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The House of Lords has today appointed an ad hoc select committee to consider and report on the Bribery Act 2010. The committee will be taking evidence throughout the summer and autumn, and will be reporting in 2019. The Bribery Act 2010 created two basic crimes of giving and receiving bribes, and c

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been fined £325,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it lost unencrypted DVDs containing recordings of police interviews. The DVDs contained recordings of interviews with 15 victims of child sex abuse, to be used at the trial.

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has announced the launch of a new Business Crime Partnership (BCP) to tackle criminality affecting the local commercial sector. An action plan has been drawn up by the Department, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), the Northern Ireland Policing Bo

A book in braille produced by prisoners in Maghaberry Prison chronicling the history of the Ulster Division has been presented to the Somme Museum in Newtownards. A group of prisoners spent the past year typing the book, The History of the Ulster Division, in the prison's braille unit.

Documents from the Auschwitz trial have been added to the UNESCO "Memory of the World Register”, marking their importance as "common heritage of humanity”, The Local reports. The trial of 22 Nazi officials who ran the death camp, which lasted from 1963-65 in Frankfurt, was the first in which Ger

US gymnasts who were sexually abused by their doctor, Larry Nassar, are set to receive a $500 million settlement from Michigan State University (MSU), one of the largest settlements of its kind. California law firm Manly, Stewart & Finaldi announced the deal struck with the university on behalf

Clones Credit Union have been granted summary judgment for the principle sum owed by members who borrowed in excess of €212,000 in 2008. Finding that the defendants had failed to satisfy the low hurdle needed to send the matter to plenary hearing (as per Aer Rianta and Harrisrange), Mr Justice Max

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Ireland will begin processing Passenger Name Recognition (PNR) data from air carriers and exchanging data and processing results with EU member states and Europol this month.

Two former Attorneys General and a former Supreme Court justice yesterday launched a joint appeal for a Yes vote in the upcoming referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment.

Lawyers for a man who pleaded guilty to arson after the Supreme Court overturned his acquittal say he has done the legal world some good. Anthony McDonnell, 26, admitted setting fire to a car in the car park of an apartment block, resulting in around €77,000 in building damage and the destruction

Maynooth University Department of Law has announced the appointment of Dr Ian D. Marder as a lecturer in criminology. Canadian-born Dr Marder grew up in the UK and holds a BA, MA and PhD in criminal justice from Leeds University School of Law.

Regulators in France and Belgium are allowing English lawyers to requalify even if they do not speak the local languages in an attempt to bring commercial legal work to their jurisdictions after Brexit. Officials at the Law Society told The Brief that bar heads in France and Belgium are encouraging

The Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association (DSBA) Golf Society has organised two outings this summer for DSBA members and their guests. The first outing, on Wednesday 27 June 2018, takes place at Luttrellstown Castle Golf Club.

Police officers dealing with digital disclosure are under-trained and often unaware of what they are looking for, a Justice Select Committee has heard. Digital forensic experts have said police failures have led to a number of court cases collapsing, The Guardian reports.

The UK’s police forces must address concerns over the use of facial recognition technology or they may face legal action, according to the UK’s privacy watchdog. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has said the issue is a priority for her office.