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Data protection legislation "does not stand in the way" of the roll-out of community-based CCTV schemes, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) has said. The watchdog has published new guidance on the issue following news reports that some schemes were encountering data protection difficulties.

A tribunal is to address the question of whether veganism qualifies as a "philosophical belief" in a landmark legal case. Jordi Casamitjana claims he was sacked by the League Against Cruel Sports after revealing it invested pension funds in animal testing firms.

The UK will find itself in a "constitutional crisis" if the Prime Minister fails to publish the legal advice she has been given on her Brexit deal, according to Labour. Theresa May says that the advice is confidential, though some MPs believe that ministers simply want to avoid admitting the deal bi

French MPs have approved legislation which will make it illegal for parents to smack their children, but without providing for any criminal sanction against them. The draft bill would modify the French civil code to assert the right of children to "an education without violence".

Navigating the streets of Dublin in a wooden bowl fortified with iron, "Billy in the bowl", as he was so nicknamed, was born without legs and said to have been blessed with a handsome face. Using this to his advantage, Billy was "one of those curious beggars who frequented fairs and public places, w

Three US police officers are facing criminal charges for allegedly beating up a protester who turned out to be an undercover cop. Dustin Boone, 35, Randy Hayes, 31, and Christopher Myers, 27, are accused of beating a 22-year-old black police officer so badly that he couldn't eat and lost around nine

An application by two retired police officers challenging the Police Ombudsman’s report into the Loughinisland massacre has been dismissed in the High Court. Emphasising the independence of the office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and its obligation to investigate, Mrs Justice S

Misuse of social media poses a new threat to the criminal justice system because of the influence of unchallenged commentary on already vulnerable juries, a leading barrister has warned.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has welcomed Suzanne Rice as its new president for 2018/19. Ms Rice was junior vice president in 2017/18 under outgoing president Eileen Ewing, who will remain on the presidential team as senior vice president.

A Zimbabwean woman who came to Ireland and studied law has been elected as a learner representative to the board of AONTAS, the National Adult Learning Organisation. Joy-Tendai Kangere returned to learning to study a Bachelor of Civil Law degree at UCD Sutherland School of Law while balancing family

The Sports Law Bar Association of Ireland (SLBA) will hold its second sports law conference in Dublin next week, following the "fantastic" success of the all-island association's inaugural conference in March. SLBA secretary Robert McTernaghan BL told Irish Legal News that the event is "open to all

The constitutional conversation in Northern Ireland has to be "de-dramatised and normalised", Professor Colin Harvey of QUB School of Law has said. Professor Harvey opened his address to the fourth annual Belfast Homecoming Legal Symposium with commentary on the "political and legal turbulence" caus

The CEO of McCann FitzGerald's legal technology solutions business has won the Digital Transformation Award at the 2018 Women in Tech Awards. Gráinne Bryan was recognised for her role in leading the firm’s new legal technology solutions business which brings together the use of technolo

Irish citizens are set to benefit from increased access to the US labour market under a bill passed by the lower house of the US Congress. The "E-3 Bill", approved unanimously by the US House of Representatives, allows for Irish citizens to work in the US under the non-immigrant visa category of the

A two-month prison sentence for a woman who opened a tube of Pringles in a supermarket without purchasing it has come under fire from penal reform campaigners. The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) told TheJournal.ie that the prison sentence makes "no social or economic sense".