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Tina English and Lee O'Donovan look at a recent opinion from the European Court on the scope of 'takedown orders' imposed on host providers. Advocate General Szpunar (the “AG”) of the Court of Justice (“CJEU”) has stated in a noteworthy opinion that the E-Commerce Directive (

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined Bank of Scotland (BOS) £45,500,000 for failures to disclose information about its suspicions that fraud may have occurred at the Reading-based impaired assets (IAR) team of Halifax Bank of Scotland. The FCA found that BOS failed to be open

Pakistan is to establish more than 1,000 courts devoted to tackling violence against women, the country's most senior judge has announced. Chief justice Asif Saeed Khosa said the special courts would let victims speak out without fear of retaliation, The Guardian reports.

Sir Cusack Patrick Roney, Illustration of the "Long Hole" on Ireland's Eye, where Sarah Kirwan's body was found On the 6th of September 1852, William Bourke Kirwan took a boat to Ireland’s Eye, an island off the coast of Dublin, with his wife of twelve years, Sara Maria Louisa K

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful, court rules

A man was apprehended by police in the Polish town of Pajeczna after he was caught drunk driving – a Soviet tank. Local police said he had commandeered a 36-tonne T-55 battle tank armed with 100m cannon able to hit targets 10 miles away.

A woman who claimed to have a well-founded fear of persecution on the ground of her religion if returned to Nigeria has lost her application for judicial review of the decision that she should not be declared a refugee. Upholding, inter alia, the finding that there was adequate state protection avai

The family of one of the boys convicted of murdering Ana Kriegel has been "forced into hiding" following the publication of photographs online identifying him, the Central Criminal Court has heard. Representatives of Twitter and Facebook appeared at the Central Criminal Court this morning to answer

Laws to limit young people's access to pornography will be considered by the Government in the wake of the Ana Kriegel murder trial. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told the Dáil he would consider online age verification and confirmed legislation was being drafted by a Digital Safety Commissioner, The

Legislation that would give adoptees access to their birth records has been put on hold to allow further consultation, The Irish Times reports. Katherine Zappone, the Minister for Children, has paused the controversial Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill.

Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly has been elevated to the Court of Appeal and will replace Ms Justice Mary Irvine, who has joined the Supreme Court. Ms Justice Donnelly attended the swearing in ceremony at the Supreme Court with her wife, Dr Susan Miner, The Irish Times reports.

Andrew Kirke considers the controversial Copyright Directive, designed to control how copyrighted content is shared on online platforms. The Directive and its most controversial component, Article 13, requires online platforms to filter or remove unauthorised copyrighted material from their websites

Amendments to the Judicial Council Bill brought forward by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan have been published by the Oireachtas. The amendments provide for a Personal Injuries Guidelines Committee to be established by the Judicial Council. They will be discussed today at Report and Final Stages o

EU leaders have been urged to prioritise the fight against disinformation as the European Council meets for its June summit. Leaders will receive a European Commission report on disinformation and elections in the wake of the European elections.