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The UK government has lost an appeal over the lawfulness of controversial anti-protest regulations in England and Wales. As home secretary, Suella Braverman introduced regulations in June 2023 which significantly reduced the threshold at which the police could impose almost-unlimited conditions on p

A man has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds in costs after losing an appeal over a £200 fine for his noisy cockerel. Neighbours of 80-year-old Hampshire man Harold Brown complained of being woken up at 5am by his cockerel crowing, the BBC reports.

Dentons has appointed Mark O'Shaughnessy as a partner in its litigation and dispute resolution team in Dublin. Mr O'Shaughnessy joins the firm from Byrne Wallace Shields LLP, where he was a partner in the litigation and investigations practice.

RDJ solicitor Rebecca Murphy has been elected as chairperson of the Society of Young Solicitors (SYS) for 2025.

Dozens of works by court artist Mike O'Donnell will be exhibited in the Distillery Building later today.

Trinity Law School says it has received a "significant gift" from alumnus Craig Verdon to support the Trinity Centre for Constitutional Governance (TriCON). Founded in 2020, TriCON provides an intellectual hub for research, discussion, and public engagement on cutting-edge issues of constitutional l

The first major update to the National Planning Framework (NPF) has been approved by the Oireachtas. It marks the conclusion of a revision process which started in June 2023 and which the government says will accelerate the delivery of housing.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) would be allowed to hold on to DNA and fingerprint evidence for longer when related to terror investigations under proposals currently out for consultation. Northern Ireland's Department of Justice is seeking views on proposed changes to a part of the Po

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has launched a public consultation on a proposed nine per cent increase in civil court fees, spread over the next three years. The majority of court fees were raised by nine per cent in November 2023 and by a further nine per cent in October 2024 in response

A&L Goodbody has entered a three-year strategic partnership with NOW Group, a multi-award-winning social enterprise supporting people who are neurodiverse, autistic, have ADHD or have a learning disability, in finding jobs with a future. As part of the partnership, the firm will become a JAM (Ju

Dozens of people have been removed from Ireland to Georgia in the second deportation charter flight carried out since their resumption earlier this year. A total of 39 Georgian nationals were returned on the flight which left Dublin Airport on Wednesday night and landed in Tbilisi, Georgia Thur

Global law firm Kennedys has promoted Mark Dunne to partner in the firm's Dublin office. Mr Dunne is a commercial litigator and specialises in insurance disputes, advising both insurers and insureds across a range of areas, from policy wording interpretation and property damage claims to proceedings

McCann FitzGerald LLP has appointed nine new partners, taking its total to 94. In Dublin, the new partners are Marie-Alice Cleary and Patrick Longworth in the litigation group, Edel Corry in the real estate group, and Liane Egan, Ronan Murphy and Mark O’Connor in the finance group.

An enormous anti-Trump protest artwork has been etched into the beach next to the US president's Turnberry golf course in Scotland. The sand art, measuring 55 metres by 40 metres, was created by Greenpeace UK to mark 100 days of Donald Trump's second stint in the White House.

Human rights lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC has joined the Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford as a visiting fellow. Ms Gallagher will be a visiting fellow from April to June 2025, during which time she will focus on the pressing issue of impunity for journalists’ deaths, and on cre