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The grandchildren of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, are calling on ministers to grant her a posthumous pardon, arguing that she was a victim of domestic abuse. Ellis was executed in 1955 for the murder of her former partner, racing driver David Blakely, whom she had met two years

Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC has welcomed the European Parliament's decision to award the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought jointly to her client, Mzia Amaglobeli, and to Andrzej Poczobut. Ms Amaglobeli, a Georgian journalist and director of online media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti, was arreste

A judge has acquitted 'Soldier F', the former British soldier accused of murder and attempted murder in connection with the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre. Soldier F was prosecuted for the murder of James Wray and William McKinney and for the attempted murders of Joseph Friel, Michael Quinn, Joe Mahon,

A junior minister has admitted the government does not yet know how hundreds of coroner-directed autopsies will be conducted following the withdrawal of a key service at the beginning of next year. University Hospital Waterford (UHW) notified the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in

A teenage boy whose sex was mistakenly recorded on his birth certificate as female has been told he can only join girls' sports teams at his US school. The Laker family in Mesa, Arizona told ABC15 that their 14-year-old son was misidentified as female on his birth certificate as a result of a "cleri

Mr Justice Adrian Colton has been appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland.

Another 40 trainee solicitors have undergone training to bring legal education into the classrooms of local DEIS schools through the Law Society Street Law programme.

Northern Ireland firm Mills Selig has announced nine appointments, including the promotion of Paula Gibson to partner and Mark Thompson to legal director. The appointments span the firm's private client, litigation, corporate, property and construction teams.

The legal sector contributes around €6.7 billion to the Irish economy every year, according to an independent analysis by KPMG. The landmark report, jointly commissioned by the Law Society of Ireland and the Bar of Ireland, was launched today by justice, home affairs and migration minister Jim

One in eight people living in Northern Ireland have experienced drug-related intimidation in the last three years, landmark research has found. Northern Ireland's justice and health ministers today welcomed the publication of a new report produced by the Public Health Agency and commissioned by the

Northern Ireland should establish an independent environmental regulator, a new report has recommended. The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) commissioned a review of environmental governance in Northern Ireland last November.

A public register of convicted domestic abusers is to be established under new legislation which will also strengthen the law on sexual consent. Ministers yesterday approved the general scheme of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences, Domestic Violence and International Instruments) Bill 2025, which wil

Rioters who attacked gardaí and property at a racist protest outside the Citywest asylum seeker accommodation centre yesterday "will be brought to justice", Jim O'Callaghan has vowed. Gardaí were pelted with missiles and fireworks and a Garda van was set on fire during the public disor

Elon Musk's SpaceX is to pay an undisclosed sum to the makers of party game Cards Against Humanity after trespassing on land which was purchased to frustrate the construction of Donald Trump's border wall with Mexico. The company behind Cards Against Humanity — which bills itself as "a party g

A first-of-its-kind conference last week brought together more than 100 in-house lawyers from leading businesses operating across Northern Ireland.