The Scottish Government has announced plans to establish a Citizens' Assembly, inspired principally by the Citizens' Assembly established in Ireland in 2016. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, addressing ...
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Kilcock Courthouse will be closed permanently under plans put out to consultation by the Courts Service of Ireland. The building was closed in July 2016 and court ...
Police forces in England and Wales will be required to offer free sanitary products to female detainees under new plans announced by the Home Office today. The ...
A university professor who taught his students to make ecstasy, amphetamines and synthetic cannabis is facing prosecution. The professor of pharmaceutical science, whose studies focus on dangerous ...
A man who was involved in the violent removal of a family from their home has had his sentence increased by one year by the Court of ...
Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Muireann Dennehy as a partner in the firm's dispute resolution team. Ms Dennehy, who returns to Ireland after practising ...
A&L Goodbody (ALG) has announced the appointment of Kerill O'Shaughnessy as a partner in the firm's asset management & investment funds team. Commenting on the appointment, Brian ...
The Government should not blame the legal profession for hindering efforts to reduce insurance premiums in Ireland, retired judge Nicholas Kearns has said. The former High Court ...
The Inspector of Prisons, Patricia Gilheaney, has completed a preliminary inquiry into allegations of covert surveillance in Irish prisons. Ms Gilheaney was asked by Justice Minister Charlie ...
The Bar of Northern Ireland shone a spotlight on Northern Ireland's family courts at the latest event in its Leaders in Legal Excellence discussion series.
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called for criminal investigations into human rights abuses in mother and baby homes. The civil liberties group issued a ...
The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is planning to spend €680,000 on the electronic tagging of Irish prisoners in the next two years, The Times reports. The service ...
Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has published the Northern Ireland Modern Slavery Strategy 2019–2020. The third annual strategy underlines the Department’s commitment to working in partnership with ...
Two students in Italy have been fined €27 million by forest authorities after allegedly letting a barbecue start a forest fire. The administration sanction was handed down ...
Dozens of people who were allegedly involved in breaking bones and staging car accidents as part of a massive insurance fraud have been arrested. Thirty-four suspects are ...