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People on bail were responsible for more than one in nine of all crimes recorded last year, the Irish Examiner reports. Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) indicate that these include one in seven of all murder and manslaughter cases.

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The Polish legislation concerning the lowering of the retirement age of judges of the Supreme Court is contrary to EU law, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. Lawyers for the country's government had argued that the law was meant to bring the judicial retirement age into line with

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Scottish advocates (barristers) Shane Dundas and Michael Way, were the winners of an inaugural moot between Scottish devils and Northern Ireland pupil barristers held in Court 9 of the Court of Session, Scotland's supreme civil court, on Friday in Edinburgh. Organised by the Faculty of Adv

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France has banned research on judicial behaviour in an attempt to suppress the litigation analytics and predictions sector with a new law that carries a maximum jail term of five years. The law, in Article 33 of the Justice Reform Act, aims to stop anyone, but particularly legal tech companies, from

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A ban on trademarks of "immoral" or "scandalous" words and symbols has been struck down by the US Supreme Court in a case involving a clothing brand with a sensitive name. Ruling against the Trump administration, the court found for Los Angeles streetwear designer Erik Brunetti who had failed in an

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A boy who sued a hospital over circumstances of his birth has settled his High Court action for €7.25million. Finn Phillips, 13, who is on the autism spectrum, was delivered on July 30, 2005, by ventouse delivery and – it was alleged – was unnecessarily exposed to trauma and asphyxi

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Speeding convictions are declining sharply while the number of people convicted for driving while using a mobile phone is also falling, according to new figures. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan provided the figures in response to a number of parliamentary questions, the Irish Examiner reports.

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