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A man is accused of flushing his grandparents' ashes down the toilet after his mother kicked him out the house. Thomas Wells, 33, was charged with abuse of corpses and criminal mischief.

A former teacher awaiting prosecution for historic sexual offences against one of his pupils has lost his appeal to the Supreme Court in which he argued that his prosecution under section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 was unconstitutional. By a narrow majority, Mr Justice Donal O’D

William Fry has announced the appointment of Carol Eager, Rachel Fox, Declan Lavelle and Conor Treacy as partners across the firm's corporate/M&A, tax and real estate departments. The appointments follow a period of growth for the firm, which now employs almost 500 legal and tax professionals at

Roger McMillan and Neasa Quigley have today taken over the responsibilities of managing partner at Carson McDowell, succeeding Michael Johnston after eight years in the role. Mr McMillan has formally become the new managing partner, with a primary focus on the internal running of the firm and core o

Dublin firm Holohan Lane has announced the appointment of Heather Burke as a litigation paralegal. Ms Burke, a native of West Cork, is a graduate from University of Oxford and spent a year working in the cabinet of Judge Regan at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

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.