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Voluntary euthanasia has become legal in the Australian state of Victoria, Reuters reports. The law came into force 18 months after being passed by the state parliament in November 2017.

A police department has apologised after encouraging people to turn in the father of their kids if they have outstanding warrants – on Father's Day. “Does your child’s father have warrants?” asked the Topeka Police Department on Twitter.

The High Court has refused to grant an order for the surrender of a man to Poland pursuant to a European Arrest Warrant issued in 2018. In 2013, the High Court had refused surrender when considering a warrant issued in 2010 for the same offences.

Commercial law specialist firm Philip Lee has announced the appointment of Tom Conway as partner within its real estate and planning department. He will work under the leadership of partner John O'Donoghue and alongside fellow partner Eimear Fitzgibbon.

Belfast firm Orr & Co Solicitors has merged into Diamond Heron Solicitors. Sam Beattie and Joanna Beattie have now joined Diamond Heron and are based out of the firm's Royal Avenue office.

A new statutory perjury offence will "act as a deterrent" to potential fraudsters, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said. The Government yesterday approved amendments to broaden the scope of the Perjury and Related Offences Bill, introduced by Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh foll

Further action must be taken to improve how cases of domestic violence and abuse are handled in Northern Ireland's criminal justice system, according to a key watchdog. In a new report, Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) warns that important reforms have been delayed as a result of t

Northern Ireland solicitor William Rogers, a former senior partner in Carson McDowell, has passed away. Mr Rogers was admitted to the roll of solicitors in 1960 and once played a leading role in what is now Northern Ireland's largest independent law firm.

The Inspector of Prisons, Patricia Gilheaney, has warned that regular prison inspections are not taking place because of inadequate resources. In half of Ireland's ten closed prisons, no inspections have been conducted in a decade, Ms Gilheaney told Today with Sean O'Rourke, the Irish Examiner repor

A decline in the number of offenders participating in the Community Return Programme has been branded "disappointing" by penal reform campaigners. The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) welcomed new figures from the Probation Service showing that an increasing number of offenders are being dealt with t

By Brian Welsh, CEO of Insight Legal In most industries, the process of transferring software suppliers will involve some degree of migrating data from your current system to a new system. Today’s legal sector is no different, and you would expect your new supplier to charge some sort of fee t

Pinsent Masons has signed up to The Valuable 500 campaign which seeks to place disability inclusion on the board agenda of 500 global businesses. The Valuable 500, which was launched at the World Economic Forum's annual summit, urges global business leaders to become accountable for disabi

Victims of discrimination in England and Wales are being denied their fundamental right to justice and perpetrators are going unchallenged because of failures in the legal aid system, the human rights watchdog has warned. An inquiry into legal aid for victims of discrimination by the Equality and Hu

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a German autobahn toll proposal which would have put the burden of cost solely on the owners and drivers of cars registered in other EU member states is contrary to EU law. In an unusual move, infringement proceedings were brought against Germany by

Offshore private registers detailing who owns which companies in the Channel Islands are to be made public. The move follows sustained pressure on the islands to do their part of tackle tax avoidance.