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Syria stands accused of torturing tens of thousands of its citizens and maintaining a system of "abhorrent treatment", according to arguments at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the first international case over the Syrian civil war. The case has been brought to the ICJ by both Canada and

A judge who allegedly sent hundreds of text messages mocking lawyers, jurors and witnesses while overseeing a child murder trial is to be removed from the bench. Judge Traci Soderstrom, in Oklahoma, speculated about the size of prosecutors' penises and fawned over a police officer in messages exchan

KPMG has been slapped with a record £21 million fine by the UK's Financial Reporting Council (FRC) over its mishandling of the audits for Carillion, the government contractor that collapsed in 2018. The failure of Carillion, which provided construction and facilities management services within

The Children's Law Centre (CLC) has launched a new series of courses on children's rights aimed at legal practitioners in Northern Ireland as well as young people, carers and non-legal professionals. The three initial training courses — with a 15 per cent discount for booking all three —

The Law Society of Ireland is to honour its first female president with the naming of the Moya Quinlan Lecture Theatre. Ms Quinlan, who passed away in 2019 at the age of 99, qualified as a solicitor in 1946 and was elected to the Law Society Council in 1968, where she was consistently re-elected for

A legal challenge brought by Phoenix Law on behalf of three family members of Troubles victims has been identified as a lead case amid nearly two dozen challenges to the controversial Troubles Act. In the High Court this morning, Mr Justice Adrian Colton identified the joint submission on behalf of

A social media influencer has been fined after stopping traffic to perform yoga in the middle of the street. Footage published by police in India's Gujarat state shows cars stopping while the woman, named as Dina Parmar, strikes various poses in pouring rain.

The Bar Council has welcomed a 10 per cent increase in criminal legal aid fees in Budget 2024 as an "important first step" on the path to full fee restoration for criminal practitioners. Justice minister Helen McEntee yesterday confirmed that a total of €9 million has been allocated to provide

Education plays a crucial role in promoting social mobility and should form part of organisations' diversity and inclusion strategies, a conference hosted by Matheson LLP and Trinity College Dublin has heard. The annual D&I conference brought together a cross-section of leaders from a diverse nu

The University of Limerick has awarded the inaugural Melvyn Hanley Solicitors scholarship to Hazel Flood. The scholarship is worth €2,000 and is awarded to the person enrolling on the LLM in human rights in criminal justice with the highest award in an undergraduate law degree upon registration

Power Law LLP has welcomed Billy Casserly to the firm as a senior associate in its dispute resolution team. Mr Casserly is an experienced corporate lawyer with a decade of experience working in-house and in large Dublin law firms. He will be based in the firm's Galway office.

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Martin Kelleher as its new head of corporate. Mr Kelleher is a senior corporate partner with significant experience in international transactions, particularly in the technology and life science sectors.

Criminal legal aid fees will be boosted by 10 per cent early next year, justice minister Helen McEntee announced following the unveiling of Budget 2024. Over €3.27 billion in current expenditure and €274 million for capital projects has been allocated to the justice sector in the budget pr

An additional €172 million has been allocated to the justice sector in Budget 2024 — but it is not immediately clear whether criminal legal aid fees will be increased. Neither finance minister Michael McGrath nor public expenditure, NDP delivery and reform minister Paschal Donohoe referre

Journalists, politicians, civil society groups and academics across Europe, the US and Asia have allegedly been targeted with a cyber-surveillance weapon developed by a group of European companies, according to human rights campaigners. The allegations about the widespread use of the Predator softwa