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The increased need for pro bono legal support for unaccompanied migrant children has been highlighted as part of Pro Bono Week Ireland. The annual initiative bringing together legal professionals to advance justice equality in Ireland took place this week with a series of events to discuss unmet leg

The State has made a significant concession in the ongoing campaign by survivors of historical abuse in schools to access redress by settling 10 High Court actions challenging the State’s refusal to admit them to its most recent redress scheme. In April, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Com

The Law Society of Northern Ireland's centenary bursary scheme has returned for 2024. Introduced in 2023 as part of a legacy project to mark the Society’s centenary year, the scheme aims to broaden access to the profession by supporting trainee solicitors without the means to finance their pla

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has appointed Dr Patricia O'Lynn as its new head of policy and engagement. "Patricia brings a wealth of experience from various public and academic roles to her new role," the Law Society said in a statement.

Irish lawyer Tara O'Leary has been appointed to the panel of counsel for Great Britain's Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Ms O'Leary, originally from Co Kerry, qualified as a barrister in England and Wales in 2014. She holds an LLB in law and European studies from the University of Limer

Legislation providing for the registration and regulation of childminders among other early learning and childcare reforms has been published. The Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024 will remove exemptions relating to childminders to facilitate the future extension of regulation to all paid, non-relati

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Two men have been arrested for beating a stranger they accused of making their penises magically disappear. Tayabu Eliazu, 35, and Assan Gariba, 24, allegedly dispensed mob justice after a brief interaction with another man, Abubakr Tanko, in Kasseh, Ghana.

Restorative justice has still not recovered from a "collapse in referrals" during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to researchers. Annual data published today by the Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change (RJS4C) research project shows that the restorative justice caseload remained well below pr

Former Law Society of Northern Ireland president Tony McGettigan has passed away. Mr McGettigan qualified as a solicitor in 1975 and was principal of Enniskillen firm P J Flanagan & Co until his retirement last June.

A video game company is being sued for £656 million over claims it has abused its market dominance to overcharge 14 million people in the UK through its Steam platform. The claim against Valve Corporation has been filed at the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London and accuses the company of "s

A 10-storey luxury building in Tokyo is to be demolished because it blocks a view of Japan’s sacred mountain, Mount Fuji.

There is no right to assisted dying under European human rights law, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled by a 6-1 majority. Dániel Karsai, a prominent human rights lawyer in Budapest, Hungary, unsuccessfully argued that the criminalisation of physician-assisted dying (PAD) violated h

Campaigners calling for the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) to be given powers to sanction Tusla when it fails to meet its statutory obligations will give evidence to an Oireachtas committee today. Three representatives from the Alliance of Birth Mothers Campaigning for Justice (ABC)

New guidelines are to be introduced on the commissioning, content and use of expert reports in the family courts. Justice minister Helen McEntee today published a wide-ranging review on the subject, which sets out 20 recommendations for reform, including the establishment of a panel of assessors to