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Potential witnesses to the Ballymurphy massacre have been urged to come forward ahead of the recommencement of inquests into the ten deaths later this month. Evidence will be heard from 21 January 2019 on the ten deaths that occurred on 9, 10 and 11 August 1971.

Courts in Saudi Arabia will notify women by text message when they have been divorced under a new regulation aimed at ending secret divorces. In a statement, the Saudi justice ministry said women will now "be notified of any changes to their marital status via text message".

A woman who listed her "used husband" on eBay for less than £20 says she received "a lot of positive feedback" but no concrete offers. The advert, addressed to "women who may be interested", read: "Over the first two days of Christmas I have realised that we simply don't belong together any mo

Two men who were found guilty of the murder of a man in South Belfast have been given minimum terms of 20 years imprisonment, and another man has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years for assisting them by hiding the shotgun in his bedroom. Describing how the men who went to the deceased’s

The Government has given its formal backing to a joint initiative of The Bar of Ireland, the Law Society and the wider legal community in promoting Ireland as a post-Brexit centre for international legal services. The initiative, also supported by IDA Ireland, will now form part of the Government's

Belfast-based Higgins Hollywood Deazley (HHD) Solicitors has appointed Nick Bennett as an immigration solicitor. Mr Bennett, who is also secretary of the Immigration Practitioners' Group NI, was previously a legal executive in the firm's immigration department.

New legislation to transpose many provisions of the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive into Irish law has been approved by the Cabinet. It comes just two months after legislation transposing the Fourth EU Money Laundering Directive into Irish law was brought into effect.

Community policing is coming under pressure due to front-line gardaí having to appear in court cases, conduct court security and serve summons, according to the Garda Inspectorate. The Policing with Local Communities report highlights the impact on community policing in Cork after the opening

The UK government has announced a consultation on new laws to protect consumers from loss where they have already paid for products but not received them when the retailer goes bust. The Law Commission examined the issue of consumer prepayments on retailer insolvency in a July 2016 report which reco

Gardaí were fined over 4,500 times for disciplinary breaches over the five-year period between 2013 and 2018, The Irish Times reports. Figures released to the newspaper under Freedom of Information legislation reveal a total of €357,930 was deducted from Garda wages for 4,595 disciplinar

At least six claims for compensation from artificial hip manufacturer DePuy are set to be dealt with through the Irish courts this year, instead of the special alternative dispute resolution system put in place. Over 1,112 cases have been brought against the company, a subsidiary of US multinational

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade provided support to 371 Irish citizens who were arrested abroad last year, according to new end-of-year statistics. The figure represents a nearly 17 per cent increase on the figure of 316 in 2017, but is still below the 402 recorded in 2016.

A man robbed a bank on a remote Arctic archipelago that is home to more polar bears than humans. The armed thief stole money from the bank in Norway's Svalbard, in the Arctic Ocean.

Up to 1,000 police officers from England and Scotland are being trained for possible deployment to Northern Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit, The Guardian reports. The move was requested by the PSNI in anticipation of potential unrest about border arrangements that could be put in place if t

An adhesive company has failed to appeal a finding of liability against it in a claim for damages brought by a kitchen door manufacturer based in Cookstown. It was found by an independent expert in the High Court that the glue supplied by the adhesive company was not suitable for use with the MDF us