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The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision which determined that the minister for justice and equality failed to consider the “emotional and social dependency” in a non-EU national’s application for an EU residency card. The High Court held that the minister’s d

Ronan Hynes, partner at Sellors LLP, offers a sneak peek into the law firm of the future. As we start to emerge from Covid-19 and take stock in a post-pandemic world, is there an opportunity to rethink the future law firm operating model? What does the future hold for law firms and the legal industr

Jude Murray BL thoroughly delves into Ireland's landmark new capacity legislation ahead of its commencement and summarises the key sections. The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 is due to fully commence in 2022. It is a very significant new piece of capacity legislation that addresses a

Northern Ireland's High Court has rejected all grounds of appeal against an extradition warrant to Poland. Although Poland’s courts had a "general systemic deficiency", the court held that this did not create a presumption that the applicant would be denied a fair trial. The applicant, Kamil C

Uncertainty remains as to the correct interpretation of Article 82 of GDPR for the right of data subjects to obtain compensation for breaches of data. Rose Caroline McGrath BL and Mark Finan BL consider some of the approaches which are emerging from the references to the CJEU and the UK case law tog

One year after the Pegasus Project revelations, the lack of a global moratorium on the sale of spyware is allowing the surveillance industry to continue unchecked, Amnesty International warned today. The Pegasus Project uncovered how governments worldwide were using NSO Group’s invasive Pegasu

Matheson partners Kate McKenna and Davinia Brennan explain coming changes to Ireland's data retention regime. New Irish data retention laws governing the retention and access of electronic communications data are in the pipeline following two fresh data retention judgments from the Court of Justice

Sinead Morgan, senior associate at RDJ LLP, considers the challenges for employers in handling remote working during an energy crisis. The hybrid working revolution triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic has been credited for accelerating innovative working practices such as remote working by years, if

The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal brought by an accused who claimed that the Court of Appeal failed to consider the totality principle in his case. The man had successfully argued in the Court of Appeal that the trial judge had erred in sentencing him for several indecent assault offences, but

The High Court has determined that a mother had wrongfully removed her two children to Ireland and ordered that they should be returned to Sweden under the Hague Convention. The eldest child claimed that she would self-harm if she was returned to Sweden but the court held that there were not strong

As a colleague once observed to her, Sinéad Corcoran is rather more than just a lawyer. “I think by that he meant the skill set that I've brought to the organisation — and it’s what any good lawyer brings to their client,” she says. “You're much more than simply

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by the DPP against a sentence of three years and three months' imprisonment for a young woman convicted of gross negligence manslaughter of her infant child. The final three years of the sentence were suspended by the trial judge and the DPP argued that th

The High Court has refused an application for protective costs orders brought by two disabled individuals seeking a further year of education from the Minister for Education. Both applicants had applied for an extra year of special schooling in order to make up for the significant amount of time mis

The Court of Appeal has upheld the validity of injunctions which were obtained by Wilson’s Hospital School to restrain a former teacher, Mr Enoch Burke, from attending the school premises. Delivering the main judgment in the case, Mr Justice George Birmingham held that both the interim and int

A Deputy Judge of the High Court of England and Wales has granted permission for a Ukrainian father to withdraw an application under the Hague Convention of 1980 under which he sought the return of his two children to Kyiv. Applicant NW had remained in Ukraine under the requirements of martial law w