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The High Court has dismissed a personal injuries appeal for a broken arm sustained by the plaintiff when she was eight years old. She had been jumping on boulders. Mr Justice Richard Humphreys found that large boulders do not represent a hidden danger or an unusual danger.

Mr Justice Séamus Woulfe's future on the Supreme Court bench is likely to be decided by the Oireachtas following the publication of letters showing the Chief Justice wants him to resign, experts have said. The release of the letters "has now moved the debate on the future of the judge into th

The House of Lords has voted overwhelmingly to remove controversial provisions of the UK government's Internal Market Bill which would breach international law. A Lords committee previously concluded that the bill as approved in the Commons is "contrary to the rule of law" and risks destabilising th

The codification of Irish criminal law would introduce "clarity and consistency", the Law Society of Ireland has said in response to comments by a Supreme Court judge. Mr Justice Peter Charleton told The Irish Times that the gradual codification of criminal law would solve the problem of having

Proposals to ban the so-called "rough sex" defence in Northern Ireland have gone out to public consultation. Justice Minister Naomi Long launched the consultation following a review on the use of ‘consent to serious harm for sexual gratification’ as a defence.

Global law firm DLA Piper has announced the launch of the Terence O’Malley DLA Piper Scholarship in partnership with NUI Galway School of Law. The new scholarship, named after the firm's US chairman emeritus Terry O'Malley, will provide funding and support to NUIG law students in financial nee

Queen's University Belfast should set up an endowed chair for the study of unionism and name it after the late law lecturer Edgar Graham, the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) has proposed. Mr Graham graduated from QUB in 1976, began working on a PhD at Oxford University and was called to Th

A senior US justice official has resigned in protest after US Attorney General William Barr said prosecutors should investigate allegations of voting irregularities in the US presidential election. President Donald Trump, who was defeated by Democratic challenger Joe Biden earlier this month, insist

The former king of Spain is facing an investigation by Spanish prosecutors over his alleged failure to declare donations from a Mexican businessman. Juan Carlos lost his constitutional immunity after his abdication in 2014 and can therefore be prosecuted for any wrongdoings committed after that date

The High Court has awarded €231,663.02 plus costs to a man left with life-changing injuries following an assault in a pub. Background

A judicial review launched on behalf of a child who was injured in a hit-and-run is challenging the standard practice of parents or guardians signing off on compensation settlements. Solicitor Ciaran O'Hare of McIvor Farrell is acting on behalf of a child who suffered a head injury at 10 weeks old a

A fresh legal challenge will see judges in Belfast asked to rule on whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted in bad faith and for improper purpose in relation to Brexit. An anonymous litigant is seeking a declaration that the prime minister's decision to sign the Withdrawal Agreement and Northern

Discrimination on the ground of criminal conviction should be banned in equality legislation, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said. The watchdog made the recommendations as part of its response to the government's review of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Discl

Two of Ireland's largest prisons are facing suspected outbreaks of Covid-19. A firearms trial at the Special Criminal Court was postponed this morning due to a suspected outbreak at Mountjoy Prison, according to reports.

Daniel Wincott, Blackwell professor of law and society at the University of Cardiff, explores the impact of Brexit on devolution across the UK. Brexit has exposed the underdeveloped and fragile aspects of devolution in the UK. Devolved governments’ relationships with London are strained. The a