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The standard of proof applied by inquests when deciding if someone has committed suicide or not has been lowered by appeal judges, The Guardian reports. Coroners and juries previously applied the criminal standard to the question of whether someone had committed suicide but three appeal court judges

Judges in the Netherlands have refused to extradite a suspected drugs smuggler to the UK over concerns that conditions at HMP Liverpool are "inhuman and degrading", the Liverpool Echo reports. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said: "Since providing reassurances the court has postponed its decision."

A law professor representing Harvey Weinstein in his upcoming rape and sexual assault trial has been dropped from his position as a faculty dean at Harvard Law School. Professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr and his wife, fellow law lecturer Stephanie Robinson, will no longer be faculty deans of Winthrop Ho

A brewery is being sued by famous rock band Guns N' Roses over its fruit beer called "Guns N' Rosé". The band, who had a slew of major hits in the late '80s and early '90s, is seeking damages from Oskar Blues Brewery in Colorado for harm to its "trademarks, trade name, business reputation and

A farmer who has had a receiver appointed over his payments from the EU under the Farm Single Payment Scheme since 2011 and its successor, the Basic Payment Scheme, since 2015 has lost his appeal to the Supreme Court. Finding that the farmer had not shown evidence of how the appointment of the recei

Hayes Solicitors has announced the promotion of Áine Coghill and Katy Meade to partner. Ms Coghill has been promoted to partner in the property department. She has extensive experience in all aspects of property transactions acting for both vendors and purchasers in the sale and purchase of i

The Government has accepted an amendment to its controversial Judicial Appointments Commission Bill to make it easier for sitting judges of the superior courts to be promoted. The bill originally provided that a sitting judge of the superior courts who wanted to apply for a vacancy in the High Court

A "systemic deficiency" in the procedures governing wardship in Ireland led to a woman being unlawfully detained, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said. The Commission has appeared before the Supreme Court as amicus curiae in a case that explores whether the procedures under which

A district judge has questioned whether the Forensic Science Service treats murders in Belfast as a higher priority than murders in Derry. Judge Barney McElholm, sitting in Londonderry Magistrates' Court yesterday, criticised the service over a delay in receiving forensic reports relating to a trial

A High Court judge has made an order preventing a man from acting as a legal advisor in court cases because he is "taking advantage of vulnerable litigants". The order was made by Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds yesterday in respect of Eamon O'Neill, a "business advisor" who the judge said is now barred

ByrneWallace advised on a dozen transactions shortlisted by Finance Dublin magazine in its annual Deals of the Year Awards. Over 211 deals have been nominated across five award categories – Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A); Debt Capital Markets; Equity Capital Markets; Loans & Financin

A number of Australia's most notorious criminals are likely to have their convictions quashed because their barrister was a police informant, The Times reports. Nicola Gobbo, 47, one of the country's top defence lawyers, is the subject of a public inquiry that could see murderers and others freed.

A city in the United States has voted to effectively decriminalise the use and possession of magic mushrooms. In the first-ever US referendum on magic mushrooms, 50.6 per cent of voters in Denver, Colorado voted to bar officials from "spending resources to impose criminal penalties" for the use or p

Half of vegans feel discriminated against by their employers, while nearly a third have felt harassed at work or unfairly treated due to their veganism, according to a new survey. Researchers discovered that nearly half, 45 per cent, of 1,000 vegan employees questioned have felt discriminated agains

The Scold’s Bridle or Branks was a form of punishment usually reserved for women who resisted subordination and didn’t conform to being a quiet and virtuous wife. Women who were perceived as being troublesome – who gossiped, “nagged” their husbands, or who were acc