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Rachel Toner, solicitor at Carson McDowell, explores a recent court judgment on the powers of Northern Ireland's charity regulator. The Court of Appeal have affirmed the decision of the High Court that the staff of the Charity Commission Northern Ireland (CCNI) do not have any decision making powers

The Hibernian Law Journal has opened submissions for its Case Note Competition 2020. Case notes of 2,000 to 4,000 words are sought by the Journal on any recent seminal judgment by the Irish courts, the EU courts or the European Court of Human Rights.

Controversial plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been thrown into doubt following a successful legal challenge by environmental campaigners. The Court of Appeal of England and Wales ruled that the UK Government’s proposed expansion of Europe’s busiest a

Lynching is set to become a federal hate crime in the US more than a century after the first attempt to criminalise it. The Emmett Till Antilynching Act, passed by the Senate in 2018 and by the House of Representatives with an overwhelming majority yesterday, adds the offence of lynching to the US c

The accelerated transfer of a judge who was critical of the Indian government's handling of violence in Delhi has raised concerns. Justice S Muralidhar, who was hearing a petition regarding the religious riots, condemned the police and central government on Wednesday, after which orders for his imme

Curran spent many years defending United Irishmen who faced capital charges, the most famous of which were William Orr, Napper Tandy, and Wolfe Tone. His defence of Oliver Bond on the 23rd of July 1798 “was considered by the bar as the most powerful of his efforts upon the state trials of this

Police officers have attempted to coax meth users into handing over their stash by claiming it could be contaminated with coronavirus. A sheriff's office in north-west Kansas, where methamphetamine remains the most popular illegal drug, posted a public appeal on Facebook.

The Supreme Court has reinstated the original sentence of 10 years' imprisonment imposed in a matrimonial rape case which involved a pattern of abuse, threats to kill, and a violent attack with a hammer. Rejecting the man’s argument that the Supreme Court did not have jurisdiction to review th

Dublin firm O'Brien Lynam Solicitors has announced the double appointment of Anne Marie Maher and Andrew Devery in its banking and property teams respectively. Ms Maher joins as a senior associate in the firm's banking team, having previously worked in the commercial property department of a well-kn

Global legal business DWF has announced the appointment of David McNeice as head of its construction and infrastructure team in Northern Ireland. Mr McNeice was recently promoted to director in a round of appointments bringing the firm's Belfast headcount to 90.

Lawyers representing the family of a man shot dead by the British Army in 1974 have condemned an "attempted political intervention" by the prime minister. Former soldier Dennis Hutchings will go on trial next month in connection with the shooting of 27-year-old John Patrick Cunningham in Co Tyrone o

Demand for H-1B visas to work in the United States has increased because of American economic growth, Tully Rinckey has said. The US-based firm, which opened an office in Dublin in 2018, has said it expects demand for the visas to significantly exceed the annual cap.

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates looks at an employment issue of particular significance as coronavirus fears grip Ireland. The issue of unfair dismissal claims where there has been a failure to follow health and safety rules arose in the case of Keelings Lo

Stephen Kirwan, solicitor at KOD Lyons, explores the pitfalls and uncertainties remaining under Ireland's gender recognition laws. On July 15th 2015, the Irish Government passed the Gender Recognition Act 2015. The Act gives transgender people full legal recognition of their preferred gender and all

A court has rejected claims from prosecutors that a woman who staged a topless protest against Vladimir Putin committed an act of public indecency. France's supreme court, the Cour de Cassation, said it was legal for women to display their breasts in public so long as their “behaviour was inco