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Margaret Cordial, solicitor at AMOSS Solicitors in Dublin, writes on a series of recent court judgments affecting owners and occupiers. The Courts have held in a number of recent decisions that occupiers are entitled to presume that visitors to their property will take reasonable care for their own

A record low number of people were prosecuted or issued an out-of-court disposal in England and Wales over the past year despite a sharp increase in recorded crime, new figures reveal. Just 1.61 million people were formally dealt with by the criminal justice system in the year to March 2018, down se

An 87-year-old woman who was cutting dandelions near her home in rural Georgia was tasered by police last week and arrested for criminal trespass and obstruction. Chatsworth Police said Marth Al-Bishara refused to drop the steak knife she was using to cut the flowers despite several commands to do s

A woman who tormented her neighbours by blasting opera music for 16 years has been arrested. Eva N would play a four-minute aria from Verdi's La Traviata all day long with her speakers at full volume.

European law firm Fieldfisher has announced plans to open its first Northern Ireland office, which will provide key services including document negotiation and legal support for its international office network. Fieldfisher has also established a strategic partnership with Donaldson Legal Consulting

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the promotion of Michael Madden from senior associate to partner in the firm's competition & antitrust team. Mr Madden has almost 20 years' experience in the field of economic regulation. He advises clients on State aid, antitrust and merger control and has

The Government has been urged to go further in reforming the personal injuries process in Ireland by Fianna Fáil. Michael McGrath, the opposition party's finance spokesperson, was responding to the Government's Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill.

Brexit has led to a spike in demand for immigration advice in Northern Ireland, according to a new investigation by The Detail. Citizens Advice Northern Ireland confirmed that it had seen an 80 per cent year-on-year rise in immigration queries from 873 in 2015/16 to 1,580 in 2016/17.

Offenders being managed through Public Protection Arrangements Northern Ireland (PPANI) have a significantly lower reoffending rate than offenders as a whole, a new report reveals. Around 9.7 per cent of offenders subject to PPANI reoffended within the first year, compared with an overall reoffendin

Four legal academics with pro-choice group Lawyers for Choice have published a legal analysis of the updated General Scheme of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018. The paper, published online, has been written by Máiréad Enright, senior lecturer at Birmin

Campaigners who claimed that Scottish legislation allowing woman to terminate pregnancies by taking abortion pills at home is “unlawful” have had their legal challenge dismissed, our sister publication Scottish Legal News reports. A judge in the Court of Session rejected the pe

A law professor at Ulster University is spending ten days in El Salvador to support the establishment of a new State office to search for those disappeared during the country's civil war. Professor Cath Collins, professor of transitional justice in the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster Univer

An academic involved in researching the Magdalene laundries has hit out at the Government for failing to publish the records from the McAleese inquiry, the Irish Examiner reports. Professor James Smith, who is based in the English Department at Boston College and involved in Justice For Magdalenes R

A 35-year-old man has been jailed for 12 years after being convicted of terrorism offences. The High Court in Edinburgh heard that Peter Morgan was in possession of bomb-making manuals as well as equipment and a selection of Neo-Nazi and other extreme right-wing paraphernalia and flags.

Permission has been granted for cows to visit nudist beaches during the heatwave to cool down, despite complaints. Nudists have been forced to compete with livestock for beach space and claim their presence is "unhygienic and could pose a health risk".