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At least 53 people in Northern Ireland received royal pardons in the decade leading up to the Good Friday Agreement, The Irish News reports. Figures released by the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) following a Freedom of Information request show that 53 royal prerogatives of mercy were issued in the pe

Photo credit: By Source, Fair use Today marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of Hersch Lauterpacht, who defined ‘crimes against humanity’ one of the crimes under which the surviving Nazis were charged at the Nuremberg Trials.

Photo: Google Street View Adult filmmakers who faced backlash after filming two actors having sex in a church will not be prosecuted, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) in the Netherlands has said.

A Las Vegas lawyer has experienced a streak of bad luck after being disbarred and now arrested over separate alleged frauds. Easton K. Harris was disbarred in June over more than 100 professional conduct violations involving at least 23 clients, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.

A woman who was knocked off her bicycle while cycling to work in Belfast has been awarded £230,000 in the High Court. The woman was described to have had an active lifestyle before the accident, which left her with chronic pain to the extent that she could only work part time and had to forgo her a

Dr Niall Muldoon Ireland has not sufficiently invested in interventionist measures to divert young people from detention, the Ombudsman for Children has said.

Sam Saarsteiner Dublin firm Galligan Johnston Solicitors recently acted for the successful party in a case providing clarity on the priority of charges.

Martha Spurrier, director of Liberty Human rights group Liberty has intervened in a High Court case over the legal recognition of humanist weddings in Northern Ireland.

Dr Brian Barry The Department of Law at the Dublin Institute of Technology is conducting a nationwide study on the Irish courts system.

Stuart Nevin Stuart Nevin, associate at A&L Goodbody in Belfast, comments on a UK Supreme Court judgment clarifying the liability of professional advisors following negligent advice.

Det Ch Supt George Clarke The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has discouraged vigilantes from confronting and exposing alleged paedophiles.

Irish language speakers delivered a letter to Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire today, calling for the introduction of Irish language legislation as per the St Andrews Agreement.

Alison Saunders One in 30 suspected forced marriages is leading to a conviction, new figures show.

Ryanair has called for a curb on alcohol sales at British airports as airlines are forced to deal with drunken revellers’ antics. The airline has proposed a ban on early morning alcohol sales in bars and restaurants as well as limiting the number of sales per boarding pass.

A Syrian refugee has been convicted in Germany of seeking to defraud terror group Islamic State to the tune of €180,000. Hasan A., a 39-year-old hairdresser from Damascus, now faces two years in jail for trying to persuade IS operatives to transfer him money for explosives which he had no intentio