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A Hungarian national of Roma origin’s complaint that the authorities failed to investigate allegations she suffered racial abuse and threats from participants in an anti-Roma march has been upheld by a majority at the European Court of Human Rights. The court considered in particular that, given t

Three women who lived in the Berkeley apartment whose balcony collapsed, killing six, have launched a legal bid for damages for emotional distress. Caroline Conlan, Cliodhna Maloney and Aisling Tallon have launched action against the builder, owner and manager of the apartment block after allegedly

The US state of Georgia executed a man yesterday despite concerns about his mental state, racial bias, and lack of adequate representation during his trial. Kenneth Fults was convicted of murdering a woman in her home in 1996. A jury sentenced him to death in 1997.

Pictured (l-r): Ellen Forester, Nichola Coghlan and James Donnelly Two trainee solicitors from Belfast firm Tughans will fly the flag for Northern Ireland in Canada after winning the regional heat of the Brown-Mosten International Client Consultation Competition.

Olivia O'Kane, chair of the Belfast Solicitors Association The non-profit Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA) is hosting a pub quiz later this month in support of local homelessness charity the Welcome Organisation.

The High Court has found that the 20-minute observation period traditionally used by the Gardaí before taking a breath-alcohol test did not make the detention of suspects unlawful. The Gardaí had been accustomed to preceding breath-alcohol tests with a 20-minute observation period to ensure that t

Acting Jobs Minister Richard Bruton A report prepared for Acting Jobs Minister Richard Bruton suggests that legal fees are driving up insurance costs, the Irish Independent reports.

The Northern Ireland Young Solicitor Association (NIYSA) successfully brought the European Young Bar Association (EYBA) conference to Belfast last week.

More than 450,000 cases went through Ireland's District Courts in 2014, according to figures published by The Irish Times. There were almost 162,200 cases before District Courts in Dublin Metropolitan District, averaging at just over 9,000 cases for each of the district's eighteen judges.

Advocate General Wathelet of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has stated the posting of a hyperlink to a website which published photos without authorisation does not in itself constitute a copyright infringement. The motivation of the person who placed the hyperlink and the fact th

Clare Bailey, deputy leader of the Green Party and an election candidate in Belfast South Men would face prosecution if their sexual partners obtain an illegal abortion after falling pregnant under proposals put forward by the Green Party in Northern Ireland.

British scientists from the Royal Society and Royal Society of Edinburgh are to teach the UK's senior judiciary how to handle scientific evidence in court. Supported by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, the scheme will launch with a “primer document” on DNA ana

A US jury is to decide next month whether Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page stole the opening chords used in their 1971 classic Stairway to Heaven from another song. US district judge Gary Klausner, in Los Angeles, said in a decision that the 1967 instrumental Taurus, by the band Spirit,

Michael King, associate in dispute resolution and qualified data protection practitioner at Cleaver Fulton Rankin Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin (CFR) has been awarded the Cyber Essentials Certification, a UK government and industry-backed scheme which helps organisations protect themselves agai

Two members of Belfast firm Carson McDowell's charity committee have visited Daisy Lodge, Cancer Fund for Children’s therapeutic short-break facility. Trainee solicitors Harry Robinson and Zara Treacy heard how the money raised from an abseil in 2015 has helped make a difference to local families