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The founder of an organisation helping lay litigants fight repossession orders has lost his own case in the High Court, the Sunday Business Post reports. The court granted Pepper Finance a repossession order for the Kildare home of Byron Jenkins and Adrienne Jenkins.

Police have launched a criminal investigation into the demolition of an historic Dundee mill. The derelict Halley's Mill, built in 1836, was demolished by Craigie Estates in May out of safety concerns.

A woman’s claim for damages trespass and personal injuries, and violation of constitutional rights arising out of the Gardaí’s forcible entry into her home without a warrant in August 2012, has been remitted to the High Court for an assessment of damages. Allowing the woman’

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has told the Irish Examiner he backs a review of contempt of court laws but is restricted by a "very full-on legislative programme". The justice minister said he would also support a review of libel laws as he reflected on the use of social media during the Jobstown

The UK Supreme Court will hand down its judgment this week on Belfast woman Siobhan McLaughlin's challenge to the rules governing the payment of a Widowed Parent's Allowance. The case was heard by Supreme Court justices in May during its historic first-ever sitting in Belfast.

There are still 138 outstanding lawsuits involving the Irish Banking Resolution Corporation (IBRC), formerly known as Anglo Irish Bank, despite it being wound down in 2013, the Irish Examiner reports. Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe told TDs that the IBRC is currently defending 111 cases and is the

Three major human rights groups have sent a joint letter to The Irish Times calling for an overhaul of electoral legislation that "violates civil society freedoms and democratic norms". The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), Amnesty International and Transparency Ireland said the Electoral Ac

Darryl Broderick, partner and head of litigation and dispute resolution at Ronan Daly Jermyn, examines the impact in Ireland of Cliff Richard's recent court win in a major privacy lawsuit against the UK's public broadcaster. Earlier this month, the BBC announced that it would not be appealing the Hi

The Data Protection Commissioner has launched an investigation into whether Facebook is breaching the GDPR by failing to fulfil requests to hand over information it collects about users' web browsing. The social media giant collects information about other websites that Facebook users access using a

Amnesty International has restated its support for abortion law reform in Northern Ireland after new plans to loosen abortion pill rules in England were announced just weeks ahead of a judicial review brought by a Belfast woman who illegally accessed abortion pills online. Grainne Teggart, Amnesty's

Scotland's prosecution body, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), has been given additional in-year budget of £3.6 million to fund the recruitment of up to 140 permanent staff, including 60 lawyers. The funding boost has been agreed by the Scottish government

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has announced plans to open a "prison-themed" café staffed by ex-prisoners, The Irish Times reports. The café is set to be opened in Dublin city centre as part of the Department of Justice's social enterprise policy.

The government of Ukraine has lodged a new application with the European Court of Human Rights against Russia. The case concerns the detention and prosecution of Ukrainian nationals on various criminal charges. There are now four Ukraine v Russia inter-state applications pending before the cour

Household products giant Procter & Gamble is facing an uphill battle to trademark popular textspeak acronyms including "OMG", "LOL" and "WTF". The multinational said it wants to use the phrases on household and personal care products targeted at younger consumers.

LK Shields has advised the Reihill family on their signing of an agreement to sell Top Oil to Irving Oil, a Canadian company. Top Oil is an Irish-owned family company with a 200-year trading history. It has a fuel retail network of 180 service stations and fuel terminal in Dublin and sells over 1 bi