

Rough sleeping and begging would be decriminalised in Northern Ireland under plans put out for consultation. Justice minister Naomi Long is seeking views from the public on the repeal of section 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824, which criminalises rough sleeping, and section 3 of the Vagrancy (Irelan

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Detained Palestinian rights lawyer wins press freedom award | The New Arab

The publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday was wrongly forced to pay excessive costs after losing privacy and defamation proceedings in the UK, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. Associated Newspapers Limited suffered a violation of its rights under Article 10 (freedom