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An updated handbook for judges in England and Wales on awareness and understanding of the different circumstances of people appearing in courts and tribunals has been published. It is the first update to the Equal Treatment Bench Book by the Judicial College since 2013.

Prime Minister Theresa May Prime Minister Theresa May has been forced to publish a previously secret order governing criminal activity by British security services.

Human rights lawyers in Denmark have pushed back against government proposals to double criminal penalties in designated "ghettoes". Birgitte Arent Eiriksson, attorney and project leader at Justitia, Denmark's first judicial think tank, said she could not see how the proposal was compatible with equ

Bill Holohan Cork-based Holohan Law has been named Alternate Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year by Lawyers Worldwide magazine.

Culture Secretary Matt Hancock Plans for another public inquiry into the conduct of the press have been abandoned by the UK government.

Stapleford Finance Designated Activity Company have been refused an application for summary judgment of almost €17m against a man who allegedly breached the terms of a deed of settlement which was agreed in 2014. Finding that Stapleford’s application did not satisfy the Aer Rianta threshold, Mr

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Caroline Biggs SC has been nominated to chair a cross-sectoral implementation group to consider recommendations on how to better tackle child abuse and exploitation in Ireland.

Claire Edgar Claire Edgar, partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors, facilitated the Justice Institute on Gender-Based Violence's first-ever UK training course in Belfast this week.

Over 3,000 people are now receiving the latest legal news from both sides of the Irish border on Twitter. The @IrishLegalNews account hit 3,000 followers yesterday and continues to grow alongside ILN's Facebook page, which recently hit 1,000 likes, and our brand-new LinkedIn page.

The House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee has written to immigration minister Caroline Nokes MP to express its disappointment at the response it received regarding the rights of EU citizens. A number of the concerns raised by the committee have been ignored entirely, and others have received an in

Grainne Teggart Amnesty International has called on the UK government to extend the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) to Northern Ireland.

Belfast firm Tughans recently teamed up with communications agency Ardmore Advertising to spearhead a breakfast briefing on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Acid has been classified as a "highly dangerous weapon" in sentencing guidelines in a bid to crack down on acid attacks, The Brief reports. The classification appears in the latest advice from the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, but was absent from a draft published in October.

The Northern Ireland courts remain open today in spite of a complete shutdown south of the border, the Lord Chief Justice's office has confirmed. A spokesperson told Irish Legal News the courts were still running, although "business may be delayed in some areas".

A father and son who had €20,000 in cash seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau have successfully argued that the cash should have been excluded from evidence as it was unconstitutionally obtained on foot of an invalid search warrant. Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley emphasised that the Court should not