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Most offenders in youth diversion programmes are complying with restrictions introduced to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study. Researchers at University of Limerick are examining how young people participating in Garda Youth Diversion Projects (GYDP) are responding to the COVI

A growing number of offenders who avoid custodial sentences are instead being given informal community orders. Figures published by the Ministry of Justice show that nearly three quarters of out of court disposals consisted of community resolution orders last year, an increase of 56 per cent on 2015

Volkswagen must reimburse motorists who bought vehicles fitted with "defeat devices" designed to cheat emissions tests, Germany's highest civil court has ruled. The Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe yesterday handed down its ruling in a test case brought by Herbert Gilbert, who bought a second-h

A prosecutor has resigned after visiting the home of a journalist in Tokyo to play mahjong during Japan's lockdown. Hiromu Kurokawa, 63, head of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, gambled with the reporters, according to weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun, in violation of the state-of-emergency m

A woman has been ordered to remove photos of her grandchildren from her social media accounts after a judge ruled that the matter was covered by the GPDR. The children's mother launched legal proceedings in the Dutch city of Arnhem after her own mother, with whom her relationship broke down a year a

Parks in the poorer districts of northern and eastern Paris have reopened for visitors during the coronavirus pandemic thanks to a serial lockpicker. A mystery man who goes by the name "Jose" spoke to Le Parisien about his nightly efforts to unlock parks which remain shut despite the easing of the C

The High Court has refused the return of a child pursuant to Hague Convention on the grounds that it would place the child in an intolerable situation. Background

Anyone attending court will have their name and contact details recorded for contact tracing purposes under new measures introduced to allow full physical court sittings to resume. Physical court sittings were limited on Wednesday to a maximum of two hours per day after an Oireachtas committee was t

Solicitors are being forced to break public health guidelines in order to advise clients in Garda custody, according to a damning new report. Whereas solicitors in Northern Ireland have been allowed since mid-April to advise clients during police interviews via video link, no such facility has been

Kerry County Council breached planning laws by failing to implement a language condition attached to a planning permission for a housing development in the West Kerry Gaeltacht, An Coimisinéir Teanga has said. The Office of the Language Commissioner carried out an investigation on a provision

The Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) has become an approved professional body with access to the The Bar of Ireland's direct access scheme. Approved organisations can access the services of any of 1,825 barristers without going through a solicitor through the Direct Professional Acces

Eversheds Sutherland has been awarded internationally-recognised certification for its exemplary data protection and information security. The global law firm now holds the ISO 27001 standard for information security management systems (ISMS) in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland for it

Belfast-based KRW LAW LLP has been shortlisted in a brand new category at the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) awards. The firm, headed by senior partner Kevin Winters, will compete with two other firms for the title of Regional Legal Aid Firm/Not-for-Profit.

The legal community has been encouraged to go for a run on Saturday to mark the original planned date for the Calcutta Run. The annual legal fundraiser was postponed to October after the coronavirus pandemic stopped it going ahead on 23 May 2020.

Members of the public can now use e-bikes on public roads without the need for registration or licensing following new legislation approved at Stormont. The Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 was first announced in February and passed by MLA