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A wanted man who was believed to have died in the US nearly two years ago has been found alive in a Glasgow hospital after contracting Covid-19. Nicholas Rossi apparently faked his death to escape serious criminal charges in Utah and Ohio and has been living in Scotland under an assumed name, NBC re

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UN chief warns millions of Afghans are on ‘verge of death’ | Al Jazeera

Legal rights group FLAC has reported a "significant increase" in family law queries to its helpline since Christmas. More than a third (35.5 per cent) of all calls to FLAC helplines last week were for family law queries, making it the biggest category, The Irish Times reports.

Legislation putting the Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI) on a statutory footing and requiring builders to register with it has been published. The bill, which the government intends to commence from early 2024, aims to benefit consumers and the general public by giving those who engage

Landmark legislation which would establish a new watchdog to regulate online services has been published by the government. The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill will establish a new Media Commission replacing the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), which will include a new Online Safety

Cleaver Fulton Rankin has been appointed to assist individuals wishing to contribute to the Muckamore Abbey Hospital inquiry. Tom Kark QC, chair of the inquiry, said the services of experienced and trained solicitors are needed to take the witness statements from the first tranche of witnesses.

A cat has been taken into custody after a woman called police because her cats were fighting. The 52-year-old woman in Omaha, Nebraska said she tried to break up the fight and verbally told the aggressor she would "put it in its room".

Amnesty International has called on Kazakhstan's authorities to release journalists and activists who have been arbitrarily detained for their coverage of mass protests across the country over the past week, as the number of individuals arrested reaches close to 10,000. The human rights organisation

Corporate law firm Philip Lee has announced the promotion of Inez Cullen to partner in its corporate team. With wide ranging transactional experience across various sectors, Ms Cullen represents clients on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, fundraisings, AIM admissio

UK law firm TLT has announced the appointment of Caroline MacLaughlin as a banking and finance partner in Belfast. Joining from Cleaver Fulton Rankin, Ms MacLaughlin specialises in all types of corporate finance, with a particular focus on the real estate, energy and financial services sectors.

Corporate law firm Philip Lee has congratulated four newly-qualified solicitors on joining the firm.

The Supreme Court has allowed a leapfrog appeal from the High Court in a constitutional challenge to the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) made between the EU and Canada. The challenge has been brought by Mr Patrick Costello, a Green Party TD, who claims that CETA would adversely affect

Proposed legislation which will provide a right of access to birth certificates, birth and early life information for people who have questions about their origins has been published. The Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 will give new rights to people who were adopted, boarded out, the subjec

The UK Supreme Court, in partnership with Royal Holloway, University of London, has launched an online course. Entitled Inside the UK Supreme Court: Its Role, Its Work and Cases that Affect Us All, the two-week course, delivered by FutureLearn, a social learning platform, is designed to increase kno

US authorities have released a dubious guide to help parents decode covert drug references in emoji form. The "emoji drug code" released by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been compared to early 2000s guides which explained texting abbreviations like "LOL".