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Some 138 prisoners have been granted varying periods of temporary release this Christmas. Prisoners — typically nearing the end of their sentences — can be granted periods of release from a few hours up to seven nights under the Criminal Justice Act 1960.

Northern Ireland personal injury firm JMK Solicitors has helped to raise over £46,000 for NI Hospice and Children’s Hospice. JMK Solicitors and CRASH Services together raised a total of £46,024.48 for the charity, which provides specialist palliative care to babies, children and ad

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. US violating law to fund Israel despite alleged human rights abuses, lawsuit says

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has published a new data protection toolkit for schools. The 73-page resource aims to assist schools in meeting their data protection obligations when processing the personal data of children.

There is no justification for the indefinite pause on decision-making on Syrians seeking asylum in Ireland, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said. The rights watchdog has confirmed it has written to justice minister Helen McEntee for clarification on the decision, which was an

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New guidance for the instruction of experts in civil claims in Northern Ireland's High Court has been published. The 16-page document aims to assist litigants, those instructing experts and experts to understand best practice in dealing with cases justly.

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted a landmark opinion on the use of personal data for the development and deployment of AI models. The 35-page opinion, published yesterday, was requested by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) in September with a view to seeking Europe-

The biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history is "even wider than first thought", a solicitor in Northern Ireland has said. Hundreds of postmasters and subpostmasters across the UK, including in Northern Ireland, were wrongly accused of theft based on data provided by the faulty Horizon accountin

A new users' group for the Planning and Environment Court has been established on a pilot basis. The Planning and Environment Court was established last year as a specialised division within the High Court in a bid to speed up complex judicial reviews.

Temperament, patience and listening skills should be among factors taken into account in deciding whether to appoint a lawyer as a judge, a new report has recommended. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) yesterday published the new report on judicial selection procedures in Ireland, based o

An Irish man charged in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with sending "threatening" emojis has been returned to Ireland. Stuart Quiney, 39, had been detained since September and faced a lengthy prison sentence in connection with the alleged messages, which he sent from Ireland to a Belgian man in Duba

KPMG Law Ireland director Emma Ritchie has been appointed as KPMG Law's co-head of data, digital and technology law for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMA). Ms Ritchie has been appointed to the international role alongside Noemí Brito Izquierdo from KPMG Spain.

Legislation introducing an inward investment screening mechanism in Ireland for the first time has come into effect. The Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 will come into force in full from 6 January 2025, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment confirmed yesterday.

Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband and 50 other men have been convicted of rape and other offences in the French mass trial which made global headlines. Dominique Pelicot, 72, who drugged and raped his then wife, also 72, and arranged for other men to come to their home to rape her while she was dru