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A man has been banned from calling the emergency number after making over 100 calls asking for milk or help finding his TV remote. William Baccus, 62, has now been charged with abuse of the emergency number and is facing arrest in Cobb County, Georgia, USA.

A man who was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment after being convicted of raping a woman in 2014, has had his appeal against his conviction dismissed in the Court of Appeal. Stating that it was difficult to envisage what more might have been said to the jury on the issue of consent, Mr Justice Ala

Mr Justice Charles Meenan Mr Justice Charles Meenan has been appointed by Government to chair an expert group to consider alternatives to court for resolving clinical negligence claims.

A solicitor who paid himself fees of €344,000 out of a child's €454,840 estate has reimbursed the cash, the Irish Independent reports. The High Court was told that the sum had been lodged in an account controlled by another solicitor pending a further court order.

David Ford Former Justice Minister David Ford has resigned his seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly after 20 years as MLA for South Antrim.

The Polish government is continuing to resist pressure from the EU to protect the rule of law as it presses ahead with controversial judicial reforms. The European Commission reiterated its position — that the Polish reforms have put the country's judiciary "under the political control of the ruli

A different-sex couple who object to marriage on the basis they believe it is patriarchal and who sought judicial review of the respondent’s refusal to make legislative changes which would allow them to enter into a civil partnership have had their appeal unanimously allowed by justices in the UK

Researchers looking at Brexit and the law yesterday presented their findings at the Northern Ireland Executive's office in Brussels.

The ByrneWallace staff choir, "Legally Sound", have celebrated coming second in the Workplace Choir of the Year Final 2018.

The Glasgow Bar Association’s self-proclaimed ‘Golden Generation’ of footballers travelled to Ballymena on Saturday for a friendly match with Ballymena Utd as part of their ‘Peace & Goodwill Tour’ 2018.

The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has scrapped plans to build new community prisons for women in England and Wales following the launch of an "innovative" new female offender strategy. Justice Secretary David Gauke said the new approach will see the UK government divert the most vulnerable women in the

This new title provides a novel and overdue analysis of the regulation of financial services law in Ireland. It discusses the theory and practice of regulation, and outlines the tools and mechanisms available to regulators both at domestic and EU levels. It highlights the supervisory and enforcement

A former NATO chief was denied an automatic visa waiver for entry to the US because records showed he had travelled to Iran - where he had assisted negotiations on Iran's nuclear deal with the West. Javiar Solana, a Spanish politician, was NATO secretary-general from 1995–99 and has held other maj

A company that submitted a tender for a towing contract with An Garda Síochána can proceed with an application for judicial review of the decision to award the contract to another company, after the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána was unsuccessful in its application to have the proceedings dis

An application by AIB for summary judgement of €5.8 million against a Dublin solicitor has been admitted to the fast-track Commercial Court list. The application has been brought by the bank against John Reid in respect of monies that remain outstanding from loans advanced to the solicitor between