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The UK Supreme Court has ruled that bonuses awarded by banks to employees in the form of redeemable shares in offshore companies, in order to take advantage of ITEPA provisions, should be treated – for income tax purposes – as if they had been paid in cash. Lord Neuberger, Lord Mance, Lord Reed,

The UK Supreme Court's decision to yesterday dismiss the appeal of a company which claimed a rival had infringed on its design of a ride-on suitcase for children will have "disastrous" implications, a senior lawyer has said. Magmatic, manufacturer of the Trunki case, brought the case against PMS Int

The UK Supreme Court's decision to yesterday dismiss the appeal of a company which claimed a rival had infringed on its design of a ride-on suitcase for children will have "disastrous" implications, a senior lawyer has said. Magmatic, manufacturer of the Trunki case, brought the case against PMS Int

A 15-year old schoolboy from Co Antrim has dropped a claim for damages against Google, the High Court in Belfast has heard. At a brief hearing yesterday, lawyers for the boy said he no longer wanted to sue the search engine giant for negligence.

The Court of Appeal has re-sentenced a man for seventy-five counts of theft contrary to s.26 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001, amending his sentence from a custodial sentence of two years and six months, and suspending the final ten months for a period of two years from th

A Spanish au pair has been awarded more than €9,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission in what campaigners say is a landmark decision. The au pair was awarded €9,229 after the family was found to have breached aspects of the National Minimum Wage Act, the Organisation of Working Time Act, and

Alastair Ross MLA, chair of the committee MLAs yesterday welcomed a report by the Northern Ireland Assembly's Justice Committee exploring opportunities for collaboration and innovation in the justice system.

Dr Geoffrey Shannon, the special rapporteur for child protection Dr Geoffrey Shannon, the special rapporteur for child protection, has called for criminal law to be updated to allow for the successful prosecution of cyberbullies.

Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, has said a new legacy inquest unit could be set up by September if funds are made available by the Secretary of State Theresa Villiers.

Judge Patrick Durcan has ruled that GoSafe employees have no authority to give evidence in criminal proceedings against drivers accused of speeding. The GoSafe consortium is contracted to operate safety cameras on behalf of An Garda Síochána.

The UK Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of a company which claimed a rival had infringed its design of a ride-on suitcase for children, affirming criticisms made by the Court of Appeal that the Community Registered Design (CRD) for the product was not simply a claim for a suitcase shape but fo

A 37-year-old man has admitted fraudulently obtaining almost £20,000 by posing as a solicitor. Kieran Joseph Healey pleaded guilty in Londonderry Magistrates Court to four charges of fraud by false representation as well as possessing articles for use in fraud.

The International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) have published a joint report on the health consequences of crowd control weapons (CCWs). INCLO – a network of independent national human rights organisations, including the Irish Council of Ci

The Supreme Court has overturned the High Court’s decision to dismiss a case as “bound to fail”, brought by a construction company against a bank, concerning the ability to benefit from the sale of an incomplete development. Moylist Construction Limited was involved as the contractor in a buil

The Supreme Court yesterday sat briefly to commemorate Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman, whose sudden passing shocked the legal profession. All nine judges of the Supreme Court sat on the bench alongside the President of the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Sean Ryan, and the President of the High Court, Mr Ju