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Rats high on cannabis are defecating freely on police officers' desks, a police chief in the US has complained. Anne Kirkpatrick, superintendent of New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), said rats have been getting into the evidence room in the force's headquarters and eating confiscated drugs, WWL-T

The UK's House of Lords has been urged to reject the government's controversial Rwanda bill in a crucial vote today. Amnesty International has described the Rwanda bill as an assault on the rule of law and the protection of human rights, and called on parliamentarians to "reject the bill".

Stormont's new justice committee has been briefed on key issues by the Bar of Northern Ireland and the Law Society of Northern Ireland. The new committee is chaired by DUP MLA Joanne Bunting, with Sinn Féin's Deirdre Hargey as vice-chair. It heard from representatives of the two legal profess

McCann FitzGerald partner Catherine Derrig has taken home the Client Choice Award for Investigations in Ireland at this year’s Lexology Client Choice Awards in London. The Lexology Client Choice Awards, established in 2005, recognise experts from law and consulting firms as well as barristers

McCann FitzGerald has partnered with University College Cork (UCC) to introduce a new sustainability-focused curriculum for law students at the university. The programme, Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance (ESG) and Businesses: Law, Policy and Practice, was established in response to g

A Scottish judge who played a pioneering role in establishing a dedicated drug court in Glasgow and later lent his expertise to the Northern Ireland courts service has passed away. Sheriff Lindsay Wood, who visited the Belfast Substance Misuse Court with two other sheriffs in 2021, died following a

Belfast-based MKB Law has welcomed Joanne Moore as a solicitor in the firm's property and conveyancing team. Ms Moore undertakes work for private clients and specialises in all aspects of residential conveyancing. Her experience includes new build purchases, co-ownership transactions, purchases unde

A pair of security guards who found a huge bag of money left behind by robbers targeting their workplace pocketed the cash and went on a spending spree — before having it conned from them by fake police officers. The bizarre chain of events began with the robbery of Quest Financial Services in

A Palestinian citizen of Israel is to be granted asylum in the UK on the basis that he has a well-founded fear of persecution if returned to Israel. The decision in respect of the 24-year-old, dubbed 'Hasan' by his lawyers as his real identity cannot be disclosed for his own protection, came less th

Tánaiste Micheál Martin joined partners and staff at McCarthy + Co Solicitors LLP for the opening of its new offices at the West Cork Technology Park in Clonakilty last week.

Defamation lawyer Paul Tweed is to address the London Irish Lawyers' Association (LILA) St Patrick's Day dinner on Thursday. The sold-out event will include a drinks reception followed by a three-course meal and a live musical performance by The Bible Code Sundays.

Organisers of the Dublin regional round of the 12th Helga Pedersen Human Rights Moot Court Competition (HPMCC) have expressed their delight at the event's success. The annual competition is run by the European Law Students' Association (ELSA) International in conjunction with the Council of Europe a

Maples and Calder, the Maples Group's law firm, has announced a roll-out of OpenAI-backed legal AI platform Harvey AI across parts of the firm. Following a pilot, the firm is deploying Harvey to over 140 global partners and a select group of senior professionals to explore how the technology can del

Northern Ireland law firms have been offered loans in a belated effort to help them cover unexpected costs relating to trainee solicitors' entitlement to the national minimum wage. The Law Society of Northern Ireland wrote to principals late last week to announce it has negotiated a loan facility wi

Both the family and care referendums were rejected by overwhelming majorities on Friday. The family referendum, which would have inserted words into the Constitution recognising "durable relationships" other than those based on marriage, was rejected with 32.3 per cent of voters in favour and 67.7 p