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A respected dance school is facing a lawsuit from a student who says she sustained injuries after being made to lift a "significantly" heavier partner. Charlotte Vanweersch, 26, claims that the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds was negligent in pairing her up with the other woman.

A woman who was refused international protection in the International Protection Appeals Tribunal, in a decision which stated that she “worked as a prostitute and managed to sustain herself”, has been granted an order of certiorari in the High Court. Remitting the case back to the IPAT f

A judge has questioned whether provocation should be allowed as a defence in murder cases where the deceased only used words against the accused. Justice Tony Hunt was speaking at the Central Criminal Court during a sentence hearing for a man who kicked his father to death after his dad called him a

The Medical Protection Society (MPS) has announced the appointment of clinical negligence expert Tom Hayes. MPS is a protection organisation for doctors, dentists and healthcare professionals and supports more than 300,000 members around the world – with over 21,000 of those in Ireland.

Tributes have been paid to Judge John Anthony Hannan, who has passed away at the age of 56. A judge of the Circuit Court since December 2014, he died at the weekend in Galway Hospice in the presence of his family after a period of illness.

Some thought it would never happen but the UK has officially left the European Union and with that departure, we prepare to welcome a new points-based immigration system, writes Leona Rankin, associate at Carson McDowell. A Westminster policy statement issued last week details how the UK needs to sh

A recent decision of the Labour Court sheds light on the uncertainty surrounding the rights of non-EEA workers to seek compensation for owed payments from their employer in circumstances where they had been in employed without a valid work permit, writes David Cantrell, partner and head of the

Members of the judiciary, legal practitioners and Courts Service staff at Waterford Courthouse before yesterday's historic Supreme Court sitting.

The average house prices in Northern Ireland have increased by almost eight per cent in the past year to nearly £179,000, according to new research. Ulster University’s latest Quarterly House Price Index recorded a 7.8 per cent increase between the last three months of 2018 to the end of

A new six-part podcast features the "confession tape" of serial killer Kieran Patrick Kelly, the Irish Examiner reports. The Nobody Zone comes from RTÉ’s Documentary On One and Third Ear Productions in Denmark.

A teacher has been arrested after he was caught telling students to append a bribe to their exam papers. The class 10 and 12 exams have begun in India and herald the country's annual 'cheating season', The Times reports.

A vulture fund has been granted an injunction enabling them to take possession of a four-bedroom house in Blackrock, presumed to be rented by up to 15 people. Finding that the vulture fund, together with the receivers, had a “strong case” likely to succeed at trial, Mr Justice Mark Sanfe

The Supreme Court has referred the State's appeal against convicted murderer Graham Dwyer’s challenge to the use of his mobile phone data to the European Court of Justice.

Tully Rinckey Ireland has announced that Grainne Loughnane has been promoted to managing partner of the firm's Dublin office. Ms Loughnane joined in early 2019 and oversees the firm’s commercial property practice.

The final remaining provision of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019 has been brought into effect, completing a major overhaul of Ireland’s coronial law. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan commenced all but one provision of the law last month following the landmark legislation being signed into l