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Lord Burnett of Maldon Online abuse directed at members of the judiciary runs the risk of undermining the rule of law, the most senior judge in England and Wales has said.

Sir John Holmes The head of the UK's elections watchdog has called for urgent reform of electoral laws and confirmed an inquiry has begun into possible Russian interference in the Brexit vote.

Kate Allen, director of Amnesty International UK Boris Johnson must put a strategic plan in place to help protect people who are putting their lives at risk to fight human rights abuses around the world, Amnesty International has said as it released new findings about the global dangers faced by act

Persistent widespread discrimination, intolerance and hatred across the EU threatens to marginalise and alienate many minority group members who otherwise feel largely attached to the country they live in and trust its institutions, according to findings from a major repeat survey by the European Un

Health Minister Simon Harris The Government is facing legal action from a US hospital over the name of the new national children's hospital in Dublin.

Staff members at Luke Curran & Co Solicitors have embraced the festive spirit – and raised much-needed cash for charity in the process.

A man described as someone who worked in manual labouring jobs all his life, and who broke his ankle on the front porch of a house he rented from Sligo County Council, has been awarded €105,650 in damages. Mr Justice Barr accepted the evidence of the man’s engineer that the tiles used on the fro

Pictured (l-r): Richard Martin, Seán O'Reilly, Ricky Kelly and Brian O'Halloran Ronan Daly Jermyn has announced the appointment of three partners across the firm's corporate, real estate and litigation practices, bringing the total number of partners within the firm to 43.

Pictured (l-r): Meghan Kirk (Pinsent Masons), Elizabeth Birrell (Stewart Title), Eileen Ewing (Law Society of Northern Ireland), Presiding District Judge Brownlie and Alan Hunter (Law Society of Northern Ireland) Newly-admitted solicitors were among over 140 attending the Law Society of Northern Ire

Brendan McGuigan The Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland has called for a review of hate crime legislation in Northern Ireland.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has warned its members to immediately delete a new scam email purporting to come from an address at the Law Society of England and Wales. Pictured: An example of the scam email

James Lawless A private member's bill proposes the criminalisation of Internet "bots" to manipulate political discourse, The Irish Times reports.

Eileen Devereux A tax refund company based in Kilkenny has launched legal action against the Australian government over the country's backpacker tax.

The Supreme Court of the United States has allowed President Donald Trump's flagship "travel ban" to go into full effect. The Court ruled by 7-2 to allow the controversial policy to enter full force, affecting people from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, pending a number of legal challen

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called on the Home Office to look at alternatives to immigration and removal centres, with a view to eventually phasing them out. In a report published today, the BMA recommends a complete overhaul of the current system as concerns increase over the use of r