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A challenge to a 2008 decision endorsing a prohibition on settlement of the British Indian Ocean Territories has been dismissed by the UK Supreme Court. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal by a majority of 3 to 2. Lord Mance gave the majority judgment, with which Lord Neuberger agreed. Lord Clark

A challenge to a 2008 decision endorsing a prohibition on settlement of the British Indian Ocean Territories has been dismissed by the UK Supreme Court. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal by a majority of 3 to 2. Lord Mance gave the majority judgment, with which Lord Neuberger agreed. Lord Clark

Belfast firm Carson McDowell has announced a new partnership with the Citizenship Foundation, funded by the Legal Education Foundation, to teach young people about the law.

Lawyers from Dublin firm Leman Solicitors are aiming to raise €30,000 for charity by tandem cycling from Dublin to Wicklow, scaling Leinster's highest peak, and running 15 kilometres.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against an order of the High Court which refused an applicant leave to judicially review legislation relating to the requirement that drivers wear safety belts, and the related punishments for breaches of those laws. The appeal concerned a number of convicti

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has published the Irish Prison and Probation Services annual reports and launched the Irish Prison Service Strategic Plan 2016-2018.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald will today seek the Cabinet's approval for the re-opening of six closed Garda stations as part of a pilot project to study the impact on local crime.

Non-payment of court fines was the reason for the overwhelming majority of committals to prison - particularly female committals - in 2015, according to new Irish Prison Service figures. A total of 78 per cent of 3,411 female committals to prison in 2015 were a consequence of the non-payment of a co

Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland's (PSNI) human trafficking unit have welcomed the jail terms imposed on a Romanian man and woman who admitted human trafficking and prostitution offences. Ilie Ionut, 34, and Ancuta Schwarz, 30, were arrested in Belfast three years ago as part o

Cardiff University’s Dr Arne Hintz, principal investigator of the project British citizens are worrying about their online presence in the aftermath of the Snowden leaks amid concerns over state surveillance, new research by Cardiff University has found.

Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has urged UK residents to take their time before applying for an Irish passport in the wake of the UK's shock decision to leave the EU.

The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, will today receive an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws at the University of Edinburgh.

An AI chatbot has successfully challenged 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York. The brainchild of Joshua Browder, a London-born student at Stanford University, DoNotPay allows users to fight their parking tickets through a simple messaging interface.

The Northern Ireland High Court of Justice has found that the appropriate method for making a statement in court when the parties have agreed their dispute prior to the issuing of proceedings is for a summons to be issued. The procedural question was whether the parties had to issue proceedings, con

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The Government has confirmed it has "no immediate plans" to introduce legal recognition for pre-nuptial agreements despite lobbying from the farming industry.