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Draft legislation providing for a cap on the market revenues of certain electricity producers, expected to net between €80 million and €150 million for the State, has been published. The Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill forms part of the government

Working in partnership with Ukraine’s Constitutional Court, the University of Birmingham and Ivan Franko National University, Lviv (IFNUL) have defined the first 1,000 terms in a unique handbook for scientists, human rights defenders, and legal experts further developing the country as a const

The head of a real estate agency which claimed to have sold a flat to a dog has been arrested in Iran. The arrest came after the agency published a video showing a couple signing over their home to a small white dog named Chester, The Jerusalem Post reports.

New requirements for applications to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) have come into effect as of today. Claimants are now required to provide their Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) or another form of ID, and to sign their application forms.

Trinity College Dublin School of Law has welcomed Dr Brian Barry as an associate professor and Dr Róisín Costello as an assistant professor. Both took up their new full-time teaching positions in the university with effect from Friday 1 September 2023.

Case processing times in Northern Ireland's Crown Court have increased, with the average time for a charge case increasing by five per cent to 561 days and the average time for a summons case increasing by 12 per cent to 1,150 days. The Department of Justice this week published its latest research a

An Garda Síochána sent delegations to Switzerland and France to help develop its approach to policing Ireland's first medically supervised injection facility (MSIF) for drug users. Injection facilities, also called drug consumption rooms or safe injection sites, have been implemented a

The Mental Health Commission (MHC) has invited lawyers to assist in the development of new guidance and training on a human rights-based approach to care for mental health services. The MHC has engaged the Munster Technological University and its UNESCO Chair research centre to support the developme

New York-based Irish lawyer Jane McCooey, executive director and chief operating officer for the global technology and data legal group at Morgan Stanley, has been recognised in Irish America's Business 100. The Business 100 honours the best and brightest Irish-American and Irish-born leaders repres

Organisations supporting victims of crime have been invited to apply for government funding for 2024. The Department of Justice provides annual support for organisations supporting victims of crime, including through the provision of support, information and advice on the rights of victims, court ac

Motorists were warned to keep their car windows closed after a truck spilled crates containing five million bees onto a road west of Toronto. Constable Ryan Anderson, who was at the scene, said: “Crates were literally on the road and swarms of bees were flying around. The initial beekeeper tha

The UK Supreme Court has received and determined applications for permission to cross-appeal in the following cases, often referred to as the Rwanda appeals: No further applications for permission to appeal are expected to be received.

England's Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has been ordered to pay £75,000 in costs after the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) found it made an "essential mistake of law" in its unsuccessful prosecution of solicitor Amie Tsang. Ms Tsang was accused of failing to advise hundreds of c

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