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A peer has predicted that the Chinese authorities will sack the British judges who sit on Hong Kong's highest court amid the withdrawal of a barrister who was prosecuting the region's leading pro-democracy activists. Lord Garnier QC, a former Conservative solicitor-general, told The Times that he th

Egyptian police have arrested a woman who made "indecent" cupcakes with penis-shaped frosting. Photos of the controversial cakes, some of which had frosting shaped like buttocks and underwear, went viral on social media.

The High Court has found that a couple have established that there is a fair question to be tried as to the correct interpretation of a charge over their lands. Mr Justice Senan Allen heard an application by the registered owners of lands for an interlocutory injunction restraining the registered ow

A&L Goodbody (ALG) has announced the appointment of 10 new partners, one new of counsel and 23 new associates across its Dublin and Belfast offices.

Irish barrister Arran Dowling-Hussey has become a tenant at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square in London. Speaking to Irish Legal News, Mr Dowling-Hussey said he had accepted the offer to become a tenant "whilst remaining in practice as a barrister, arbitrator and mediator from the Law Library".

Proposed legislation to overhaul the judicial appointments process will undergo pre-legislative scrutiny after TDs rejected a bid from Justice Minister Helen McEntee to expedite the process. The chair of the Oireachtas justice committee had said last month that the process should not be skipped simp

Lawyers acting for Sir Van Morrison have launched a legal challenge against the blanket ban on live music in licensed premises in Northern Ireland. Belfast-based John J Rice & Co Solicitors is acting for the famous musician in a judicial review which argues the ban, which dates back to the begin

Dr David Kenny, assistant professor of law at Trinity College Dublin, argues the government's legal advice on the rights of adopted children is flawed and a referendum on the matter is not needed. As the country comes to grips with the report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission and reckons yet a

People who attack police officers or ambulance staff could face stiffer prison sentences in Northern Ireland following a review, Justice Minister Naomi Long has indicated. At present, offenders brought before a magistrates' court can be jailed for up to six months and those brought to the Crown Cour

The "unprecedented and very serious" backlog in the criminal courts due to the Covid-19 pandemic poses a serious risk to the criminal justice system, the four justice watchdogs in England and Wales have warned. In a joint report, the police, prosecutors, prisons and probation inspectorates expressed

Northern Ireland judges and lawyers have condemned the murder of two women judges of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan. The judges were killed on Sunday morning after gunmen ambushed the court vehicle which was taking them through northern Kabul to their office.

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Controversial legislation which would protect some British soldiers from prosecution for suspected war crimes overseas is due to be debated in the House of Lords this afternoon. Peers will hear from a co-chair of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute and former heads of the Brit

A teenager who was rapped for supporting Black Lives Matter protests turned the tables on her mother by turning her in for allegedly trying to storm the Capitol. Helena Duke, 18, took to Twitter to highlight footage of her mum, uncle and aunt among the mob of pro-Trump rioters who wreaked havoc earl

The Court of Appeal has upheld a six-year sentence, with the final two suspended, handed down to a juvenile for dangerous driving that left a two-year-old with life-changing injuries. The judges adjusted another sentence handed down, and reduced the period of disqualification. Background