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Simon Byrne, former chief constable of Cheshire Police, has been selected to take over as head of the PSNI following the retirement of incumbent chief constable George Hamilton at the end of June 2019. Mr Byrne's appointment has been unanimously ratified by the Northern Ireland Policing Board and ap

Preliminary death sentences have been handed to more than 2,400 people in Egypt, including 11 children, during President Abdelfattah el-Sisi’s first five years as president, a Reprieve report has revealed. Mass Injustice: Statistical Findings on the Death Penalty in Egypt examines Egypt’

The owner of a replica of Noah's Ark has sued its insurer for refusing to cover water damage – caused by a flood. Ark Encounter, the owner of the 510-foot long replica of the biblical vessel in Northern Kentucky, said that the heavy rains of 2017 and 2018 caused about $1 million in damages to

A hospital has lost an appeal against the finding that the two-year limitation period for issuing personal injury proceedings began when the plaintiff received a doctor’s medical report based on hospital records – not when he was informed in the weeks after his surgery that he had contra

Sir Donnell Deeny, Lord Justice of Appeal, is set to retire from the bench this autumn. Lord Justice Deeny, who was appointed to the Court of Appeal bench in 2017, will turn 70 next April.

A new book on Irish data protection law, written by barrister Laura L. Keogh, has been published today to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Data Protection Compliance: A Guide to GDPR and Irish Data Protection Law, published by Clarus Press,

Home Office rules on determining if asylum seekers are younger than 18 are unlawful, senior judges have ruled. The Court of Appeal has supported a claim made by an Eritrean man, who sought asylum in 2014, The Times reports.

A judge issued a stark warning about the messaging app WhatsApp after granting a conditional discharge to a man who unknowingly downloaded extreme pornography. Mark Glew, 22, was found with images and videos of sadomasochism and bestiality which were downloaded automatically to his phone after they

Three teams from JMK Solicitors raised a combined £3,400 for local charities by taking part in the 2019 Deep RiverRock Belfast Marathon.

Staff at Leman Solicitors took part in the Staff Relay with PwC at Phoenix Park yesterday.

Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush has been awarded Australia's largest ever defamation payout to a single person. Mr Rush won $2.9 million AUD (around £1.58 million or €1.8 million) in his lawsuit against the publishers of the Daily Telegraph tabloid.

The disgraced former film producer Harvey Weinstein, 67, has reached a tentative settlement deal with the women who accuse him of sexual misconduct. Lawyers have said that the settlement to deal with the lawsuits and compensate plaintiffs totals about $44 million (£34.7m).

John Toler, the first Earl of Norbury, earned his reputation as “the hanging judge” during his time as a particularly callous judge in Ireland in the late 18th and early 19th century. In a somewhat contradictory trait, Toler is often described as having those in his courtroom – inc

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Italy: Charities to be fined €5,500 for every migrant rescued from the Mediterranean Sea

A village mayor has proposed offering free Viagra to young couples to help repopulate local schools. In a decree, Jean Debouzy, mayor of Montereau in north-central France, said he is "in favour of the distribution of little blue pills".