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Ireland's former chief justice Frank Clarke and former High Court president Peter Kelly have been sworn in as judges of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts. The virtual swearing-in ceremony was held in the presence of Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler

New reforms to the law on consent, knowledge and belief in rape trials will require that an accused's defence that he believed the complainant was consenting has to be objectively reasonable. The Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022 will amend the fault or mental elemen

Wikipedia is influencing the decision-making of Irish judges, according to ground-breaking new research carried out by academics in the US and Ireland.

Individuals and businesses in England and Wales would be helped to resolve legal disputes through free mediation under new UK government proposals. Ministers have published a blueprint for major reforms to the civil justice system which seeks to save people the cost, time and stress of lengthy court

An Egyptian court has called for a man who murdered a woman for rejecting him to be hanged on live TV. Mohamed Adel, 21, stabbed Nayera Ashraf to death outside Mansoura University in northern Egypt in June.

Average partner pay at Macfarlanes has increased by more than 19 per cent over the past year and now stands at an average of nearly £2.5 million. The firm's revenue in 2020-21 rose by 16.4 per cent to £303.7 million, The Times reports. Profits reached £164.2m, up 15.4 per cent on t

UK, US and Irish newspapers have published obituaries of Lord Trimble, the former law lecturer, barrister, first minister and Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader who died on Monday at the age of 77. "It had been that violence [of the early Troubles], beginning with internment in August 1971, that had

A man accused of torching brand-new vehicles at a car dealership has allegedly told police it was revenge for a dodgy vehicle he bought almost 40 years ago. Dewey R. Fredrick, 79, allegedly used road flares to torch three Jeeps and a Pontiac convertible across two lots owned by O'Daniel in Fort Wayn

The lack of care placements in Ireland, particularly for disabled children, is the dominant theme in the latest volume of reports published by the Child Law Project on cases where the State brought legal action to take children into or keep them in care. The new volume includes 58 District Court cas

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has announced a full investigation into East Cork Oil's proposed acquisition of a Kerry-based fuel distributor. East Cork Oil, one of the largest fuel distributors in Ireland, is seeking to acquire sole control of Misty Lane Holdings, includi

Lavelle Partners has announced the appointment of two new senior associates and a new solicitor as it expands to meet growing demand. The new senior associates are Fiona Roche in the firm's property team and Caitriona Gahan in the probate, wills and estate planning team.

A new portrait of Frances Kyle BL and Averil Deverell BL, the first women to be called to The Bar of Ireland, has been unveiled at the King's Inns. Artist Emma Stroud was commissioned to produce the portrait as part of the "In Plain Sight" initiative jointly launched by the Bar and the King's Inns,

A lawmaker wants the act of 'ghosting' to be made a criminal offence. Ghosting is the practice of ending communication with someone without any explanation.

The Metropolitan Police has admitted it did not send questionnaires to UK prime minister Boris Johnson before deciding not to fine him for attending a gathering in No 10 on 13 November 2020 or a gathering in the Cabinet Office on 17 December 2020. Fines were given to other attendees at the gathering

MI5 intentionally broke the law to acquire vast amounts of data on the UK public for more than a decade, a tribunal has heard. At the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, human rights groups Liberty and Privacy International alleged that MI5 was aware it was consistently breaking laws and safeguards on ga