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A portrait of Ms Justice Mary Laffoy by award-winning artist Hetty Lawlor has been unveiled as part of The Bar of Ireland’s International Women’s Day celebrations.

A High Court action by a German human rights lawyer against Google over what he claims are several attempts by parties based in the Middle East to hack his private email account has been adjourned generally. Mark Somos claims that, in recent weeks and months, he has been subject of attempts to unlaw

Articles exploring legal history, personal injury law, corporate insolvency and life imprisonment are among the articles published in the latest edition of the Irish Judicial Studies Journal. The first 2020 edition of the quarterly journal, which includes contributions from judges, lawyers and legal

Competition watchdogs in Ireland and the UK have issued guidance to consumers and businesses on the impact of coronavirus. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has published a guide to consumer rights which sets out information about holidays, travel insurance, health insurance

Dubai's 70-year-old billionaire ruler kidnapped two of his daughters and left the youngest of his six wives fearing for her life after he discovered her affair with a bodyguard, an English judge has found. Sir Andrew McFarlane said that, on the civil standard, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum's

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Three police officers who allegedly took a seized car for a joyride were trapped for three hours after the owner locked the doors remotely. The car, a two-year-old SUV, was seized by police in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh after they were called to a dispute between the owner and another p

The UK Government has been asked to clarify who will be responsible for implementing checks on trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain after the Scottish Government ruled out checks at Scottish ports. Northern Ireland's Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots told MLAs earlier this week that Scott

The Court of Appeal has increased a man’s five-year sentence for manslaughter to seven years following a leniency appeal taken by the DPP. The judges said that, in concluding that the offence is properly placed at the higher end of the medium culpability band, the court does not intend to sugg

Litigation linked to the collapse of the Solicitors Mutual Defence Fund (SMDF) has returned to the High Court for the first time in nearly a decade. The fund, now known as R&Q Ireland, has issued fresh High Court proceedings against Bloxham Stockbrokers to seek judgment for €4.9 million all

A new Director of Military Prosecutions (DMP) has been appointed after over a year with nobody in the post. The DMP's primary function is to direct and supervise military prosecutions, effectively acting as the military equivalent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Justice Minister Naomi Long has said she supports the proposed £108 million redevelopment of Magilligan Prison, but has offered no news on when capital funding for the project will become available.

Improved search technology and equipment should be deployed in Northern Ireland prisons to help prevent drug smuggling, the Prisoner Ombudsman has said. The recommendation is one of seven included in Dr Lesley Carroll's report into the death of 27-year-old Paul Johnston in Magilligan Prison in 2017.

Trainee solicitors Darragh Bollard and Eamonn Butler have won the Law Society of Ireland's internal moot court competition. The annual competition for PPC1 trainees took place before a panel of judges consisting of Mr Justice Michael Peart, Mr Justice Donald Binchy, Mr Justice Michael Twomey, Mr Jus

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor can commence an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, judges have ruled. The ICC's appeals chamber today unanimously decided to overturn a 2019 ruling which found that the commencement of an investigation would