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The question whether enhanced protection depends on a right of permanent residence has been referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union by the Supreme Court in a case in which the Home Secretary tried to deport an Italian national following completion of his sentence for manslaughter. Lor

The article 3 and 5 rights of a Kyrgyz national detained in Russia for more than a year and threatened with extradition were violated, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The applicant, Mr U.N., is a Kyrgyzstan national who was born in 1991 and lives in Vladivostok in Russia. The case conc

JCHR chair Harriet Harman The UK government should reconsider its counter extremism strategy, use the existing extensive legal framework for dealing with people who promote violence, and introduce new legislation only if it can demonstrate a significant gap, according to a new report by the Joint Co

A solicitor who has appeared in the Solicitors Disciplinary List on more occasions than any other practitioner, and who continues to have a bad record, has lost his case against the Law Society of Ireland in which he sought to have his practising certificate issued to him without conditions. Mr Cond

Attorney General Máire Whelan The Government has been advised by the Attorney General to dilute its new anti-corruption laws, the Irish Independent reports.

Health Minister Simon Harris A legal challenge to Ireland's lifetime ban on blood donation by men who have sex with men (MSM) has been dropped following a change in policy by Health Minister Simon Harris.

Education Minister Richard Bruton Education Minister Richard Bruton has promised that new "fitness to practise" hearings by the Teaching Council will not be excessively legalistic, the Irish Independent reports.

Clare Bailey MLA, deputy leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland Concerns have been expressed over plans to start recovering overpaid benefits directly from workers' salaries later this year.

Finbarr Flood, an Irish businessman and former chairman of the Labour Court, has passed away at the age of 77. In 1998, he became the first former managing director of a private sector company - Guinness - to chair the Labour Court.

Prime Minister Theresa May The UK's Prime Minister Theresa May has said she is seeking a "practical solution" to issues around the border between Ireland and the UK.

The Communication from the Commission on aid to the banking sector is valid, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. In particular, burden-sharing by shareholders and subordinated creditors as a prerequisite for the authorisation, by the Commission, of state aid to a bank with a

Green MSP Andy Wightman Ukrainian prosecutors have alleged that a Lanarkshire-based firm was used to skim nearly $2 million from the Ukrainian government's sale of cannon shells to the United Arab Emirates.

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has succeeded in his appeal against a High Court decision (N.M. v. Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform IEHC 638), with the Court of Appeal declaring that the trial judge had erred in concluding that the remedy of judicial review was in its

Barristers have expressed misgivings over the High Court's decision to allow a former judge to return to practising as a barrister. Members of the Law Library told The Irish Times that they felt the decision damaged the independence of the judiciary, and said they would feel uncomfortable practising

Former Justice Minister David Ford Northern Ireland's former Justice Minister David Ford is among a group of politicians and human rights activists who have threatened a judicial review over Brexit.