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More than 60 members of the Egyptian Parliament have proposed a law that will criminalise same-sex sexual activity in the country for the first time. The draft law, the latest development since the Egyptian authorities launched an LGBTI-related crackdown after a rainbow flag was displayed at a conce

The taxi company Uber has failed in an appeal against a ruling that its drivers should be treated as workers rather than self-employed. The Employment Tribunal determined last year that drivers James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam were staff of the company and therefore entitled to holiday pay as well as b

The Law Society of Ireland gave a warm welcome to a delegation from China Law Society that visited Blackhall Place yesterday.

A “disaffected” former member of the Church of Scientology has successfully had a perpetual injunction against him dissolved in the High Court. Considering Szabo, Justice Noonan held that the man’s behaviour did not amount to a substantial risk – and that in any event, the plaintiff was not

Lorraine Rowland DWF has promoted a senior associate in Dublin to director as part of a package of senior promotions across the international legal business.

A bill to allow refugees to bring their grandparents, cousins, nephews, nieces and siblings to Ireland has moved closer to becoming law in spite of Government opposition. The International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill was approved by senators at the committee stage last night.

Pictured (l-r): Lisa Armstrong, Sean Grego, Sinead McAroe, Elma McEneaney, Conall McMahon, Niall McSorely and Anne MacRandal The In-House Legal Group NI (IHLGNI) held its AGM in association with A&L Goodbody against a background of strong growth.

Clare Bailey A sharp increase in the number of women prisoners in Northern Ireland has been criticised as evidence of failing penal policies, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

A pro-life group has warned Ireland will face further cases before the UN Human Rights Committee if the Eighth Amendment is not repealed. Leah Hoctor, regional director of the Centre for Reproductive Rights (CRR), addressed the Oireachtas committee on the Eighth Amendment yesterday, The Irish Times

Estate agents are expecting Northern Ireland house prices to continue to rise even if they are less optimistic about prices across the rest of the UK. A new report by RICS and Ulster Bank states: "Looking further ahead, Northern Ireland surveyors are also positive about the prospects for house price

Northern Ireland debt judgments and small claims have soared in total value on last year, the Belfast Telegraph reports. There were 2,186 judgments worth £5.9 million in Q3 2017, a 25 per cent increase in volume and 85 per cent increase in total value compared to Q3 2016, according to the Registry

Emily Logan Almost one in eight people in Ireland have experienced discrimination over the past two years, a new human rights report has found.

Facebook is inviting users to submit their private pictures as part of a new pilot programme to tackle "revenge porn", The Guardian reports. The social media giant is trying to build up a database of image "hashes" - a digital fingerprint that will allow it to identify when a private photo is being

HOMS Solicitors has presented a certificate of achievement to Transition Year students who took part in its 2017 student programme.

The overwhelming majority of Northern Ireland Prison Service staff are Protestant, according to new figures from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Of its 1,230 staff, 957 (77 per cent) identified themselves as Protestants and just 166 (13 per cent) identified themselves as Catholi