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Lawyers from EU jurisdictions would no longer be offered preferential treatment when qualifying in England and Wales if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in England and Wales has today confirmed rule changes which would take effect in the even

Republican and loyalist paramilitary prisoners in separated regimes should be offered the same level of education and other constructive activities as those in the general prison population, a new report has said. A three-person review team was appointed to examine constructive activity in separated

A woman in respect of whom vulgar comments were made on an internet forum suffered no violation of her article 8 right to respect for private life after a court refused to impose civil liability on the forum's host. The court found in particular that the national courts had acted within their discre

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Vote Leave Limited £40,000 for sending out thousands of unsolicited text messages in the run up to the 2016 EU referendum. An ICO investigation found that Vote Leave sent 196,154 text messages promoting the aims of the Leave campaign with t

A German court has ruled that the country's government must do more to ensure its territory is not used by the US to carry out unlawful US drone strikes in Yemen. The case marks the first time a European country has been found to play an essential role in US drone strikes, with the court holding tha

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Israel's justice minister has come under fire after releasing an election video in which she sprays herself with a perfume labelled "fascism" - then says it "smells like democracy". The 44-second video, now viral globally, features Ayelet Shaked as the star of her very own black-and-white perfume ad

A man who killed his dad’s partner on Christmas Day 2017 has been sentenced to a minimum period of 17 years before he can be considered for release by the Parole Commissioners. The man had “planned to trap and torture her”, and had purchased handcuffs, duct tape, masks, and two mac

A landlord discriminated against a homeless man by telling him that they would not accept Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), the Circuit Court has ruled. The case marks the first time a discrimination case from the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on the "housing assistance ground" has been appea

New court rules required under the Domestic Violence Act 2018 have come into effect. The District Court Rules have been amended to facilitate the operation of the significant Act, which was commenced at the start of the year.

A senior High Court judge has set aside an order by the Master of the High Court, Edmumd Honohan SC, appointing a convicted criminal as guardian ad litem for three children. Mr Justice Peter Kelly, president of the High Court, said it would be "grotesque" to allow Michael Grimes to act as guardian a

The Central Bank of Ireland has announced it will review the practice of lenders adding legal fees to the mortgage arrears accounts of homeowners involved in repossession cases. Doubts have been raised over whether the practice is compliant with the Bank's Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (CCMA)

Lawyers for the family of a Bloody Sunday victim have contacted the Attorney General for Northern Ireland to complain about comments made by Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson. Mr Williamson, speaking after prosecutors announced that one former British soldier would face trial in connection with Blo

A new public consultation is seeking input to a Government strategy to protect individuals, businesses and Ireland's national security from cyber-attacks. Communications Minister Richard Bruton launched the consultation on the new National Cyber Security Strategy this morning.

Computers could be given separate legal personality to cope with the use of advanced technology in commerce, a Supreme Court justice has suggested. In the First Edinburgh FinTech Law Lecture at the University of Edinburgh, Lord Hodge said there was no reason why the law could not confer legal person