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An alleged drug dealer was busted on Valentine's Day by Peru's most-loved rodent.

An English judge has been issued with a formal warning for misconduct after referring to a judicial colleague as a "trolley dolly". The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) imposed the sanction on Michael Barnes JP after a fellow magistrate made a number of allegations about his behaviour.

Law firms have been warned to stay vigilant following an attempted cyberattack on a solicitor's firm which used a "sophisticated approach". The Law Society of Ireland said today that it had been notified of an attempted attack similar to three previous attacks in August and October 2024.

Lawyers have until 6pm today to respond to a survey feeding into the statutory review of the effectiveness of the Decision Support Service (DSS). An online survey being conducted by Governance Ireland on behalf of the Mental Health Commission (MHC) is closing for submissions today.

Matheson is advising Irish-domiciled funds with total assets under management of more than $1.33 trillion, according to a new report. The firm's asset management and investment funds department has been ranked in the latest Monterey Insight Ireland Fund Report as Ireland's leading practice by assets

A voluntary code of practice on disinformation is to be integrated into the framework of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) and used as a benchmark for determining platforms' compliance. The code, first published in 2018 and significantly strengthened in 2022, is to become a voluntary code of conduct

An abortion rights activist in Poland will be tried again after a court ruled her first trial trial for helping a pregnant woman to access abortion pills had been unfair. Justyna Wydrzyńska was sentenced in March 2023 to eight months of community service after being found guilty of abetting an

A new bill has been introduced in the UK's House of Commons to lift the ban on Catholics serving as the King’s representative at the Church of Scotland’s annual general assembly. Lady Eilish Angiolini KC, a practising Catholic and former lord advocate, has been appointed as the lord high

A woman accused by a shopkeeper of squeezing a bag of buns has been charged with criminal damage in Japan. The 40-year-old woman insisted that she had "only checked the firmness" of the buns by "pressing lightly with my hand", the BBC reports.

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Elon Musk's X is to pay $10 million to US president Donald Trump to settle his lawsuit over his suspension in 2021 from what was then Twitter. Mr Trump was banned from most major social media platforms after hundreds of his supporters stormed the US Capitol building on 6 January 2021 in a bid to ove

A delegation of Ukrainian judges was recently welcomed to Dublin and Belfast as part of a judicial study visit hosted by Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI) in partnership with EUAM Ukraine. IRLI, an all-island not-for-profit organisation established to promote the rule of law worldwide, hosted U

Ireland's director of public prosecutions, Catherine Pierse, has set out the latest three-year strategy for her office, which this year marks its 50th anniversary. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has grown from an office of just four legal officers in 1975 to almost 300 staf

An expert in substance use is calling for a change in legislation around drug use in the UK. The call from Catriona Matheson, professor in substance use at the University of Stirling, was part of her evidence to an inquiry into Scotland’s pilot Safer Drug Consumption Facility, which opened in

Entries for the Law Society of Ireland's Justice Media Awards 2025 are now open. This year's awards ceremony will take place at Blackhall Place on Thursday 19 June 2025.