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A judge who told jurors that God had revealed to him the defendant wasn't guilty has been made subject to an official complaint. Judge Jack Robison, of Comal County, Texas, came into the jury room at the conclusion of the trial of a sex trafficker and told jurors that God had told him that the defen

A woman who pleaded guilty to stealing over €460K when she took over the running of her ill husband’s business in 2010, has been successful in an appeal against the severity of her sentence. Suspending the final 6 months of the 18-month sentence, Justice Birmingham said that the powerful mitigat

Richard Curran LK Shields has announced the appointment of Richard Curran as head of the firm's corporate and commercial department.

Pictured (l-r): Aine McGillie, John Tougher and Sara McGaughey Commercial law firm Mills Selig has announced the appointment of solicitors Aine McGillie, John Tougher and Sara McGaughey.

Dr Julian Lewis A parliamentary debate on introducing a statute of limitations to protect soldiers and other security personnel from prosecution for wrongdoing during the Troubles in Northern Ireland has provoked a backlash from human rights organisations.

A legal challenge to the Police Ombudsman's report on collusion in the 1994 Loughinisland massacre will be reheard before a new judge. Mr Justice McCloskey was due to make a ruling on remedy and costs today following his finding last year that the Ombudsman's 2016 report was unlawful and procedurall

Claire Edgar of Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors will today address the Belfast and Lisburn Women's Aid annual conference. This year's conference is focused on domestic abuse and will celebrate the organisation's work over the last year as well as outlining its plans and ambitions for the year ahea

O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors yesterday welcomed over 140 people to a breakfast seminar on the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), hosted in conjunction with Willis Towers Watson.

The Independent Commission on the Location of Victims' Remains yesterday updated the Oireachtas committee on the Good Friday Agreement on its work. Commissioners Frank Murray and Sir Kenneth Bloomfield and senior investigator Geoff Knupfer appeared before the committee to outline progress in recover

Ibrahim Halawa and Darragh Mackin Freed prisoner Ibrahim Halawa and his solicitor, Darragh Mackin of KRW Law, stressed the importance of human rights at an event at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) this week.

A self-proclaimed psychic has been jailed for evading tax on over £2.5 million in payments for performing exorcisms. Sally Ann Johnson, 41, was paid the massive sum over several years by an elderly woman who believed that she was possessed by demons.

The Court of Appeal has upheld a determination that a 20-second sit-down protest on a public road, which obstructed the Israeli Ambassador and his driver, was without lawful authority or reasonable excuse. Stephen Bennett, 45, was convicted and given a suspended sentence in the District Court for pr

The DPP has had its application to review the sentence given to a burglar with 103 convictions dismissed in the Court of Appeal. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court, Mr Justice Edwards was satisfied that the sentencing judge had not been unduly lenient in giving the man a sentence of th

Lawyers benefited from an uptick in the Irish economy last year, with across-the-board improvements in salary and conditions. According to ASSIGN Legal Recruitment, the market in 2017 was defined by "Improved remuneration and conditions for in-house counsel and top-tier and mid-tier practice lawyers

Northern Ireland lawyers have told the Law Society Gazette in England and Wales that attacks on lawyers by mainstream newspapers and politicians have led to them facing harassment and death threats. It follows the New York Bar writing to Prime Minister Theresa May and then Northern Ireland Secretary