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A sausage firm based in Downpatrick has threatened legal action against the World Health Organisation (WHO) for causing damage to its "reputation and business". Denis Lynn, chief executive of Lynn's Country Foods, told the Belfast News Letter that widely-reported claims that sausages can increase th

The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of an Irish farmer who objected to the compulsory purchase of his land by the Industrial Development Agency (IDA). The Supreme Court found that the IDA had acted beyond its powers, and that the connection between the IDA chairman and the consultant group recomme

Solicitors acting for seven former soldiers have lodged emergency High Court proceedings that could derail the investigation into the Bloody Sunday killings. The ex-paratroopers are seeking a judicial review against the Police Service of Northern Ireland on the basis that the investigation launched

Taoiseach Enda Kenny Taoiseach Enda Kenny has told TDs that a law to reduce Irish bankruptcy terms from three years to one year could be passed before the Irish general election.

Mr Justice Brian Cregan Mr Justice Brian Cregan, chair of the commission investigating the wind-up of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC), has asked for a second judge to be appointed to help conduct the investigation.

A District Court judge erred in declining jurisdiction over a tax charges case against a company owned by former government minister Michael Lowry, the High Court has ruled. Judge John O'Neill of Dublin District Court refused to hear a case brought by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) agains

The Government of Ireland has said it will not oppose the Vulnerable Persons Bill introduced to Dáil Éireann yesterday by an independent TD. The proposed legislation is designed to "protect, on reasonable grounds, the financial autonomy of vulnerable persons, specifically elderly people, who lack

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald A voluntary organisation working to improve conditions for people living with or affected by HIV and AIDS has criticised Irish government plans to criminalise the sale of sex.

Arleen Elliott, president of the Law Society The Law Society of Northern Ireland has warned the general public, local businesses and its members to be extremely vigilant following a new report of a fraud perpetrated on a firm of solicitors.

Justice Minister David Ford MLA On 6 November, Law Centre (NI) and Ulster University Law School hosted a conference examining the future of access to justice.

Banks have attempted to repossess nearly 4,500 homes since the beginning of 2015 according to new figures from the Courts Service of Ireland obtained by The Irish Times. This figure is on top of the 7,100 dwellings lenders moved to repossess by January 1st this year.

Chief inspector of Criminal Justice NI, Brendan McGuigan A new prison facility could be built at Maghaberry Prison to house high risk and dangerous prisoners following a scathing inspection report published last week.

A French magazine which revealed that Prince Albert of Monaco had an illegitimate son has won an article 10 appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the basis the report struck at the prince's public function which trumped his article 8 right to privacy. On May 5 2005, Paris Match pub

Shyamji Krishna Varma An Indian barrister disbarred over 100 years ago for advocating independence for the sub-continent has been posthumously reinstated by London's Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.

Three men who sued local authorities and a minister on the basis that the value of their taxi plates was damaged when the taxi sector was deregulated in 2000 have had their claims dismissed and have been refused damages by a judge in the High Court. Alphonsus Muldoon and Vincent Malone, who sued the