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A convicted murderer who argued that the judge in his trial should have given an accomplice warning to the jury in relation to evidence from one of the key prosecution witnesses has lost his appeal to the Supreme Court. Dismissing the appeal, Mr Justice Peter Charleton said that the decision no

Article 50 TEU allows the unilateral revocation of the notification of the intention to withdraw from the EU, according to an Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union.  At the request of various MSPs, MPs and MEPs, the Inner House of the Court of Session, asks the Court of

Barry Devereux has been re-elected as managing partner of McCann FitzGerald for a second term, beginning next May. Mr Devereux, who was first elected in 2015, said his priority for the next term would be the continued pursuit of "Progressive Delivery", the firm's approach to bringing together legal,

Mr Justice John Hedigan, who retired from the Court of Appeal in October, has been appointed chair of the Irish Banking Culture Board (IBCB). The new independent board is an initiative of the banking industry aimed at rebuilding trust in the sector and embedding a "customer-first culture".

The family of a farmer killed when a neighbour drove a teleporter into him have said they "strongly believe that justice was not served" in the case and that it was an example of "victim blaming" in the Irish courts. Michael Ferris, 63, who drove the prongs of a teleporter into his neighbour Anthony

The Department of Justice has launched a public consultation seeking views on measures to address stalking in Northern Ireland. The Stalking - A Serious Concern consultation focuses on the impact of stalking on victims and the wider community and asks whether the introduction of a specific offence o

Nearly 12 hours have been set aside for TDs to debate abortion legislation today and tomorrow in a bid to get the legislation through the Dáil, The Times reports. Opposition TDs from Fianna Fáil and Solidarity-People Before Profit have given up their private members' time in order to h

Over 130 solicitors attended the Law Society of Northern Ireland's annual dinner on HMS Caroline in Belfast, sponsored by Stewart Title.

An Irish extradition expert has said there is no barrier to Ireland and the UK striking a bilateral extradition agreement in the event of a hard Brexit, The Irish Times reports. Anthony Hanrahan, a barrister and author of The European Arrest Warrant in Ireland, discussed the possibility of a hard Br

A doctor has been fined £14,000 for operating an illegal gender identity clinic, where she treated children as young as 12, The Times reports. Helen Webberley, 49, treated children at her home clinic, charging £75 to £150 an hour to patients who sought gender reassignment.

A woman whose husband was killed in Kenya has called for the role of the UK government in the "unfair" prosecution and trial of the "innocent" man convicted of killing him to be investigated. Judith Tebbutt, a British tourist kidnapped in Kenya in 2011 with her husband David, who was kille

Public authorities have intervened to prevent a French couple from naming their baby boy Griezmann Mbappe after France's two World Cup winners. The couple have been referred to the French public prosecutor, according to the mayor of Brive-la-Gaillarde, a small town in southwest France.

Professor Steven Peers of University of Essex School of Law explains and comments on today's opinion from Advocate General Sánchez-Bordona on the revocability of Article 50. Was sending the Article 50 notification of withdrawal from the EU like jumping off a cliff – impossible to c

A man who was convicted on several counts of serious offences including rape is entitled to receive €10,000 compensation after the statutory provision which allowed his state pension to be withheld was declared unconstitutional. The Supreme Court said that he was not automatically entitled to d

LK Shields has welcomed Joanne Griffin, Eamon Jones and Patrick Ryan as partners following a merger with Dublin firm Kilroys Solicitors.