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A new €100 million state-of-the-art laboratory and headquarters for Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) was officially opened this morning. Justice minister Helen McEntee said the facility, which represents the largest ever capital project delivered by the Department of Justice, will "futureproof" f

Dr Brian Tobin has been promoted to associate professor/senior lecturer at University of Galway School of Law. A lecturer in family and child law as well as equity and trusts, he previously received the CBPPL Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in 2023 and the Dean's Award for Inclusive Te

Assisted dying should be made legal in certain restricted circumstances, an Oireachtas committee has recommended. The joint committee on assisted dying, which was established in early 2023, this week published its final report, which recommends a change in the law — though a minority of commit

Sheriffs should continue to play a central role in debt enforcement but reforms should be introduced to bring them in line with modern statutory offices, a government review has concluded. The independent review was asked to establish whether the office of sheriff currently operates in line with bes

A police department has begun issuing photos of suspects with Lego heads superimposed on their bodies to comply with a new privacy law. Since the start of the year, California law has prevented police from sharing photos of individuals accused of non-violent crimes, KRCR-TV reports.

A stalking protection order has been granted by a Northern Ireland for the first time since their introduction in October 2023. Belfast Magistrates' Court imposed the two-year SPO on Tuesday on a 46-year-old man who stalked and harassed his 50-year-old ex-partner.

A leaked draft of Saudi Arabia's first written penal code has been condemned by human rights campaigners as contravening international law and codifying existing repressive practices into written law. A 66-page report published by Amnesty International provides a detailed analysis of the leaked draf

The London Irish Lawyers' Association (LILA) celebrated St Patrick's Day with dinner, drinks and a guest appearance from defamation lawyer Paul Tweed.

New legislation on defective buildings is to be brought forward in Northern Ireland after the High Court refused compensation to owners of apartments at Belfast's Victoria Square. Residents of the luxury apartments, a stone's throw from the Royal Courts of Justice, were told to evacuate in 2019 afte

A&L Goodbody has challenged corporate Ireland to "put their running shoes on" and take part in Ireland's largest city centre five-kilometre run, now known as the ALG5K. The firm is sponsoring Athletics Ireland's Corporate 5K Team Challenge, previously known as the GT5K, for the next three years.

Mason Hayes & Curran is to continue its sponsorship of professional Irish cyclist Megan Armitage for the 2024 season. The business law firm has been sponsoring the 27-year-old athlete since 2022.

Plans to update company law and grant new enforcement powers to statutory authorities have been set out by the government. Ministers have published the general scheme of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024, which will make a series of amendments to t

Godzilla was appointed as chief of a Tokyo police station for a day in a bid to raise awareness about road traffic law. The iconic Japanese kaiju — known as the "King of the Monsters" in America — took over the Ikebukuro police station on Monday.

Tesco has lost an English court appeal against a finding that its yellow-and-blue Clubcard logo infringed on the trade mark of rival supermarket chain Lidl. The High Court last year agreed with Lidl's argument that the Clubcard Prices logo led to a "perception of price matching by Tesco to Lidl", up

A man who sent unsolicited photos of his erect penis to a 15-year-old girl and a woman has become the first person in England and Wales to be convicted and jailed for cyber-flashing. Cyber-flashing became a specific criminal offence in England and Wales on 31 January 2024. Similar legislation took e