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The body responsible for advising judges on criminal sentences in England and Wales has pushed back against the justice secretary’s call to scrap new guidance on sentencing offenders from minority groups. The Sentencing Council said that ministers from both major parties or their representativ

Lawyers for a 73-year-old man in Northern Ireland have said they will fight a bid to have him extradited to the US to face trial for an alleged antisemitic hate crime. Belfast firm KRW LAW is representing Liam Mackin, who denies all allegations related to an incident in November 2023 where six prope

Raymond McEntee has been promoted to managing partner of US firm McEntee Law Group. Mr McEntee trained as a solicitor in Dublin before relocating to Chicago in 2014 to join the immigration law firm, which was founded in 2009 by his sister Fiona McEntee.

Legislative changes have been proposed in the UK to prevent survivors of mother and baby homes who now live in Britain from being penalised for accepting payments from an Irish compensation scheme. The bill, dubbed "Philomena's law" in honour of mother and baby home survivor Philomena Lee, will excl

The Council of Europe has adopted the first-ever international treaty aiming to protect the profession of lawyer. The treaty was drafted in response to increasing reports of attacks on the legal profession, including in the form of harassment, threats or attacks, or interference with the exercise of

The UK's broadcasting regulator has fined a religious TV channel for advertising "miracle water" that it implied could cure cancer and erase debt. The Word Network, based in the US, was slapped with a £150,000 fine in relation to two episodes of the Peter Popoff Ministries, hosted by televange

Transition year students were welcomed to Dublin's Green Street Courthouse last week for a mock trial staged as part of the Bar of Ireland's Look into Law programme. Now in its 10th year, the programme welcomed 96 students from 96 schools encompassing 24 DEIS schools spanning across 21 counties in I

Northern Ireland firm Millar McCall Wylie has named Autism NI as its official charity partner for 2025. Autism NI is the longest-serving autism charity and training provider in Northern Ireland.

DLA Piper has appointed Chris Jessup as a partner in the firm's litigation and regulatory practice, specialising in financial services regulation. Mr Jessup will join DLA Piper in May 2025 from A&L Goodbody, where he was a partner and co-head of the fintech group, based in the firm's Belfast off

Plans for a new EU-wide legal framework for deportations, including to "return hubs" established in non-EU countries, have been condemned by human rights campaigners as "unworkable, expensive and inhumane". The European Commission yesterday proposed the establishment of a common European system for

The Bar of Northern Ireland has presented a cheque for more than £37,000 to Brain Injury Matters NI, its charity partner for 2024. The Bar's charity committee undertook a range of fundraising events throughout the year to support the charity's vital work.

"Quack lawyers" are causing delays in the Irish courts on a daily basis, a High Court judge has said in a blistering judgment. Mr Justice Michael Twomey said cases were being "delayed as court sittings are being taken up dealing with nonsensical applications which are being pursued on the pseudo leg

Police in England acted unlawfully in arresting a trainee Baptist minister who shouted “Who elected him?” at a proclamation of the accession of King Charles III. Symon Hill, 47, has received £2,500 in compensation from Thames Valley police over the incident in September 2022. 

Northern Ireland's justice minister launched an extended attack on striking criminal barristers yesterday as she confirmed a backdated 16 per cent increase in legal aid fees would take effect in May. Speaking in the Assembly, Naomi Long said that the uplift would apply to civil, family and criminal

A four-year-old boy called police and demanded they arrest his mother after she allegedly stole his ice cream. Police showed up to the family's home in Wisconsin after the boy called 911 and said: "My mommy is being bad... Come and get my mommy."