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Belfast man Jack McCullogh has been declared innocent of the murder of a young girl after the oldest cold case trial in US judicial history. Belfast-born Mr McCullogh was indicted in 2011 on charges of the kidnap, rape and murder of seven-year-old Maria Ridulph in 1957, and was convicted in the subs

Dunnes Stores has successfully appealed a decision of the High Court which found that its comparative advertising directed towards products trademarked by Aldi Stores (Ireland) Ltd, was in breach of EU Regulations. The Court of Appeal ruled that the trial judge had erred in interpreting the regulati

Cork commercial law firm O’Flynn Exhams Solicitors (OFX) has announced the appointment of Des Lynch and Tom O'Byrne as partners. Mr Lynch and Mr O'Byrne have been appointed to the private client team and litigation and dispute resolution team respectively.

The first Irish legislation dealing with cybercrime was approved by Senators after its second stage debate in the Seanad yesterday. The Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Bill 2016, which gives effect to EU directives and the Budapest Convention on cybercrime, will proceed t

A high-level inquiry should take place into the alleged leaking of sensitive documents from the Police Ombudsman's (PONI) office, the Police Federation for Northern Ireland (PFNI) has said. In a statement, PFNI chairman Mark Lindsay (pictured) said the incident underlined the need for a full inquiry

Belfast firm MKB Law has welcomed James McIlveen (pictured) to the team as a legal executive in the firm's debt recovery team. Mr McIlveen will be dealing exclusively with debt recovery and collection matters.

Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa should not pursue a hunger strike in prison in Cairo because it will harm his "well-being, health and cause", Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan (pictured) has said. Mr Flanagan was questioned in the Dáil yesterday on the measures being taken by the Government to secure

Russian nationals who had either been taken hostage and/or injured during the Beslan massacre and their families as well as those of the dead suffered violations of their article 2 rights. The case concerned the September 2004 terrorist attack on a school in Beslan, North Ossetia (Russia). For over

Newspapers that challenged orders for costs made following trial have had their appeals unanimously dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court. Lord Neuberger gave the lead judgment, with which Lord Mance, Lord Sumption, Lord Hughes and Lord Hodge agreed.

The US state of Arkansas must halt the execution of eight death row prisoners, seven of whom are due to be killed in an 11-day period this month, Amnesty International said today, highlighting legal concerns and the fact that two of the men facing death have serious mental disabilities. Arkansas has

A company that was ordered to pay a fine of €125,000 for failing to ensure the safety of employees after an accident resulted in the death of a 28-year-old man has been ordered to pay a fine of €1 million after the Director of Public Prosecutions appealed the original sentence. Delivering the ju

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The draft terms of reference for the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland has been published, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald announced yesterday.

The Courts Service of Ireland has no immediate plans to bring Wicklow courthouse back into use, despite spending thousands of euros to maintain the disused building. Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald revealed in a reply to a Dáil question that €12,848.86 has been spent on light, heat and fuel c

Professor James Devenney, the new McCann FitzGerald Chair of International Law and Business at University College Dublin’s Sutherland School of Law, has delivered his inaugural lecture on Spies, Parking Tickets, Illegal Transactions and Insider Dealing.

Tributes have been paid in Kilcock District Court to Co Kildare solicitor Elizabeth Bruton, who passed away earlier this month, the Leinster Leader reports. The local lawyer frequently appeared before the court in relation to licensing matters and she represented North Kildare rugby club.