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Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been suspended from practising law in New York because of his "demonstrably false and misleading claims" about the 2020 presidential election. Mr Giuliani, a former mayor of New York who has served as disgraced former president Donald Trump's personal lawyer since 2018

Two nude sunbathers who had to be rescued after being startled by a deer and getting lost in a forest have been fined. The two men had to call for help after they got lost in the Royal National Park in New South Wales, Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

The Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal against conviction brought by a man who murdered Keith Walker with a submachine gun while dressed as a woman. Although there were numerous grounds of appeal that were formulated, the court held that none of the points raised were sufficient to overturn the

High Court judge Mr Justice David Barniville has been nominated by ministers for appointment to the Court of Appeal. Mr Justice Barniville, a former chairman of the Bar Council, was appointed to the High Court bench in 2017.

Legislation extending the right to a court review to all borrowers falling into home mortgage arrears due to an unforeseeable loss of income has come into effect. The Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2021, commenced with effect from 25 June 2021, makes a number of urgent changes to the Personal I

Corporate boards in Ireland should be required by law to comprise 40 per cent women within three years, the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) has said. The NWCI yesterday launched a new report and campaign underlining the effectiveness of binding, legislative gender quotas to deliver signif

DWF has supported one of Northern Ireland's leading independent retail chains to weather the Covid-19 pandemic and even open new stores on the other side of it. Menarys recently completed an extensive review of its branch portfolio, which included the renegotiation of rents and restructuring of leas

More than four in five people in Northern Ireland believe that the right to an adequate standard of physical and mental health should be protected in law through a Bill of Rights following the Covid-19 pandemic. New public polling commissioned in collaboration by Ulster University, Queen’s Uni

A podcast series about George Gibney, the former Irish swimming coach accused of child sexual abuse, has been recognised by the Law Society of Ireland at the 2021 Justice Media Awards. The top award at yesterday's online ceremony was presented to Mark Horgan and Ciarán Cassidy for their Secon

An online roundtable co-hosted by Belfast law firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has explored the potential for Northern Ireland to develop hydrogen generation as a means of harnessing onshore and offshore wind energy. The firm, in partnership with Northern Ireland Electricity Networks (NIE Networks), rece

Deliveroo has succeeded in its employment case in the Court of Appeal in London. The IWGB union had brought a case seeking employee status for Deliveroo couriers but judges upheld the rulings of the inferior courts that riders are self-employed.

Hundreds of visitors to Brighton Palace Pier were charged more than £2,100 (nearly €2,500) to go on rides after a major payment processing error. Payment provider Worldpay said the date of the transaction, beginning with 21 for 2021, was inadvertently processed as the transaction amount.

The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal against a spousal maintenance order made in the High Court, which provided only €800 per month to the former wife of a farmer and expired after four years. The court considered section 16 of the Family Law Act 1995 and held that the maintenance order fa

Controversial plans to apply so-called negative interest rates to solicitor client accounts "seem punitive", the Taoiseach has said. The Law Society of Ireland has been campaigning since February against plans by Bank of Ireland and AIB to include solicitor client accounts among those which they are

Global legal business DWF has moved to smaller premises in Dublin as it anticipates most employees continuing to split time between the office and their homes after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. A business-wide workplace survey conducted in the first quarter of 2021 found that the overwhelming m