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Tech giant Meta is facing a lawsuit in the Northern Ireland courts over its alleged use of copyrighted material to train its generative AI model. Belfast firm KRW LAW has issued pre-action correspondence to Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd on behalf of author Richard O'Rawe, who alleges serious and ongoin

A judge has excoriated a police official who confused her with a defendant and said he had tried and failed to arrest her on foot of a non-existent warrant. Magistrate Nagma Khan, a senior judge in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, demanded an investigation after the mix-up came to light in court,

Two men have been sentenced for breaches of Russian-linked financial sanctions for the first time ever in the UK. Dmitrii Ovsyannikov, 48, and Alexei Ovsyannikov, 47, have been found guilty of eight counts of breaching financial sanctions and two counts of money laundering and sentenced to at Southw

Five staff members at RP Crawford Solicitors are taking part in this year's Belfast City Marathon to raise money for a good cause. The firm is raising funds for the Children’s Cancer Unit Charity, an organisation providing vital care to young patients and their families.

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched an investigation into Elon Musk's X social media platform over its use of users' posts as AI training data. X Internet Unlimited Company (XIUC), known until the start of April 2025 as Twitter Internet Unlimited Company (TIUC), was notified last week

An Irish lawyers' group has said it is "gravely concerned for the safety and wellbeing" of a barrister criticised in the media for acting for Hamas. The Socialist Lawyers' Association of Ireland yesterday published a statement in solidarity with Franck Magennis after a TV presenter asked him on air:

Dublin firm Corrigan & Corrigan Solicitors has presented its inaugural tort essay prize to Technological University Dublin student Jake McCabe Cusack. Mr Cusack's essay on vicarious liability came first in a field of nearly 150 submissions.

Four students at UCC School of Law have gone head-to-head in the university's annual gala moot at Cork's Washington Street courthouse. Lucy Walsh and Ben O'Sullivan appeared in court as counsel for the applicants, while Niamh Mulcahy and William Walsh appeared on behalf of the respondents.

Paul McLaughlin KC has been appointed as a judge of Northern Ireland's High Court. Mr Justice McLaughlin was sworn into office before Dame Siobhan Keegan, the Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, on Friday.

The Legal Aid Board welcomed junior minister Niall Collins to its Limerick Law and Family Mediation Centre for a tour on Friday. Mr Collins, the Limerick County TD appointed earlier this year as minister of state in the Department of Justice, met with staff and was given an overview of the vital leg

A pet shop owner has condemned a couple caught on CCTV stealing birds by shoving them down their trousers. The couple entered Paradise Pets in the southern English town of Swindon on Wednesday last week and allegedly stole four canary birds.

A public consultation is seeking views on plans to simplify and streamline Northern Ireland's sentencing framework for children. The Department of Justice has proposed to replace the current seven court-ordered community sentences with a new, single order.

Law students from across the island of Ireland have gone head-to-head in a moot court competition hosted by the European Law Students' Association (ELSA) at the University of Galway. The student association last month hosted the intervarsity moot court competition in the J.E. Cairnes School, with th

It is likely that there will soon be a new party in the mediation room in Ireland. Or if not in the room, on the end of the phone. Litigation funding, often used in large commercial disputes in the UK and further afield, has traditionally been prohibited in Ireland. Thanks to some local developments

The Legal Services Regulatory Authority is seeking the views of stakeholders to assist in the development of its forthcoming Strategic Plan 2025-2028. Stakeholders are invited to share their views and insights via a short online anonymous survey which is open until 1 May.