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Three young people have been sentenced to five years in prison for their roles in an 11-hour long “rampage” at a detention centre during which a roof was set on fire and missiles were thrown at staff, gardaí and fire officers. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that €3 million worth of damag

Freda Grealy The Law Society of Ireland is expecting as many as 2,500 people to sign up for its Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on sports law.

Feilim O'Caoimh McDowell Purcell recently advised on the acquisition of Scallans Food Service Limited by established food distributor Dublin Food Sales.

Pictured (l-r): Andrea Coscelli, Micaela Diver, and Alan Hunter, chief executive of the Law Society of Northern Ireland The Law Society of Northern Ireland yesterday hosted a seminar considering competition law now and after Brexit.

A House of Lords sub-committee has called on the UK government to propose an effective system for dispute resolution and enforcement in respect of both the proposed EU withdrawal agreement and the future UK-EU relationship. In its report published today, Dispute resolution and enforcement after Brex

A conference hosted by University of Limerick (UL) this month will consider the civil, criminal and regulatory responses to medical error. The day-long conference, co-hosted by the School of Law and the Graduate Entry Medical School, will hear from a range of medico-legal experts on key areas of the

Plans to modernise the justice system in England will see about 6,500 courthouse and backroom jobs lost by 2022, The Guardian reports. The UK government launched a £1 billion programme to introduce online pleas and remote video hearings in 2016, with details emerging from a consultation circulated

Members of the Belfast Solicitors' Association (BSA) are out in force for the Belfast City Marathon on Monday in support of Inspire.

Sam Gyimah The UK government has announced plans to crack down "no-platforming" and "safe spaces" on university campuses out of concern that the practices undermine free speech.

A Garda informant who was arrested in France in 2000 on drug trafficking charges has been successful in his application to use sensitive documents in challenging his surrender to France on foot of a European Arrest Warrant. Discovery of the documents had been granted in a case brought by the informa

Órla Kelly A medical negligence lawyer has warned that Vicky Phelan's high-profile case against the HSE over failures to detect her terminal cervical cancer is just "the tip of the iceberg".

Tanya Ward The Oireachtas justice committee has voted down proposals to amend the Data Protection Bill 2018 to set the digital age of consent at 16.

A High Court judge has criticised media commentary which he said described sentencing in rape cases as “opaque and not transparent”. Mr Justice Tony Hunt made his remarks on Monday during the sentencing of a man who sexually molested his 13-year-old cousin when he was aged 15.

Derry couple Michael Harkin and Donna McCool have lost their case in the first-ever UK Supreme Court judgment handed down in Northern Ireland. The five-judge appeal court, led by Deputy President Lord Mance, handed down a majority decision in their appeal against confiscation orders made by Derry Cr

Two prominent barristers are set to take part in a debate later this month on how victims' and suspects' rights can be reconciled. Maria McDonald BL, a founding member of the Victims' Rights Alliance (VRA), will discuss the issue with Mary Rose Gearty SC, vice-chairman of the Bar Council of Ireland,