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An Garda Síochána took six years to fully implement a recommendation to stop inappropriately recording children's details on PULSE intelligence records, according to a new report. The Garda Inspectorate has published a post-implementation review of Recommendation 8.17 from its 2014 cri

The Probate Bar Association of Ireland held its annual conference on the theme "Estates: Home and Abroad" on Friday.

Disney is facing legal proceedings in connection with a TV series which depicts the 1972 murder of Jean McConville. Belfast firm Phoenix Law is acting for prominent Irish republican Marian Price, who is depicted shooting Ms McConville in Say Nothing, a historical drama produced by FX and released la

Belfast solicitor Jude Copeland has been named winner of the Legal Representation Award at the GNI MAG Awards 2024.

MHP Sellors LLP has been recognised for its work in cases involving brain and spinal cord injuries at the Neuro-Rehab Times Awards 2024. The Limerick-based firm was awarded Brain/Spinal Injury Law Firm of the Year at an online awards ceremony bringing together rehabilitation professionals and brain

New EU rules on deforestation have been postponed for a year under pressure from businesses and farmers. The landmark EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) aims to ensure that certain goods on the EU market do not contribute to deforestation and forest degradation in the EU and elsewhere in the world.

Microsoft is facing a £1 billion legal action amid claims it overcharged businesses for access to its products. The lawsuit, submitted to the Competition Appeal Tribunal, claims that Microsoft is punishing thousands of UK businesses and organisations that use rival cloud computing services fro

Hundreds of official Harry Potter replica swords have been recalled in Japan after they were discovered to be illegal weapons. Over 350 swords have been sold at the Warner Bros Studio Tour Tokyo, billed as "the largest indoor Harry Potter attraction in the world", since it opened in May 2023.

Northern Ireland's justice minister has applied a "temporary sticking plaster" to the criminal legal aid system and is preoccupied with "ideologically-driven policy experimentalism", the Bar of Northern Ireland has said. Naomi Long yesterday told the Northern Ireland Assembly that she had accepted t

Irish judge Síofra O'Leary, the first woman and the first Irish person to serve as president of the European Court of Human Rights, has received the UCD Ulysses Medal. The UCD Ulysses Medal is the highest honour bestowed by University College Dublin.

Company law reforms which beef up enforcement powers and allow for virtual AGMs have come into effect. The majority of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 has been commenced, while 26 provisions which require updates to the Companies Registration

Northern Ireland firm Carson McDowell has welcomed its largest-ever intake of trainee solicitors.

Wolves are set to have their protected status in the EU downgraded with effect from next March. A proposal to downgrade the status of wolves from "strictly protected" to "protected" has been approved by the standing committee of the Bern Convention, which governs the conservation of European wildlif

Arrested protesters in Georgia are being denied their right to a lawyer and a fair trial, Amnesty International has said. For several nights now, protesters in Tbilisi have blocked key streets to oppose the government's announcement that it will not proceed with EU accession talks until 2028.

A Michelin-starred chef has urged thieves who stole thousands of pies in a Christmas heist to donate them to charity. A refrigerated vehicle carrying "nearly a tonne" of pies worth around £25,000 was stolen on Sunday night before it was meant to deliver the pastries to a Christmas market in Yo