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The High Court has ruled that Facebook cannot stall the referral of 11 questions on EU-US data transfers to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), The Irish Times reports. Ms Justice Caroline Costello agreed last October to a request from the Data Protection Commissioner to make the refe

A judge has said it is unfair that fraud cases are coming before the courts four years after they were committed. Judge Patrick Quinn made his comments when sentencing a man who stole €4,300 in 2014 from a small financial services firm that employed him.

The UK government has apologised for its role in a Libyan dissident's 2004 abduction, torture and rendition to Libya. In a letter, Prime Minister Theresa May acknowledged that an MI6 tip-off allowed Abdul Hakim Belhaj and his wife, Fatima Boudchar, to be detained by US forces in Thailand.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been fined £325,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it lost unencrypted DVDs containing recordings of police interviews. The DVDs contained recordings of interviews with 15 victims of child sex abuse, to be used at the trial.

Amanda-Jayne Comyn Dublin firm Philip Lee has announced the appointment of Amanda-Jayne Comyn as a partner in the firm's tax department.

In an address given in London this month, UK Supreme Court President Lady Hale looks at privacy and publicity in the context of the family justice system. She touches on the Supreme Court’s case law, including Reilly v Sandwell MBC, Khuja v Times Newspapers Ltd and PJS v News Group Newspapers and

There is just one day left to contribute to Liberty’s legal fees in its fight against the UK government over the Snoopers’ Charter. The Investigatory Powers Act – or Snoopers’ Charter – lets the government monitor records of everyone’s texts, emails and calls. It means everybody’s web

Facebook and Google have been hit with a series of lawsuits, in the wake of GDPR of coming into force, that accuse the tech giants of coercing users into sharing their personal data. The lawsuits, which seek to fine Facebook €3.9 billion and Google €3.7bn, were brought by Max Schrems, an Austria

John Sheehy International law firm DAC Beachcroft has promoted solicitor John Sheehy to partner in Dublin as part of a tranche of promotions.

Adrian Flynn DWF has announced the appointment of partner Adrian Flynn in the international firm's Dublin office, where he will work with the insurance team focusing on defendant personal injury claims.

Chris Owens MKB Law has announced the appointment of Chris Owens as a solicitor in family law.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has extended a "sincere apology" to people who were affected by the criminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland prior to 1993.

Retired judge and author James J O'Sullivan has died at the age of 85, The Irish Times reports. Judge O'Sullivan retired in 2002 as one of Ireland's longest serving judges, having spent 32 years on the District Court bench.

Mr Justice Michael Peart Solicitor Michael O'Sullivan has lost an appeal against the High Court's 2016 finding of professional misconduct against him.

Charlie Flanagan The number of new applications for insolvency solutions through the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) increased by 39 per cent in 2017.