Analysis

The Supreme Court has determined that a dispute on disclosure in a historical sexual abuse case was not a matter for judicial review and did not in any event warrant the prohibition of the trial. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Peter Charleton highlighted: “The responsibi

Eversheds Sutherland partner Lisa Boyd comments on the delay to a new procurement law in Northern Ireland. The Procurement Act, due to come into effect yesterday, has been delayed until 24 February 2025.

ILN's Connor Beaton talks to Philippa Greer about how UNRWA is battling to preserve international humanitarian law in Gaza, where at least 42,800 Palestinians have now been killed in Israel's military response to the October 7 attack. Philippa Greer had already accepted the top job in UNRWA’s

Robert Shiels reviews a new book on the interface between technology and war. The military-industrial complex of the United States was the subject of a chilling warning by President Eisenhower and a new book reveals how Silicon Valley has morphed to make it ever more deadly.

Kane Tuohy employment lawyer Triona Cody considers best practices for employment references. The issue of employees providing references without authority has received a lot of media coverage in recent weeks. In this article, we explore some of the commonly asked questions in relation to providing r

Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) solicitor Chantal Feeney reviews a recent case which highlighted the distinction between misfeasance and non-feasance. In Breda Long v Tipperary County Council, the High Court ruled that the defendant in the case could not be held liable for the injuries that the plaintiff

McCann FitzGerald partners Josh Hogan and Philip Murphy examine a recent English ruling concerning LIBOR's "tough legacy". The English High Court has published a judgment on how a LIBOR-referencing contract should be interpreted now that LIBOR is no longer published as a benchmark rate. The case (St

McCann FitzGerald partners Stephen FitzSimons and Gill Lohan provide an overview of the new Irish Corporate Governance Code. Following an earlier consultation process, Euronext Dublin has published an Irish Corporate Governance Code.

Wendy’s Moore’s biography of Vera Holme and Eveline Haverfield, or simply Jack and Eve, is a deeply entertaining insight into the lives of two extraordinary Edwardian women in love, writes Susie Deedigan. Jack had grown up comfortably, but the sudden loss of her father in childhood meant

With the recent change in law allowing barristers and solicitors to enter into partnership, Killian Flood offers his views on how the new business model might work in practice, and who stands to benefit from barrister/solicitor partnerships. As of 8 October, barristers can enter into legal partnersh

Historian Susie Deedigan examines a new collection of colourised photos of Ireland in the 1940s. The Emergency in Colour presents 200 compelling images taken during the Second World War, or Emergency as it was known in neutral Éire. Each image has been carefully colourised by John O’Byr

Dear Editor, Former minister for justice Alan Shatter, himself a retired solicitor, wrote to The Irish Times' letters page this week defending the reforms he initiated in the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015.

Irish Legal News presents the second in a series of articles facilitating dialogue between criminal justice policymakers/practitioners and academic researchers. In today’s piece, criminologists from Maynooth University discuss how research partnerships can help translate research evidence into

Eoin Jackson considers how Ireland should respond to new proposals to recognise ecocide as an international crime. In September 2024, a group of Pacific Island states proposed that environmental destruction be criminalised under international law as a crime of “ecocide”.

Tim Carson places the statutory review of the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 in context. Midway through the Long Vacation, the Northern Ireland Department of Finance quietly published its statutorily mandated Report on the Review of the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.