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The British ambassador to Mexico was sacked after being filmed jokingly pointing an assault rifle at a colleague. Jon Benjamin, for reasons unknown, picked up the weapon while sitting in a parked vehicle during an official trip to Durango and Sinaloa, states notorious for cartel activity.

Fines imposed on airlines who fail to ensure that passengers have appropriate travel documentation will be hiked by two-thirds as part of an immigration crackdown. The carrier liability provisions of the Immigration Act 2003 will be reformed to increase the fines on carriers from the current maximum

Legislation bringing Ireland in line with EU motor insurance rules has been published by ministers following the beginning of EU infringement proceedings. The Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024, which transposes Articles 10a and 25a of the revised Motor Insurance Directive, will prote

Human rights lawyer Blinne Ní Gralaigh KC is to deliver the Bloody Sunday Trust's annual lecture in Derry next week. Ms Ní Gralaigh, who previously worked as a legal observer on the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, shot to global prominence earlier this year when she appeared before the Internat

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland has released an online guide aimed at helping businesses and organisations navigate the complex legal landscape of AI use and its development. All AI-Board is intended to be an accessible, comprehensive guide which offers bite-sized, Board-level insights into key

A social mobility programme launched by the London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA) has been recognised by the Law Society of England and Wales. Michael Walker, of London firm Kingsley Napley, has been nominated for a Law Society Legal Hero award for his role in establishing the LILA Trailblazers pr

Child maintenance payments are now excluded from all social welfare means tests following the commencement of new legislation. The Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 provides for significant reforms expected to benefit over 16,000 lone parents and help to reduce child p

London lawyer Angus McCullough KC has been appointed by the PSNI to conduct an independent review of the force's alleged use of surveillance against journalists, lawyers and NGOs. The PSNI's chief constable, Jon Boutcher, this week denied that documents published in the course of proceedings before

A team of staff from Millar McCall Wylie will be stepping up and hitting the coast this month taking on a challenge aimed at raising funds for their firm's charity partner, the Down's Syndrome Association and its Northern Ireland-based team. The firm will complete an impressive 15-mile walk along th

A man who stole more than a dozen cans of Pringles told police "once you pop, you can't stop". Adam Spencer, 40, was arrested in Nottinghamshire following a string of burglaries and shop thefts.

Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP (CKT) has promoted Barry Kelleher, Grace Toher and Conor White to senior associate in the firm's Cork office. Mr Kelleher, an insurance lawyer, has specialist knowledge in employers’ liability, public liability, healthcare litigation and prosecutions, and data breach l

Former Circuit Court judge Gerard O'Brien has been sentenced to five years and nine months' imprisonment, with the final year and nine months suspended, following his conviction for attempted rape and sexual assault. The 59-year-old was convicted in late December of sexually abusing six men between

Ireland will withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) following the EU's decision to do the same, environment minister Eamon Ryan has said. A meeting of EU energy ministers last week formally adopted a decision for the EU and Euratom to withdraw from the treaty, which climate campaigners say is

New legislation is to expand access to the Insolvency Payments Scheme to protect employees of employers who cease trading without entering into liquidation, receivership or bankruptcy. The general scheme of the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2024 also proposes

Defence solicitors in Scotland have begun their first week of industrial action over domestic abuse cases after a collapse in talks with the Scottish government over reforms to legal aid. They will also decline to act where an accused has no solicitor and cannot represent themselves — and will