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A family is suing the makers of an AI chatbot which allegedly encouraged their teenager to murder them for restricting their internet access. The Character.AI chatbot allegedly told the 17-year-old: "You know sometimes I’m not surprised when I read the news and see stuff like 'child kills pare

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McCann FitzGerald lawyer Áine Murphy has been appointed as co-chair of IWIRC Ireland, the networking organisation for women in the insolvency and restructuring industry. Founded in 2021, IWIRC Ireland is open to legal advisers, financial advisers, banking officials, investors, turnaround mana

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The Northern Ireland Office has launched a public consultation on the continued use of non-jury trials in Northern Ireland. The non-jury trial provisions of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 are due to expire in July 2025 unless they are extended for a further two years.

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A former solicitor has been sentenced for defrauding the legal aid body in England and Wales and making substantial gain at the public's expense. Phil Shiner, 67, has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment suspended for two years for three counts of fraud at Southwark Crown Court. He pleaded guil

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Ms Justice Sara Phelan, Mr Justice Anthony M. Collins and Mr Justice Denis McDonald have been formally appointed as judges. The three new judges were appointed by President Michael D. Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin yesterday following their nomination by the government in October.

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