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The criminal justice system requires "urgent reforms" to improve outcomes for older victims of crime, according to a new report from the Commissioner for Older People in Northern Ireland. The Crime and Justice report, launched by Commissioner Eddie Lynch at Queen's University Belfast today, sets out

Dorit McCann, partner and head of EU, competition and procurement at Beauchamps, examines the Irish authorities' approach to gun-jumping. The Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has, for the first time, secured a criminal conviction for gun-jumping.

The use of non-jury trials in Northern Ireland will continue for a further two years, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has confirmed. In its response to a three-month consultation which closed in February, the NIO said a majority of respondents "mainly support, or at least accept the need for, an e

The frontrunner for next president of the European Commission has called for financial penalties for EU member states which fail to protect the rule of law. German politician Manfred Weber is the Spitzenkandidat (lead candidate) of the European People's Party (EPP), the centre-right bloc which inclu

Letters sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions on behalf of struck-off solicitor Michael Lynn claimed the State was trying to “nail” an innocent man with “robust bloodlust”, the Court of Appeal has heard. Mr Lynn, 50, is due to stand trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Cour

William Fry lawyers David Maughan, partner and head of debt capital markets, and Eoghan O'Tuama, head of listings, consider the forthcoming overhaul of the EU prospectus regime. On 21 July 2019, the remaining provisions of the Prospectus Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1129) will become effective a

Looking at the mobile phone data of rape complainants is "common sense", essential for a fair trial and does not alter the existing statutory regime, lawyers have said. Jerry Hayes, a former Conservative MP and barrister, said the rules were clear and that “the police are not entitled to trawl

A judge who survived cancer has recused himself from a case in which an insurer refused to pay for a cancer sufferer's proton radiation therapy, branding the decision as "immoral and barbaric". United States District Judge Robert N. Scola, Jr, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017, will not

Two people have been arrested in connection with suspected human trafficking for the purpose of domestic servitude in a PSNI first. Detectives from the PSNI's modern slavery and human trafficking unit (MSHTU) arrested a 33-year-old man in East Belfast yesterday.

A wanted man who corrected the spelling of his own name in a police appeal on Facebook has been jailed. Micah Thompson, 31, left a comment on the South Yorkshire Police page after they appealed for information about the whereabouts of "Micha" Thompson.

A man who was sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment for raping and sexually abusing his step-daughter over a period of seven years has lost an appeal against his conviction. Dismissing all five grounds raised by the man, Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy found, inter alia, that the trial judge had not e

DAC Beachcroft has announced the promotion of Niamh McKeever to partner and Aidan Healy to legal director in the firm's Dublin office. Ms McKeever, in the professional liability team, is one of 19 new partners across the firm's offices in the UK, Ireland, Spain and Mexico, the majority (53 per cent)

Waterford solicitor Suzanne Parker has officially opened the doors of her new practice in the city, Parker Law. The firm, with a main office on John's Lane in Waterford City and a secondary office in Kilmeaden, Co Waterford, is servicing clients in the South East and nationwide.

An agreement has been reached in mediation between a number of Government departments and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) in a case relating to human trafficking and labour exploitation on the Irish fishing fleet. The ITF brought High Court proceedings seeking an immediate mora

English and Welsh solicitors are continuing to join the Irish roll of solicitors in significant numbers nearly three years on from the Brexit vote, new figures reveal. A total of 2,772 solicitors from England and Wales have been admitted to the Irish roll, according to the latest Law Society of Irel