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A defendant in a criminal case has been sharply rebuked by a judge after logging into a remote court hearing with the offensive name "Buttf*cker 3000". The man, real name Nathaniel Saxton, was appearing remotely before a district court in the US state of Michigan on drug offence charges yesterday.

The High Court has refused to extradite a man to Poland in circumstances where the authorities had failed to effect his surrender for more than seven years. The man had previously been surrendered to the Irish authorities for extradition in 2012 but was released after the Irish/Polish authorities fa

Construction and procurement law experts at Quigg Golden have become partners in Belfast-based Edwards & Co Solicitors as part of a new strategic partnership between the firms.

Insurance risk and commercial law specialist BLM has announced three promotions and two new appointments in its Belfast office. Michelle McCullough and Tara McSorley have been promoted to partner and Michelle King has been promoted to associate.

Lisa Broderick, location head of DAC Beachcroft in Dublin, has been elected to the firm's LLP Group Board. Ms Broderick joins Bristol-based partner Marcus Campbell as a member of the firm's senior governing body for the next three years.

Dual qualified Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) and solicitor Sinead Dooley has been promoted to tax director at Cahill Taxation Services (CTS). Ms Dooley joined business advisory and tax specialist practice CTS as tax senior in 2010, having previously worked with J.M. Burke Tax Solicitors in Dublin.

At least 19 prisoners and a number of staff at Mountjoy Prison have contracted Covid-19 in the biggest outbreak in the Irish prison system to date. The Irish Prison Service (IPS) yesterday confirmed that it had identified 19 cases among prisoners, though the number could rise as tests are ongoing.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has urged Home Secretary Priti Patel to rethink plans to restrict asylum claims from people entering the UK illegally. The UK government confirmed in the Queen's Speech today that it intends to bring legislation to "establish a fairer immigration system that stren

Prominent Banbridge solicitor Arthur J. Downey has passed away. A graduate of Queen's University Belfast, Mr Downey qualified as a solicitor in 1978 and founded Arthur J. Downey Solicitors in 1981.

An environmental lawyer has been fined £5,000 after being found in contempt for leaking the UK Supreme Court's judgment in a case concerning the expansion of Heathrow Airport. Tim Crosland has become the first person to ever be tried and found in contempt by the Supreme Court.

The UK government is reportedly exploring plans to create a national repository of written judgments from the English and Welsh courts. There is currently no single comprehensive repository of judgments, though a wide selection of judgments are published by the British and Irish Legal Information In

Inheritance, estate and gift taxes could play a stronger role in addressing inequality and improving public finances, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Inheritance taxation can be an important instrument to address inequality, particularly in the cu

Police officers have gone on strike over a shortage of trousers. Officers in El Puerto de Santa Maria in the south of Spain say they should have received new service trousers in 2016.

The High Court has imposed a costs order for judicial review proceedings against Cork City Council, the notice party, on the basis that it “actively invoked, exploited and endorsed an unlawful system of taxation of costs” drawn up by the Cork County Registrar. The applicant had challenge

Intellectual property law firm Secerna LLP has hired former Accenture in-house counsel Dermot Roche to lead a new European office in Dublin. UK-based Secerna, which marks its tenth year in business this month, is expanding into Dublin to support its continued growth across Europe, the USA and the Fa