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A cannabis farm was raided after police caught a whiff of its distinctive smell — from their police station next door. A total of 118 plants and 99 seedlings worth more than £70,000 (around €82,000) were recovered from the warehouse neighbouring the cop shop in the Scottish town of

The UK Supreme Court has told the UK and Scottish governments that it will consider the issue of whether the latest independence case is premature at the same time it considers the substantive issue of whether it is competent. It made the comments in a reply sent to both sides after the Advocate Gen

The UK government's net zero strategy is unlawful, a court has found on the eve of the hottest day in the UK's history. The successful legal challenges were brought by Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth, Good Law Project and environmental campaigner Jo Wheatley and heard together at the Royal Courts

The Policing Authority has commissioned new research into the experience and perceptions of policing within diverse and minority communities in Ireland. Dr Vicky Conway, an associate professor at DCU School of Law and Government and an expert on policing, will carry out the research after being awar

Dublin solicitor Gerry Dunne has joined McGrath McGrane LLP as a consultant. Mr Dunne's appointment follows the dissolution of O'Brien Dunne Solicitors at the end of March, where he had been a founding partner for 20 years.

A government decision to suspend the visa exemption for refugees travelling to Ireland from other European countries has been slammed as "shameful". Ministers yesterday agreed to suspend the operation of the European Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Refugees from today for at least 12 months.

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has celebrated an "exceptional year" for its Belfast office as it announced record-breaking results of £1.103 billion in revenue and £381.2 million in profit in the last financial year. The firm saw its revenues increase by six per cent on th

Dublin solicitor Julie Faverie has joined regional aircraft lessor TrueNoord as its first legal counsel in Ireland. Previously a solicitor with the aviation, commercial and corporate team at law firm Flynn O'Driscoll LLP, Ms Faverie was seconded to the TrueNoord Dublin team in October 2021.

Dublin solicitor Ángel Bello Cortés has been promoted to partner at immigration consultancy Fragomen Ireland. US-headquartered Fragomen employs 5,000 immigration professionals and support staff in more than 50 offices across the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. Although it operates as

New courts will direct drug and alcohol abusers to tackle their addiction head-on "or face tough consequences". England and Wales' first three Problem-Solving Courts (PSCs) are being piloted as part of the UK government’s £900 million drug strategy, based on evidence that this approach w

One year after the Pegasus Project revelations, the lack of a global moratorium on the sale of spyware is allowing the surveillance industry to continue unchecked, Amnesty International warned today. The Pegasus Project uncovered how governments worldwide were using NSO Group’s invasive Pegasu

A group of nuns have prevailed in a legal battle over the ownership of a 15th-century convent. A court in Palma de Mallorca found in favour of the nuns, who had been in a dispute with the Bishop of Mallorca.

Ukraine's prosecutor general has been suspended amid allegations that officials in her office have collaborated with Russian authorities. Reports initially said Iryna Venediktova, who has served as prosecutor general since 2020, was dismissed from the position by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, befor

The 25th edition of the Trinity College Law Review was launched by Mr Justice Peter Charleton of the Supreme Court at the prestigious student-run journal's first in-person event since 2019. In his remarks and foreword to the journal, Mr Justice Charleton raises a range of reforms he says are necessa

International law firm Simmons & Simmons saw its revenue grow by six per cent to €547 million (£465 million) last year, according to new figures. The firm, which expanded into Dublin in 2017, reports that profit rise by eight per cent to €218 million (£185 million), while p