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Channel 5 has been ordered by a court to pay a couple £10,000 after it broadcast their eviction. Shakar Ali, 52, and his wife Shaida Aslam, 49, from Barking in East London, were filmed on the TV show Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away after they fell into rent arrears.

Pictured (l-r): Alice Normand, former JA to Lord Hope of Craighead, James Fagan, Chris Maile, head of HR at the court and Ewan McCaig Current and past Judicial Assistants at the UK Supreme Court explained their role at a meeting in Edinburgh last night.

A Precious Life protester who was served a number of Police Information Notes pursuant to the procedure on Police Response to Stalking and Harassment, has been refused judicial review in the High Court. Finding that the procedure for issuing PINs did not require the PSNI to seek the views of the per

Maura O'Connell and Alan Casey FRKelly has announced the appointment of new partner Alan Casey in Dublin.

Martin Browne International insurance law firm Beale & Company has announced the promotion of associate Martin Browne to partner in Dublin.

Maria McDonald BL Victims' rights experts have marked EU Victims' Day by calling for the full implementation of the EU Victims' Directive across Europe.

Pictured (l-r): Sean Barton, partner, head of dispute resolution and litigation at McCann FitzGerald with Enda Leahy CEO of Courtsdesk McCann FitzGerald has become the first legal practice to partner with Courtsdesk, an online data service offering search, tracking and analysis of more than 593,000

Lecturers, PhD students and staff at Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University have gone on strike in a dispute over pensions.

Women barristers were briefed on how to deliver the perfect pitch at an event in the Royal Courts of Justice, hosted by The Bar Council of Northern Ireland in conjunction with Women in Business.

People who commit domestic abuse offences are more likely to go to jail under new sentencing guidelines published today. The guidance provides that domestic offences should be treated as more serious than similar crimes which do not involve partners or family members.

Salil Shetty Austerity is undermining human rights around the world, Amnesty International has said in its annual global report for 2017/18.

The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has apologised to a young woman with mental ill health for the injury to her feelings, upset and distress she suffered as a result of its service provision. The Trust has paid £5,500 to the woman who, with the assistance of the Equality Commission for Northe

An appeal by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police over the nature of the duty to investigate ill-treatment amounting to a violation of article 3 of the ECHR has been unanimously dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court. Lord Kerr gives the main judgment, with which Lady Hale agrees. Lord Ne

A man from Cork who was convicted of murder by a unanimous jury verdict has had his conviction quashed on appeal. Finding that the trial judge had erred in law in allowing the jury to visit the rubbish chute that the man had pushed the deceased into, Mr Justice Mahon said it was of greater concern t

Claire Sugden Former Justice Minister Claire Sugden has warned against allowing the Northern Ireland Executive's Justice Minister to be elected in the same manner as other ministerial offices.