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A German holidaymaker has won almost €1,000 in compensation after a court found he had been unable to secure a sunlounger during a family holiday in Greece because other guests reserved them first. The man, who holidayed with his wife and two children on the island of Kos in 2024, told Hanover

Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for $15 million, alleging the electronics giant used her image to market televisions without her permission. The pop star, 30, filed the lawsuit on Friday, claiming Samsung used a photograph of her face on television packaging and promotional materials around the world with

Specialist collective redress law firm KP Law is acting for AGC Collective Actions Limited, which is bringing a claim against Google on behalf of UK advertisers for alleged abuse of its dominant position in online display advertising. KP Law has filed an application for a collective proceedings orde

Two metal detectorists hoping for a quiet start to the season instead stumbled upon the largest Viking Age coin hoard ever discovered in Norway, and the beeping still hasn't stopped. When Vegard Sørlie and Rune Sætre swept a field at Mørstad farm near Rena in eastern Norway, they

Now entering their 14th year, the LEAP Irish Law Awards remain the premier platform for honoring the excellence and unwavering dedication of Ireland’s legal community. The 2026 finalists represent the vanguard of the profession, showcasing extraordinary skill and forward-thinking across divers

Hayes solicitors LLP has been appointed as the exclusive legal partner to Retail Excellence Ireland (REI), the largest representative body for the retail industry in Ireland. As part of the partnership, REI members will have access to legal advice from Hayes across a range of key business areas incl

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Permanent TSB (PTSB) €250,000 over a series of personal data breaches which were first reported in May 2022. The breaches occurred when malicious actors, in possession of certain customer information, called PTSB’s ‘Open24 Contact Centr

One in four financial services professionals believe Ireland faces a risk of economic contraction in 2026, according to almost 400 attendees at Mason Hayes & Curran’s annual Financial Services Briefing.  Forty-four per cent expect modest growth, while 31 per cent anticipate a flat per

William Fry LLP has won two awards at the Managing IP Awards 2026.  The firm was awarded ‘Irish Trademark Disputes Firm of the Year’, for the fourth year running and ‘Europe Cross-Border Patent Litigation Team of the Year’, for its work on the landmark Moderna (BioNTech/

The Law Society of Ireland has named Offaly Transition Year (TY) student Rhea Schreiber from Sacred Heart Secondary School, Tullamore, as the winner of the national Gráinne O’Neill Memorial Legal Essay Competition 2026.  The winner was announced at a special ceremony for finalists

The School of Law and Criminology at Maynooth University has received two award nominations. The Dentons Legal Insights Programme, led by Dr Elaine Burroughs and Marie Therese Ward, is a flagship initiative within the School and run in partnership with the MU Careers and Employability Service and MU

Three residents of a condominium complex in downtown Denver are suing a gym they claim has made their homes unliveable because of groaning weightlifters. The lawsuit, filed in Denver County District Court, accuses Summit Strong gym of allowing “unreasonably loud weightlifting-related noises&rd

A UK Supreme Court ruling on the Legacy Act and the Windsor Framework has drawn sharply contrasting reactions from politicians and campaigners in Northern Ireland. The court ruled unanimously that elements of the 2023 Legacy Act did not diminish victims’ rights under the Windsor Framework, ove

James Cameron is facing a lawsuit from actress Q'orianka Kilcher, who alleges the director unlawfully used her likeness as the basis for Neytiri, one of the central characters in the Avatar franchise. Ms Kilcher filed a complaint in a California federal court on Tuesday accusing Mr Cameron and

A new podcast series looking at Ireland's relationship with the European Court of Human Rights has been launched. The first episode of The European Court of Human Rights: An Irish Perspective Podcast features insights from Ireland’s Judge to the Court, Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh