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People who commit domestic abuse offences are more likely to go to jail under new sentencing guidelines published today. The guidance provides that domestic offences should be treated as more serious than similar crimes which do not involve partners or family members.

Salil Shetty Austerity is undermining human rights around the world, Amnesty International has said in its annual global report for 2017/18.

The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has apologised to a young woman with mental ill health for the injury to her feelings, upset and distress she suffered as a result of its service provision. The Trust has paid £5,500 to the woman who, with the assistance of the Equality Commission for Northe

An appeal by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police over the nature of the duty to investigate ill-treatment amounting to a violation of article 3 of the ECHR has been unanimously dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court. Lord Kerr gives the main judgment, with which Lady Hale agrees. Lord Ne

A man from Cork who was convicted of murder by a unanimous jury verdict has had his conviction quashed on appeal. Finding that the trial judge had erred in law in allowing the jury to visit the rubbish chute that the man had pushed the deceased into, Mr Justice Mahon said it was of greater concern t

Claire Sugden Former Justice Minister Claire Sugden has warned against allowing the Northern Ireland Executive's Justice Minister to be elected in the same manner as other ministerial offices.

Mr Justice Frank Clarke The timetable for Ireland's referendum on the Eighth Amendment could be disrupted by the Supreme Court case on the meaning of "unborn" in the Constitution, The Irish Times reports.

Most UK law firms have not drawn up a Brexit business plan, according to a new Smith & Williamson survey of senior partners. Only 23 per cent of senior partners said that they had a business plan for dealing with Brexit, despite 60 per cent of more than 100 managing partners at firms in all UK j

Seamus Woulfe SC The Attorney General, Seamus Woulfe SC, will be the guest speaker at the Law Society of Ireland’s Parchment Ceremony this evening.

Three self-styled "paedophile hunters" have been ordered by Belfast Magistrates' Court to desist from further such activities while on bail, the Belfast Telegraph reports. George Keenan, 34, Richard Curtin, 32, and Tim Heron, 28, are facing charges of assault, false imprisonment and attempted intimi

A petition seeking listed status for one of legal London’s iconic venues has garnered 20,000 signatures, The Times reports. The freeholder of The India Club on the Strand wants to redevelop the building into a hotel but the move has led to an outcry from the club’s supporters who point to its hi

Clio, the world’s first and leading creator of cloud-based legal practice management software, now offers an Outlook 365 add-in to its global customer base, further meeting the needs of the modern legal professional. Clio is the first and only cloud-based practice management platform to offer a na

Eilis Barry The Oireachtas joint committee on justice and equality heard evidence this morning in support of a private member's bill to provide for the bringing of multi-party actions before the Irish courts.

A former member of An Garda Síochána whose case against the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána was described as one of the saddest to come before the Court of Appeal since it was established, has lost her appeal against the order of the High Court dismissing her claim at the conclusion of her evi

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan today officially opened the new €18.1 million Wexford Courthouse, the latest to be delivered under a series of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs).