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A book by the late Polly Higgins, who proposed the crime of ecocide, has been republished to celebrate her life and work. Ms Higgins, who died of cancer last year at the age of 50, grew up in Glasgow, where she attended St Aloysius’ College before studying at Aberdeen, Utrecht and Glasgow Univ

A lesbian judge in the USA has been disciplined for flying a rainbow flag in her courtroom. The Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct ruled that Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez breached strict impartiality rules by flying the flag, Texas Lawyer reports.

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A man who dropped his wallet while robbing a bank has still not been identified because someone snatched the wallet before police arrived. Police in the US state of Colorado are appealing for the wallet to be handed in to help identify the robber, Denver7 News reports.

The High Court has ruled against the Health Service Executive and St James’ Hospital Board in their application to set aside the renewal of a Personal Injury Summons granted by Mr Justice Anthony Barr in May 2019. Background

A criminal defence lawyer has acted remotely for a client in a police interview in a Northern Ireland first. A digital mechanism was put in place after Ciarán Kerr-Johnston, solicitor at Belfast-based Brentnall Legal Ltd, issued pre-action proceedings against the PSNI on behalf of a client wh

A judge has criticised a policy of putting all new prisoners, including those on remand, in isolation for 14 days. Seven prisoners were unable to appear at Cork District Court via video link yesterday because there are no video facilities in isolation, the Irish Examiner reports.

Prisoner numbers in Ireland should be brought down faster through measures including presumption of bail, increased use of non-custodial sanctions and early releases in order to protect prisoners' rights, the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has said. The penal reform group made the remarks in respon

The Courts Service has announced the reopening of the Stamp Office. The office, temporarily relocated to the ground floor of Áras Uí Dhálaigh in the Four Courts complex, will be open from 10am to 2pm every day.

The temporary wage subsidy scheme introduced three weeks ago has been updated to address "anomalies". The changes announced yesterday apply to workers earning less than €500 per week (equivalent to €31,000) as well as those earning in excess of €586 per week (equivalent to €38,00

A 24-year-old man in Co Wexford has become the first person charged with offences under the new coronavirus emergency law. Denis Constantin appeared in Gorey District Court yesterday on two charges of contravening a provision of a regulation made under the Health (Preservation and Protection and oth

A same-sex couple who married in England but were treated as civil partners on their return to Northern Ireland were discriminated against, the Court of Appeal in Belfast has ruled. However, as with a similar judgment earlier this month, judges said there was no purpose to be served by making a decl

Lord Justice Leggatt (Sir George Leggatt) will be sworn in as justice of the UK Supreme Court in a closed ceremony next Tuesday. The Constitutional Reform Act 2005, which established the Supreme Court, requires that appointees take the required oaths in the presence of the president of the court.

Donald Trump has failed in a legal battle over branded merchandise at his golf resorts in Scotland. The US president's representatives had trademarked 'Trump' for various goods and services connected to his businesses at Turnberry, Ayrshire, and Menie.

The French competition regulator has told Google to start paying media groups for displaying their content following a complaint made last year by Agence France Presse (AFP) and two press publishing syndicates. The French Competition Authority said it “requires Google, within three months, to