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Staff at global law firm Baker McKenzie's Belfast office have raised over £20,000 for local nominated charity Cancer Focus NI at their first-ever "Baker Come Dancing" night in the Clayton Hotel.

US President Trump’s decision to nominate Gina Haspel for the directorship of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been severely criticised on the basis she was previously involved in torture. Mr Trump nominated Ms Haspel as part of reshuffle of jobs after Rex Tillerson’s departure as Secre

A judge in Texas has been sharply criticised for delivering electric shocks to a defendant to enforce courtroom decorum. An appeal court has now thrown out Terry Lee Morris's conviction for soliciting sexual performance for a 15-year-old girl on the basis that the shocks violated his constitutional

A company which was refused planning permission for one of the tallest windfarms in the country, has been unsuccessful in its application for judicial review of the decision of An Bord Pleanála. In the High Court, Mr Justice Twomey refused to grant the applicants an order for certiorari of the Boar

Fiona Finn Rights groups have issued a "clarion call" for the Irish Government to bring Ireland's immigration-related detention practices in line with the State's international human rights obligations.

A judge in the High Court has asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a ruling on the effect of recent legislative changes in Poland which are "so immense" that the court has been forced to conclude that the rule of law has been "systematically damaged" and democracy in Poland ha

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has recorded a 60 per cent rise in paramilitary punishment shootings and beatings in the last four years, The Guardian reports. There were 101 shootings and beatings by dissident republicans and loyalists last year, up from 64 in 2013, according to the l

Carla Fraser and Julie Tierney Two lawyers at Edwards & Co. Solicitors have been recognised as specialist family lawyers by a leading UK child abduction charity.

Lord Lloyd-Jones Welsh legislation could take the form of US-style codes dealing with particular subjects in the future, a Supreme Court justice has suggested.

The UK government has failed to produce solutions on how consumers will be protected in the wake of Brexit, according to the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee, which has published the government’s response to its report Brexit: will consumers be protected?. The committee’s report, publishe

Pictured (l-r): Competition judge David Gaston, students Abena Aduse-Poku and Doreen Awuah, and competition judge Colin Mitchell Students at Queen's University Belfast have emerged as winners of the Client Consultation Competition 2018.

A third of company directors in Ireland are concerned about the compliance costs associated with the introduction of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a new survey has found. The Institute of Directors in Ireland (IoD) surveyed 254 members on their GDPR preparedness, including chief

Anti-terror laws in Spain have had a "profoundly chilling effect" whereby people are "increasingly afraid to express alternative views, or make controversial jokes", according to a new report from Amnesty International. The human rights group said the "broad and vaguely-worded" Article 578 of the Sp

A massive operation to produce fake Harry Potter merchandise in China for sale in Barcelona has been broken up by Spanish police. The Guardia Civil raided the Barcelona shop where fake Gryffindor house scarves, Ravenclaw banners and wands were on display.

A man who was convicted of burglary has had his conviction quashed by the Supreme Court, on the basis that he had been deprived of a fair trial. Allowing the appeal, Justice Iseult O’Malley said that the defence was entitled to notice of the DPP’s evidence, and that “course taken by the prosec