A bomb threat which grounded a passenger plane was found to be a hoax orchestrated by a furious mother trying to stop her married son going on holiday with his mistress. The threat was taken seriously and led to the cancellation of the flight from Dhaka, Bangladesh to Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday,&n
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Ministers are set to legislate to remove the so-called "honest belief" defence in rape trials, according to reports. The Law Reform Commission recommended a change to the existing law, set out in section 2 of the Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981, in a report published in 2018.
Trainee solicitors from north and south of the border impressed at the International Negotiation Competition (INC) in London last week. The INC is the oldest and most renowned competition focusing on international legal negotiation for law students from all over the world.
The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland is facing a lawsuit for allegedly failing to comply with its obligations towards trans people under EU law and the European Convention on Human Rights. The Good Law Project said it was taking the legal challenge after the Commission advised an employer th
Alternative legal services provider Johnson Hana has been acquired by US-headquartered Eudia. Johnson Hana was founded in 2017 by former barrister Dan Fox and now counts Citibank, Stripe, Airbnb, X and OpenAI among its clients.
The Courts Service has set out plans to become a "genuinely bilingual" organisation with which members of the public can interact in Irish at the same level as in English. The organisation's first-ever Irish language strategy, published today, contains 44 actions across six priorities and provides a
As most of France celebrates the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, one Frenchman is returning to prison two days after a remarkable escape. The 20-year-old man, who has not been named, is believed to have escaped from the Corbas prison near Lyon by hiding in a laundry bag belonging to a c
Cleaver Fulton Rankin lawyer Jude Copeland is to take a leading role in work to help guide Northern Ireland solicitors through the evolving landscape of cybersecurity and data protection, with a particular focus on AI. Mr Copeland has been appointed as chair of the Law Society of Northern Ireland's
An expert in animal welfare law has been appointed to a new advisory group tasked with reviewing dog breeding regulations in Northern Ireland. Vanessa Barnes, a non-practising English solicitor, will join veterinary surgeon Susan Cunningham on the new group, chaired by animal behaviour and welfare e
Proposals to divert more "low-level offences", including motoring offences, away from the Northern Ireland courts have been put out for consultation. The Department of Justice is seeking views on whether the PSNI and PPS should be given additional powers to deal with a range of offences outside the
The Department of Social Protection has been criticised for launching High Court proceedings in a response to a €550,000 fine for breaching the GDPR. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) last month announced its decision that the Department had failed to identify a valid legal basis for collect
The EU has begun consulting on the most significant changes to its competition law enforcement framework in over two decades. The European Commission yesterday launched both a call for evidence and a public consultation inviting stakeholders to give feedback on the future of the EU procedures for th
Irish lawyer Liam Moloney will this month address a legal convention in San Francisco which is expected to draw over 2,000 attendees. Mr Moloney, managing partner of Moloney & Co Solicitors, has been invited to speak at the American Association of Justice's annual convention, which will take pla
Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP has appointed Niall Reilly as chief operations officer. Mr Reilly brings a world of knowledge of business and finance, having worked nationally and internationally for firms including Dillon Eustace and DLA Piper.
Simon Harris has said the Irish government remains a "steadfast supporter" of Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on Palestine who has been sanctioned by the Trump administration. The Tánaiste yesterday told TDs that the imposition of US sanctions on Ms Albanese, an outspoken oppone