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Northern Ireland firm Millar McCall Wylie has named Down’s Syndrome Association NI as its official charity partner for 2024.

Former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has been jailed for 10 years for leaking official secrets. The legal case against him revolves around a a diplomatic cable that allegedly went missing in his possession. He has said publicly that the cable was proof of a conspiracy to topple him in 2022

Algeria and Botswana will be designated as safe countries of origin for the purpose of asylum claims from tomorrow, justice minister Helen McEntee has announced. While people from safe countries are still entitled to apply for international protection and have their application considered thoroughly

Taylor Wessing advised on the €11 million sale of Dowth Hall Estate to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the highest-value country home sale in Ireland last year. Dowth Hall Estate sits on 552 acres in Drogheda and was sold by Devenish Nutrition Ltd to the National

The dying ex-mobster who stole Judy Garland's ruby-red slippers from The Wizard of Oz will not go to prison, a court has ruled. Lawyers for Terry Jon Martin, 76, told a court in Minneapolis that their client had been tempted to make "one last score" before retirement, 6abc reports.

The Irish Refugee Council has published a new FAQ document aimed at tackling misinformation about the asylum process in Ireland. The 30-page document explains the international protection procedure and process, along with answers to frequently asked questions and queries related to issues like the r

The public inquiry into the UK's largest ever miscarriage of justice is examining case studies from Northern Ireland. The Post Office Horizon IT inquiry heard evidence on Friday from Suzanne Winter, a former Post Office investigator involved in the criminal investigation of Belfast subpostmaster Ala

Belfast solicitor Brian Speers is to join an international team observing the upcoming election in Pakistan. Mr Speers, managing partner of CMG Cunningham Dickey and a former president of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) and the Law Society of Northern Ireland, will travel to Islamabad wit

A government minister who took students to court for 'plagiarising' their own work has resigned after it emerged she plagiarised parts of her master's thesis. Sandra Borch, Norway’s minister for research and higher education, left government immediately following the revelations.

The Law Society of Scotland has highlighted serious failings in the UK's Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill.

The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza. South Africa brought the case to the court, asking it to order Israel to stop military action until it could come to a decision on whether the country had committed genocide.

The Medical Protection Society (MPS) has said coroner’s inquests in Ireland must remain inquisitorial rather than adversarial, working to bring together the most relevant witnesses and reduce the time taken for an outcome. The suggestions were set out in response to the Government’s Coro

The Bar of Northern Ireland and JUSTICE, the law reform and human rights charity, will this week host a panel discussion on how an incoming Westminster government can advance the rule of law, ahead of a general election later this year. The panel discussion, A Manifesto for the Rule of Law, is the s

Minister for agriculture, food and the marine, Charlie McConalogue, has announced an extension to the public consultation on the question of whether the use on dogs and cats of electronic shock collars operated by hand-held remote controls should be banned in Ireland. The use of these collars in dog

Ireland has failed to implement three EU directives, prompting the European Commission to issue it with a letter of formal notice. It has not implemented on the VAT fraud directive, the Emissions Trading System Directive nor the Common Charger Directive.