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Amnesty International has called for unerring respect for international human rights and humanitarian law, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this morning. “Our worst fears have been realized. After weeks of escalation, a Russian invasion that is likely to lead to the most horrific c

A Japanese court has awarded damages to people who were forcibly sterilised under an old eugenics law intended to prevent the births of "inferior children". Between 1948 and 1996, some 16,500 people, mostly women with disabilities, were sterilised to “prevent the birth of poor-quality descenda

An Garda Síochána should take action to better safeguard the right of people in custody to consult a solicitor in private, the Garda Inspectorate has said. A new report published today sets out a number of recommendations following a comprehensive examination of the standard of treatme

The long-delayed public state apology to victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland will be delivered by five ministers in the absence of a first minister and deputy first minister. There were fears that the resignation of first minister Paul Givan would lead to the

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) grew its headcount by 31 per cent last year and is targeting similar growth in 2022, according to its latest annual report. The DPC has attracted criticism from European data protection experts in the last few years for being under-resourced for its role as one o

P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors has announced the appointment of Carla Fraser as a solicitor practising primarily in the areas of matrimonial and family law. A graduate of NUI Galway and the Institute of Professional Legal Studies at Queen's University Belfast, Ms Fraser has nearly a decade of experi

BHSM LLP has announced the appointment of David Sheehan as a solicitor in the firm's construction and engineering team. Mr Sheehan has experience advising on a range of construction matters, including public and private partnership, with a particular focus on development finance transactions for the

Mark Toland, the chief inspector of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate, has been appointed as the inspector of prisons on an interim basis. Mr Toland will temporarily fill the vacancy arising from the sudden resignation of Patricia Gilheaney as inspector with effect from last week.

A man who allegedly used an illegal signal jammer to stop his kids going online at night is facing prosecution after inadvertently disrupting internet access for his entire town. France's National Frequency Agency (ANFR) launched an investigation after a mobile phone operator reported night-time dis

The Law Society of Northern Ireland's annual legal walk for charity will resume after a three-year hiatus this May. This year's walk/run will take place on Friday 20 May 2022 to raise funds for Leukaemia & Lymphoma NI, the Law Society's chosen charity of the year.

English barrister Paul Marshall, who represented some of the victims of the Post Office miscarriage of justice scandal, will deliver a talk at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) in Belfast next month. Mr Marshall will speak on "Failed Justice - how commercial interest displaced the i

Most Irish businesses have started bringing employees back on site with plans to offer "partial" flexibility on remote working, according to a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. The business law firm surveyed over 150 HR professionals from both the public and private sectors at a recent webinar

The Northern Ireland Assembly can "roll back" the Home Office's hostile environment in some areas, according to a new legal analysis. The research paper produced by barrister Mark Bassett for the Belfast-based Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) highlights what can be done by Northern I

Northern Ireland's new stalking legislation will be a "fitting tribute" to the lawyer who helped to draft it before passing away late last year, justice minister Naomi Long has said. As the Protection from Stalking Bill reached the final stage in Stormont yesterday, Mrs Long paid tribute to David Se