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India's Supreme Court has legalised gay sex, striking down a colonial-era law that banned the practice. Section 377, a 157-year-old law banned “carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal” and was punishable by life in prison.

Police have arrested a man who stole a hearse with a body inside. Forty-year-old Annibal Saúl N admitted to stealing the hearse after discovering the vehicle along with the keys.

Inspectors have been appointed by the High Court to investigate allegations made by the Director of Corporate Enforcement against Independent News and Media PLC. Finding that the evidence showed that six of the ten circumstances prescribed by section 748 of the Companies Act 2014 were applicable, Mr

The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, spoke of his "intense frustration" with the collapse of devolved government in Northern Ireland as he made his opening of term address today. He referred back to previous remarks about members of the judiciary taking the lead in developi

A serious backlog in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal is leaving victims of serious assaults waiting years for compensation, The Irish Times reports. Just 31 payments were made in 2017 while 181 new applications were received, and only 10 payments were made in the first five months of 201

Roseanne McCormick QC has been sworn into office as a County Court judge in Northern Ireland. Judge McCormick was sworn in before Sir Declan Morgan, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, this morning.

New mortgage figures from Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) reveal a year-on-year decline in the number of mortgage approvals for first-time buyers. However, the BPFI Mortgage Approvals Report for July 2018 also reveals a three per cent increase in the average value of a first-time bu

Barry Crushell, partner at Tully Rinckey Ireland, sets out his view on a recent Court of Appeal judgment on workplace safety. A recent decision delivered by the Court of Appeal, in the matter of Geraldine McCarthy (the Employee) versus the ISS Ireland Limited (the Employer) and Another (see: [2018]

Professor Louise Mallinder has this week taken up her new role as a professor of law at Queen's University Belfast. She will teach human rights, constitutional law and research methodologies, while continuing to research amnesties, transitional justice and human rights.

Galway-born lawyer Deirdre Fottrell QC has been appointed a deputy High Court judge in England and Wales. She was one of 32 people appointed by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Burnett of Maldon, for a fixed four-year term yesterday.

A proposed referendum on repealing article 41.2 of the Constitution, which recognises a woman's "life within the home", will not go ahead in October. The Government had planned for a referendum to take place on 26 October, to coincide with the Irish presidential election.

Plans to switch more criminal trials to video links will destroy local justice and confidence in the legal system, a leaked response from magistrates to the senior judiciary has revealed. Magistrates in Kent have detailed their concerns over UK government proposals to close courts and make greater u

A fishmonger has been closed for sticking fake eyes on fish to make them appear fresher.

Irish Life have been unsuccessful in their application to dismiss a claim for damages brought by a former employee whose pension was considered an asset in UK bankruptcy proceedings. The claim is based on the fact that the old pension scheme, of which the employee was a member, was approved by the H

John Cronin, former chairman and managing partner of McCann FitzGerald, has become the first solicitor to be elected president of the British-Irish Chamber of Commerce. Mr Cronin will succeed outgoing president Eoin O'Neill to become the sixth president of the Chamber.