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Northern Ireland's first-ever adult restorative justice strategy has been launched. The strategy, which runs from 2022-2027 and was developed in conjunction with statutory, voluntary and community sector partners, aims to better meet the needs of, and provide redress for the harm caused to victims o

Wide-ranging legislating updating the law on sexual offending in Northern Ireland has completed its final stage in the Assembly. The Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Bill creates several new offences, including non-fatal strangulation, up-skirting and down-blousing, cyber-flash

Law students from across the world have gone head-to-head in the 3rd Dublin Vis Pre-Moot, which took place in a hybrid format with over 20 teams competing virtually and five taking part in-person. A team from Humboldt University in Berlin emerged as the overall winners by the end of the weekend, whi

The Law Society of Ireland has triumphed in the Irish national rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. The Law Society team of Alysha Hoare, Bessy Zhu, Cormac Bergin and Megan Fanning bested their opponents from the King's Inns and will now move on to the internation

Russia is no longer a party to the European Convention on Human Rights, having withdrawn from the Council of Europe before an expected expulsion over its invasion of Ukraine. The decision was announced hours before a vote at the CoE's assembly yesterday. Russia accused Western countries of undermini

An emerging international agreement to waive certain intellectual property rights in relation to Covid-19 vaccines has been criticised by civil society groups as a "half-measure". India and South Africa have led calls since October 2020 for certain parts of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of

An English law firm can recover unpaid legal fees from Ryanair where the airline has bypassed it to make compensation payments directly to its clients, the UK Supreme Court has ruled by a narrow majority. Bott & Co Solicitors, which specialises in flight delay compensation cases, brought proceed

Retaliatory Russian sanctions against US officials may have targeted President Joe Biden's late father by mistake, the White House has joked. White House press secretary Jen Psaki pointed out that the Russian sanctions list named "Joseph Robinette Biden" where it should have said "Joseph Robinette B

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will make a ruling this afternoon on proceedings brought by Ukraine against Russia over the legal basis for its ongoing invasion. Ukraine denies Russian allegations that it has committed acts of genocide in the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People'

Co Mayo firm P. O'Connor & Son has announced the appointment of Gina Mullen and Siobhán Durkan as partners.

Belfast firm McKees has presented a cheque for £2,000 to mental health charity PIPS after a year of fundraising efforts.

Irish Legal News has had a great start to the year, breaking through two social media milestones with 964 new followers taking our busy LinkedIn channel up to 14,253 while our Twitter followers have today gone through the 8,000 mark. Steady growth in subscribers to the free daily ILN newsletter cont

Ireland's special rapporteur for child protection has called for a State inquiry into illegal adoptions. In a report published today, Professor Conor O'Mahony said the State was aware of the possible existence of a practice of illegal birth registrations since the early 1950s and had received an act

The UK Supreme Court has refused to give whistleblower Julian Assange permission to appeal against his extradition to the US. He had attempted to appeal on the basis he is at risk of suicide but the justices said the application did not raise “an arguable point of law”. 

The criminal legal aid sector in England and Wales is to receive up to an extra £135 million a year following a consultation, the UK government has announced. The move follows an announcement this week that 94 per cent of Criminal Bar Association members had voted in favour of industrial actio