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The UK's advertising regulator has ordered the Home Office to withdraw a "misleading" advert for the post-Brexit EU settlement scheme. In a ruling published today, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the radio advert gives listeners the impression that a passport or ID card is the only id

Russia violated the rights of an auditor charged with organised tax evasion who died in pre-trial detention in November 2009, judges in the European Court of Human Rights have unanimously ruled.

Lawyers who graduated from DCU School of Law and Government have been invited to mentor recent graduates as they plan their next career steps. The university has appealed to alumni to register for the Graduate Law Mentorship Programme, which is entering its third year.

Law students at Trinity College Dublin have raised over €12,500 for mental health charity Jigsaw.

University of Limerick School of Law has facilitated Street Law training for a group of youth justice workers based in the Kerry Garda Youth Diversion Project.

Richard Gray, partner and head of the corporate team at Carson McDowell in Belfast, examines the potential impact of Brexit on the food and drink sector. According to Invest Northern Ireland, the food and drink sector is worth £5 billion to the economy in Northern Ireland. As well as being the

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates examines the issue of harassment in the workplace. In Case ADJ15003, the Adjudication Officer dealt with two significant issues: firstly, what is harassment; and secondly, the issue of investigations of complaints.

A judge in Mexico has granted two people the right to use cocaine recreationally in the first ever ruling of its kind. Both claimants were granted the right to "possess, transport and use cocaine" but not sell it, Mexico United Against Crime (MUCD) said.

A man who reported his truck stolen was arrested after CCTV footage allegedly revealed the vehicle was taken while he was robbing a store across the street. William Kelley, 42, told police that someone stole his red 1992 Chevrolet pick-up truck after he left the keys on the seat while looking for a

A senior judge has said that the second Special Criminal Court will be made "full use of" until it is removed by legislation, following weekend reports of its suspension amid falling case numbers. Presiding judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt made the remarks yesterday in the course of a bail hearing. He sai

Law firms ByrneWallace and McCann FitzGerald are among firms which have been paid €270,000 by Government departments since 2014 for assistance handling protected disclosures. According to parliamentary written answers provided to Catherine Murphy TD, the Departments of Defence, Justice, Communi

The Department of Social Protection and the Department of Public Expenditure could be liable for fines under the GDPR over confusion about who controls the database underpinning the Public Services Card (PSC). Privacy experts have cast doubt in the data-sharing agreement struck by the two department

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has appealed to tens of thousands of long-term learner permit holders to sit their driving test to make Ireland's roads safer. According to RSA figures, there are over 41,000 drivers on their fourth or subsequent learner permit, and over 8,600 who are on their tenth o

The number of humanist wedding ceremonies in Northern Ireland has risen dramatically, with three times as many humanist ceremonies expected to take place this year as were held last year. Humanist weddings have been legally valid and binding in Northern Ireland since last summer, when the Court of A

Criminology lecturer Dr Ian Marder and postgraduate student AnnMarie Maher of Maynooth University Department of Law consider the needs of children of imprisoned parents. The children of imprisoned parents suffer some of the worst unintended harms caused by criminal justice systems. It is estimated t