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The courts should not shy away from starting at five years' imprisonment when it comes to sentencing individuals for “high-end” cases of assault causing harm, according to the Court of Appeal. Mr Justice George Birmingham, president of the Court of Appeal, made the observation after thre

The Department of Justice should set out what "mitigation measures" are in place to deal with the potential fall-out of Brexit, an MLA has said. Justice and security arrangements including sensitive areas such as family law could be affected by any failure to secure a post-Brexit agreement.

A new and expanded Victims Charter has been published by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan ahead of European Victims of Crime Day tomorrow. The previous version of the Charter dates from 2010 and the updated version, available on www.victimscharter.ie, takes account of changes in the law since

The right to vote in Scottish Parliament and Scottish local government elections has been extended with the passing of the Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill. The bill extends voting rights to all foreign nationals with leave to remain, including all those granted refugee status,

Perhaps the most famous trials of John Philpot Curran’s career were those in which he appeared as defence counsel for leading figures of the Society of United Irishmen.  While the Rebellion of 1798 was still raging, on 12 July 1798, Curran represented a fellow member of the Irish bar, Hen

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A lawyer who disrupted a trial was ordered by a judge to write lines like a schoolboy in detention. Anthony Baker drew the judge's ire during a domestic violence trial in Cleveland, Ohio after he walked away from the defence table in a bizarre courtroom protest.

The UK Supreme Court has found that it does not have jurisdiction to hear an appeal directly from the High Court in judicial review proceedings brought by the sister of one of Michael Stone’s victims. Agreeing with the Attorney General for Northern Ireland that the proper route of appeal was t

The number of complaints to the Data Protection Commission rose by 75 per cent last year, according to the watchdog's annual report. A total of 7,215 complaints were received in the first full calendar year since the introduction of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), up from 4,113 in

Dublin firm FP Logue has been appointed as solicitors to Article Eight Advocacy CLG, a new non-profit advocating for data subject rights in Ireland. The law firm, led by principal Fred Logue, specialises in environment, technology, data protection and information law.

Lawyers in the Belfast office of A&L Goodbody have appeared in the UK Supreme Court for the first time in the firm's history. Partner Brendan Fox and solicitor Claire McGoldrick travelled to London to represent Peninsula Securities Ltd in a case concerning the applicability of the restraint of t

Police are investigating after a "crude explosive device" was thrown at the home of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane's brother. Martin Finucane, who lives in west Belfast, is a long-standing justice and human rights campaigner who co-founded Relatives 4 Justice and serves as a board member of the Pat

Retired lawyer Catherine Rossmann Archbold, née McHale, has passed away suddenly. Ms Archbold, a legal executive, joined Co Kildare firm Coughlan White & Partners in the late 1980s and became head of its debt collection and licensing department.

Olivia O'Kane, partner and head of media and entertainments at Carson McDowell, examines a recent English court case concerning the authorship of a screenplay. In Julia Kogan v Nicholas Martin & others [2019] EWCA Civ 1645, a dispute arose over the authorship of the screenplay for the film Flore

Sacked Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC has said ministers should not “clip the wings” of judges and should protect them from political attacks. Mr Cox's comments come amid reports that the UK government intends to stem so-called judicial overreach. Boris Johnson is believed to be frustr