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Amazon's voice-activated virtual assistant, Alexa, could be recruited into the fight against terrorism under plans backed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Germany's interior ministry is pushing for new laws to allow federal and regional authorities to access "the data captured by these devices".

A man who deposited land certificates with Ulster Bank as security for his indebtedness has won an appeal against the finding that a vulture fund, which bought the loan asset and related security, had the benefit of a lien by deposit over his lands. The Supreme Court unanimously overturned the

ReganWall has announced the appointment of partner Adam Griffiths and solicitor Sarah Connolly as part of the newly-established firm's strategic growth plan. Having previously practised for a decade in the London offices of two leading international firms and at a national firm in Ireland, Mr Griffi

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Brian Johnston as a partner in the firm's privacy and data security team. Mr Johnston works with companies to find solutions to their privacy and data protection problems. He helps organisations implement global privacy and data transfer prog

The Law Reform Commission will launch its fifth programme of law reform this evening following extensive public consultation over the past two years. Attorney General Séamus Woulfe SC will launch the programme, which contains 15 projects across six general subject headings, in the commission'

Criminal cases before the Irish courts have been delayed due to gardaí being seconded as part of the security detail for US President Donald Trump, who is visiting Ireland for the first time today. A burglary case before Cork District Court and a minor road traffic case before Clonakilty Dist

A former UK Supreme Court judge has criticised the "mission creep" of the European Convention on Human Rights and suggested that the UK could be forced to withdraw from the nearly 70-year-old convention. Lord Sumption, 70, said that "intensely political questions" had been reclassified by the ECHR a

A woman who was refused dental treatment after disclosing her HIV status will receive €10,000 and a written apology under the terms of an agreed settlement. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, which provided legal assistance to the woman, has welcomed the outcome.

According to Advocate General Szpunar, Facebook can be ordered to seek and identify all comments identical to a defamatory comment that has been found to be illegal, and equivalent comments in so far as the latter originate from the same user. In the present case, the EU law relied on does not regul

Northern Ireland lawyers have been given a rare insight into the important and changing role of mediation in dispute resolution in Commonwealth countries. The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) event, taking place in Law Society House, heard from Mr Justice Vasheist Kokaram from the High Court o

Dublin lawyer Philip Lee has become the first Irishman to win a gold medal in the European Fencing Championships, defeating a two-time world champion from the UK. Mr Lee, founder and managing partner of the Dublin firm which shares his name, competed in Cognac, France during the June bank holiday we

Belfast firm Carson McDowell has announced the renewal of its partnership with Ulster University for the annual Belfast School of Art degree show. The annual degree show, from 7-15 June, celebrates the creative talents of students in art, design and architecture.

The two teams who took part in the inaugural IronLaw North South Triathlon Challenge have presented branded T-shirts to their sponsors to thank them for their support.

A five-person team from Belfast firm MKB Law raised over £900 through a night-into-dawn walk up Belfast's Cave Hill.

A customer at a Mexican fast food chain called the police after being informed they were out of taco shells. Although police agreed that the lack of both hard and soft taco shells was "truly a travesty", they said it was out of their control.