Celebrating Access Today: 25th Anniversary Year of the Americans with...
(Source: US Department of Justice) The Importance of Preserving Critical Funding for Community Policing Courtesy of Stuart F. Delery, Acting Associate Attorney General The Department of Justice's...
View ArticleEnsuring Access to Jobs for People with Disabilities (US Department of Justice)
(Source: US Department of Justice) Courtesy of Karen Lash, Access to Justice Initiative Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Justice Today, the U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Justice...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland: when Britain fought terror with terror
When Martin McCauley was 19, he was shot by police as an IRA suspect. His best friend was killed. The RUC has always denied that it had a shoot to kill policy, but now fresh evidence is emerging...
View ArticleCalling on Congress to Protect the First Right for First Americans (US...
(Source: US Department of Justice) The Importance of Preserving Critical Funding for Community Policing Courtesy of Stuart F. Delery, Acting Associate Attorney General The Department of Justice's...
View ArticlePanopticism and Pre-Emptive Discipline in the UK
The Panopticon functions as a kind of laboratory of power. Thanks to its mechanisms of observation, it gains in efficiency and in the ability to penetrate into men’s behaviour; knowledge follows the...
View ArticleJonathan Sumption: the brain of Britain
He terrified opponents as a stellar QC. Now he’s a supreme court judge and revered historian – the establishment personified. So why is Jonathan Sumption not a household name?...
View ArticlePropaganda
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society...
View ArticleExperts and lawyers behaving badly: what sanctions or measures are open to...
(Source: Eversheds LLP) Experts and lawyers behaving badly: what sanctions or measures- Publications - Eversheds International Construction and engineering 15-09-2015 Overview One may consider the idea...
View ArticleAttorney General Loretta E. Lynch Hosts the 64th Annual Attorney General’s...
(Source: Office of the Attorney General) Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch recognized 376 Justice Department employees for their distinguished public service today at the 64 Annual Attorney General's...
View ArticleSummary of 2016 Senate Legislative Action (New York State Senate)
(Source: New York State Senate) 2016-2017 NEW YORK STATE BUDGET The New York State 2016-17 State Budget reflects the Senate Republican Conference's commitment to improving the economic opportunities...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View Article12 16 16 - Annual Corporate Governance Report for 2012 (Updated 12.12.16)...
(Source: Petron Corporation) CR07807-2016 The Exchange does not warrant and holds no responsibility for the veracity of the facts and representations contained in all corporate disclosures, including...
View ArticleExceptional lawyers recognized with Queen's counsel designation (Ministry of...
(Source: Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General) VICTORIA - Thirty-two lawyers have been appointed the honorary title of Queen's counsel (also known as Q.C.), Attorney General and Minister of...
View Article“Bound by Brotherhood”
Summary This is what I have to say about the wounds on the body of the said accused. Since he was a hard core criminal, he refused to give any information. It was essential to get that information from...
View ArticleACTIVISION BLIZZARD TO ACQUIRE KING FOR $5.9 BN (ISE - The Irish Stock...
(Source: ISE - The Irish Stock Exchange plc) Activision Blizzard Inc. Not for release, publication or distribution (in whole or in part) in, into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction For immediate...
View Article“This Crooked System”
Summary I have no hope of getting justice in this crooked system. —Umar Daraz, Karachi, January 2016 How do you expect us to recover stolen items from hardened criminals? Do you think they will agree...
View ArticleEx-solicitor jailed for stealing €275,000 from clients
A former solicitor has been jailed for two years for stealing over €275,000 from a number of his clients over a four year period to fund a number of pubs that he was operating at the time. Mark Cronin...
View ArticleJail term for man who posed as a solicitor to fleece clients of £18k
A university law graduate who fraudulently posed as a solicitor and then swindled £18,500 from five clients has been jailed for 16 months at the Crown Court in Londonderry. Kieran Healey (37) from...
View ArticlePromote solicitors to senior counsel, but keep Bar vibrant
The call for senior Hong Kong solicitors to be recognised as senior counsel will resonate with some who have paid the cost of representation by both a solicitor and a barrister. Writing in the monthly...
View ArticleHong Kong's top judge 'keen to raise status of solicitors'
Seasoned solicitors may be a step closer to being honoured as "senior counsel", the status now reserved for barristers that the top judge is said to be favourably disposed to extending to qualified...
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