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A financial controller who stole €270,000 from a solicitors' firm to pay off her ex-husband’s gambling debts has been jailed for 18 months. Counsel for Donna Magee asked that she be given a week before starting her sentence in order to make arrangements for her 14-year-old child. This was refuse

Newspapers that challenged orders for costs made following trial have had their appeals unanimously dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court. Lord Neuberger gave the lead judgment, with which Lord Mance, Lord Sumption, Lord Hughes and Lord Hodge agreed.

A writer has lost a High Court action alleging negligence and other unlawful conduct against a solicitor he instructed in protracted proceedings against Roddy Doyle and the Abbey Theatre. Finding that there was no causal link between the professional losses suffered by the writer and the actions of

Andrew Kirke Andrew Kirke, associate director at Tughans, explores how likely it is that robots will replace lawyers in the not-too-distant future.

Professor Colin Harvey and Mark Bassett Professor Colin Harvey from QUB School of Law and barrister Mark Bassett offer their view on whether Irish citizens abroad should have a right to vote in Presidential elections.

Ciara McLoughlin Ciara McLoughlin, partner in A&L Goodbody's employment group, writes on the controversy surrounding the publication of BBC salaries earlier this month.

A garda detective has been found guilty of harassing a State solicitor by sending her abusive letters and emails. Eve Doherty, 49, a detective sergeant based in Dublin, had pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of harassing Elizabeth Howlin between September 2011 and March

A boy who was found guilty of numerous dangerous driving charges involving stolen vehicles, has been given a Deferment of Detention Order in the District Court. In a recently published judgment, Judge John O’Connor stated that, since the child had engaged well recently with his Bail Support and wi

A man accused of breaching the terms of his contract with his former employer, by “assisting recruitment” and supplying confidential information to the company he moved to, has been ordered to make discovery of all documents “reasonably available to him by means of a data subject access reques

Jonathan Cooper OBE Barrister Jonathan Cooper OBE of Doughty Street Chambers looks at the protections guaranteed by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the consequences of its loss, especially for the LGBT community.

Barry Crushell Barry Crushell, director and legal counsel at Aperture Partners, writes on a recent case concerning employment rights and Brexit.

Fergal McGoldrick Fergal McGoldrick, solicitor in the media and defamation team at Carson McDowell, writes on the "right to be forgotten".

The Supreme Court has held that in circumstances where an applicant seeking asylum has not provided an address, placing a deportation notice on file does not constitute “service by registered post at the last known address” for the purposes of the Immigration Act 1999. Criticising the applicant�

A man who was involuntarily detained in a psychiatric unit for 16 months, despite his consultant psychiatrist expressing the view that he had recovered sufficiently to be discharged after 6 months, has been granted a declaration that the section of the Mental Health Act 2001 used to authorise his co

A federal judge has ruled that President Trumpcannot legally block Twitterusers as doing so violates their First Amendment right to free speech under the Constitution, Reutersreports.U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwalddid not order Mr Trump to unblock users but said she expected him or his soci