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Amanda Zahringer has been appointed by the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) as the new chair of its review panel. Ms Zahringer has worked as an international corporate lawyer and Big Six law firm partner in London, Madrid and Dublin. She has over 20 years’ experience advising

The UK's Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), responsible for investigating possible miscarriages of justice, is set to review the case of Andrew Malkinson. Mr Malkinson wrongly served 17 years behind bars for a rape conviction.

Northern Ireland barrister Emma McIlveen has been appointed to the Football Association's (FA) national serious case panel. Mc McIlveen is qualified as a barrister in Northern Ireland, Ireland and England and Wales, and is a door tenant at Broadway House Chambers in London. She specialises in employ

Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC) will next month host a conference on social housing, domestic violence and the public sector duty. The multi-disciplinary conference in Dublin's Wisdom Centre on Tuesday 5 September, 9.30am–1pm, will see academic and legal experts as well as civil society voice

Hikers in the French Alps have been warned they face fines of up to €750 (around £640) if they pick protected flowers on their walks. Thousands of génépi sprigs and edelweiss flowers were seized by French police during a week-long operation earlier this month, with 20 hikers

Northern Ireland firm Mills Selig has welcomed three senior associates and five associates following a round of promotions and lateral hires. The new senior associates are Kevin Tarpey and Lauren Shaw in the firm's property team and Andrew Edwards in the employment team.

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Government plans to make restorative justice available to everyone who could benefit from it will likely still leave "significant gaps", an expert has said. A policy paper published this month states that restorative justice is not yet being used to its "maximum potential" in Ireland, and that its e

Judges imposed sentences of less than three months' imprisonment in twice as many cases last year as five years earlier, according to new figures. A total of 994 sentences of three months or less were handed down in 2022, making up 20 per cent of all custodial sentences, The Irish Times reports. Thi

Members of the public with experience of the coronial service have been invited to join a new advisory committee as part of a process of reform. A public consultation on the reform of the Coroner Service will take place later this year, seeking views on a number of aspects of the coronial service, i

An Garda Síochána has been challenged to explain the legal basis for the deployment of gardaí at Bank of Ireland ATMs while the bank was experiencing technical problems on Tuesday night. Liam Herrick, executive director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), told Morni

Two former solicitor generals for England and Wales have supported the demands for a public investigation into the case of a man wrongly convicted of rape after a media report that the police had held crucial DNA evidence for 16 years before his exoneration. Edward Garnier KC labelled the misca

Plans for a Northern Ireland disability strategy and a Disability Forum aimed at improving the lives of persons with disabilities have not been able to move forward because of the lack of a Northern Ireland Executive. The lack of progress in a wide range of areas has been highlighted in a joint subm

A pair of American tourists were left stranded at the top of the Eiffel Tower overnight after drinking too much. The men had tickets to visit the tower on Sunday evening but were found to still be there on Monday morning when staff arrived to open one of the world's most popular tourist attractions.

New restrictions on the ownership and importation of dogs with cropped ears are set to be introduced in the coming weeks. Cropping — the removal of part or all of the pinnae or auricles, the external visible flap of the ear — is considered cruel and already banned under section 16(b) of