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Ireland's first academic research centre dedicated to research, policy and education on corruption and anti-corruption has been established at Dublin City University (DCU). The new Anti-Corruption Research ...

MLAs will be asked to nominate Margaret Kelly for appointment as the new Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman. Ms Kelly has been identified by Stormont's corporate body, ...

A final year student in Law and Taxation at Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) has completed the Chief Justice's Summer Placement Programme for Law Students for the ...

British judges could be asked to rule on cases brought under controversial new national security legislation imposed on Hong Kong this week, a senior Hong Kong judge ...

Global experts in law and human rights have contributed to a new online publication about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19, Law and Human Rights: Essex ...

An e-bike advert has been banned on the basis that it creates "a climate of anxiety" around the car industry. The TV advert shows the reflection of ...

Irish barrister Fergal Gaynor has been shortlisted as one of four candidates for election as the next prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The search for ...

The King's Inns has congratulated Hazel Chu on becoming the new Lord Mayor of Dublin. Ms Chu, a Green Party councillor, trained as a barrister with the ...

More than 70 people have applied for appointment as lay members of the new Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. The tribunal, established under the Legal Services Regulation Act ...

More than 6,000 charities are no longer registered in Northern Ireland following a court ruling earlier this year, the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (CCNI) has confirmed. ...

A new online complaints portal has been launched by the Law Society of Northern Ireland to support clients seeking to make a complaint about their solicitor. The ...

The long-awaited UK Supreme Court judgment in Villiers v Villiers [2020] UKSC 30 has been handed down this morning. Scottish lawyer Rachael Kelsey has acted for the successful respondent, ...

Solicitors have been invited to apply for membership of the Law Society of Northern Ireland's new human rights and equality group. Belfast solicitor Maria McCloskey was named ...

Benjamin Bestgen gives us the truth about methods of lie detection. See his last jurisprudential primer here. Last month, I sketched out some definition problems we encounter ...