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Personal injury solicitor Liam Moloney has been made Honorary Consul in Ireland for the Republic of Slovenia. His main role will be to encourage and promote business, trade and economic interests between Ireland and Slovenia; he will have jurisdiction over the southern counties in Ireland.

A Sikh organisation is holding a non-governmental referendum in the UK on independence for the Indian state of Punjab. Next month's referendum is being held by Sikhs for Justice, which seeks independence from India and recognition from the international community of the "ongoing plight" of Sikhs the

A woman has been told to remove Halloween decorations that depict pole dancing skeletons. Angela Nava is going up against her homeowner's association in Richmond, Texas, after complaints were made over her "inappropriate" decorations.

The High Court has rejected an appeal in a Domestic violence Act 2018 matter, and upheld an interim barring order made by the Circuit Court. The court also gave guidance to lawyers in raising sexuality in court. Background

Judges and lawyers are to get training on how to deal with sexual violence complainants during trials from next year. The training is detailed in a report published by the government on reform of rape trials. Under the plan, judges will be trained on how to treat vulnerable people during sexual offe

Sunday Life has prevailed in a legal battle after a convicted criminal attempted to prevent her crimes being reported. Carson McDowell was successful in resisting an emergency interim injunction application advanced by the applicant, Joanne Cassidy.

The U.S. Department of Justice (“DoJ”) civil lawsuit against Google, filed at the US District Court for the District of Columbia (the “District Court”) on 20 October 2020, is a first step in what will doubtless be lengthy, highly contentious litigation. Google Chief Legal Off

The Office of the Legal Cost Adjudicator settled 62 per cent of case costs, its first annual report shows. It reached settlements in costs of €47.5 million, adjudicated in €9m, while €33m remained adjourned.

The Residential Tenancies Act 2020 (the “RTA 20”) temporarily prevents the eviction of residential tenants (in all but exceptional cases) from taking place during Level 5 restrictions. The RTA 20, which was signed into law Saturday 24 October, is the latest in a number of temporary measu

Parliament may get legal powers to summon obstinate witnesses like Dominic Cummings and Rupert Murdoch to answer MPs' questions, the chair of a Commons committee has said. Chris Bryant, chair of the Committee of Privileges, said a report that will be released this year will detail plans to compel wi

Arthur Cox has revealed a 40 per cent increase in the pro bono hours it undertook over the last year in its Pro Bono Impact Report for 2019/2020. The report provides a snapshot of our pro bono projects, which includes secondments, legal information, strategic litigation, and legal clinics.

A Central Criminal Court jury has found an electrician guilty of murdering his partner of four months, whom he strangled in her bedroom after a "binge" drinking session. The panel of six men and six women rejected the defence contention by a majority verdict that Sean Nolan, 36, was too drunk to hav

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) this morning published its report on antisemitism in the Labour Party, concluding that the party committed unlawful acts against Jewish members and members complaining of antisemitism. In a statement, Mishcon de Reya, which acted for the Jewish Labour

A woman impersonated a prosecutor in order to file fake documents with a court that declared a stalking and drug possession case against her had been dropped. Lisa Landon, 33, of Littleton, a town in New Hampshire, attracted the attention of prosecutors after a state forensic examiner who was to per

The Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal taken by Eugenie Houston, where she alleged bias on the part of a High Court judge. Background