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Judge Seamus Hughes, a sitting District Court judge in Counties Longford and Westmeath, has passed away at the age of 69. A former Fianna Fáil TD and county councillor, Judge Hughes was due to retire from the bench on his 70th birthday next month.

Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC has condemned a Philippines court decision upholding journalist Maria Ressa's conviction for "cyber libel" and increasing her maximum prison sentence to more than six years' imprisonment. The Irish-born barrister, who practices with Doughty Street Chambers in London, leads t

The Oireachtas justice committee will this afternoon hear evidence on alternatives to criminal sanctions for the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs for personal use. The meeting in Committee Room 1 at 3pm will hear submissions from Dr Garrett McGovern of the Priority Medical Clinic, the Ca

The latest episode of the Bar of Northern Ireland's Legal History Podcast series has put the spotlight on the experiences of newly-called barristers. Presenter Fionola Meredith is joined by Amy Kerr, Alana Harty and Nick Lennon — members of the Young Bar Association — for a candid discus

Legislative amendments providing explicitly for the designation of an online safety commissioner for Ireland have been tabled by the government. Among the 62 government amendments to the Online Safety and Media Regulation (OSMR) Bill are three amendments giving effect to the government's commitment

The UK government has said it will not attempt to deport any more asylum seekers to Rwanda pending the outcome of a court challenge later this year. A judicial review against the policy has been brought by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), which represents 80 per cent of Border Force s

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is providing legal representation in a growing number of cases coming before the courts and the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), its latest annual report shows. The rights watchdog began 2021 with 149 individual clients approved for both legal advi

Russian gamblers were duped into betting on a fake tournament advertised as the real Indian Premier League in an elaborate scam broken up by police. An enterprising gang of scammers leased a farm in the western Indian state of Gujarat and installed a rudimentary cricket pitch, which police said was

High Court president Ms Justice Mary Irvine will sit in the Four Courts for the last time on Wednesday morning. The judge's final sitting will take place in Court 4 at 10am, with attendance in the court on a first-come, first-served basis.

Online platforms will be banned from advertising short-term lets in rent pressure zones (RPZs) which do not have the requisite planning permission under proposed new rules. The government has said it will amend the law in a bid to return more homes to the long-term rental market in RPZs, where rents

Belfast firm Thompson Crooks Solicitors has announced the promotion of solicitor William Nugent to the position of director. Mr Nugent, who qualified as a solicitor in 2012 and joined the firm in 2017, is the immediate past chair of the Northern Ireland Young Solicitors' Association (NIYSA).

RDJ LLP has announced the appointment of Fionnuala Power as the firm's new people and culture director. An experienced HR strategist, Ms Power will combine her skills in HR operations, coaching and driving cultural change to strengthen employee engagement, supporting the growth and development of th

A Moscow court has sentenced an opposition councillor and lawyer to seven years' imprisonment for criticising Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in what is the first sentence to be given for such offences. Alexei Gorinov, a deputy at Moscow’s Krasnoselsky district council, was arrested in April and

The UK needs a new constitutional arbiter due to the fragility of our constitutional conventions, Lord Sumption has said. Writing in The Times, the former Supreme Court justice says that if Prime Minister Boris Johnson "had been not just bad but mad" he could have wrecked the constitution by asking

A man who tore pages from his passport in order to hide an affair from his wife has been arrested. The 32-year-old man from Mumbai told police he was unaware that tampering with his passport is a criminal offence, NDTV.com reports.