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A farmer in Co Antrim has been fined £2,000 for unauthorised works to a scheduled monument which has existed for more than 1,000 years. Ballymena man Robin Hunter, 54, from Woodside Road, Ballymena, appeared at Antrim County Court for an appeal hearing yesterday.

Scottish judge Lord Turnbull has been appointed as chair of the coming statutory inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing. The UK government announced in February that it would launch an inquiry into the preventability of the bombing, which was orchestrated by the Real IRA and led to the deaths of 29 peo

An English woman who took abortion pills beyond the 24-week statutory limit has been jailed for 14 months, sparking fresh calls for the decriminalisation of abortion in England and Wales. Carla Foster, a 44-year-old mother-of-three, pleaded guilty to the offence of administering poison with intent t

Sir Declan Morgan, the former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland appointed to lead the proposed Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR), has urged the Irish government to co-operate with the new body. The creation of the body is a key component of the UK govern

Gore & Grimes Solicitors LLP has been named as Ireland's top law firm at the Dye & Durham Irish Law Awards 2023. The Dublin-based firm took the top prize, as well as the Dublin regional prize, at the gala awards ceremony which took place at the Clayton Hotel on Friday.

Northern Ireland solicitors have been encouraged to use gender-inclusive alternatives to the salutation "Dear Sirs". The Law Society of Northern Ireland's human rights and equality committee said solicitors should drop the "outdated and non-inclusive practice" in favour of alternatives such as "Dear

Black defendants are detained on remand for more than 70 per cent longer than white individuals in England and Wales, data highlighting racial disparities in the criminal justice system shows. Information acquired by The Guardian and Liberty Investigates under the Freedom of Information Act reveal t

A woman who brought 23 relatives to a blind date unsuccessfully sued her suitor after he refused to pay for at least half of the total bill. The 29-year-old man, identified only by his surname Liu, allegedly fled the restaurant in China's Zhejiang province when presented with the bill for 20,000 yua

Irish Legal News' Northern Ireland case reporter Conor Courtney has been recognised as Law Student of the Year at the Dye & Durham Irish Law Awards 2023. Mr Courtney recently completed an LLM focused on international commercial law at University College London (UCL) and is now training as a soli

Coroners have reportedly been warned to expect waits of almost six months for toxicology reports from the State Laboratory due to growing demand and a lack of resources. The State Laboratory wrote to coroners to advise that the turnaround time would increase from 110 days to 160 days "as we will not

Legislation strengthening ComReg's powers and transposing the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) into Irish law has come into effect. The Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Act 2023 provides greater protections and means of redress for customers.

Anna Bazarchina BL has been appointed as the Irish representative of the Ukrainian National Bar Association (UNBA). Ms Bazarchina is lead of the Association of Ukrainian Lawyers of Ireland (AULI) and chair of the Ukraine Ireland Legal Alliance.

Northern Ireland schools are failing to meet statutory human rights standards in their teaching of relationships and sexuality, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has concluded in a new report. The rights body carried out an investigation to assess the extent to which post-primary schools

A new tapestry memorialising the Holocaust and protesting genocide and racism has gone on display in Dublin's GPO. The el holocausto artwork was unveiled this week by Art for Human Rights in partnership with An Post and in association with Amnesty International Ireland, Holocaust Education Ireland,

Dillon Eustace LLP has welcomed its first group of summer interns for 2023. The group will spend the next four weeks gaining valuable insights into the day-to-day tasks of a corporate law firm.