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Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said Ireland's "very profitable" insurance industry needs to do more to reduce the costs of premiums. Speaking in the context of a Seanad debate on personal injury payouts, he said the level of awards "needs to be addressed and, indeed, a number of initiatives a

Two people who came to Ireland as refugees but subsequently naturalised as Irish citizens have failed in their court bid to access the family reunification scheme. Ms Justice Marie Baker, sitting in the Court of Appeal, today handed down judgment in the test cases ‘MAM’ and ‘KN&rsq

Ms Justice Bronagh O'Hanlon is set to join a range of speakers at a charity CPD event raising money for Nurture Health. The "Exit Wounds" conference, organised by barrister Doireann O'Mahony, will hear from a range of medical experts on maternal urological injuries and anal sphincter injuries in chi

Over a dozen Northern Ireland lawyers have received certificates after completing eight weeks of training in mediation at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS).

The Northern Ireland Young Solicitors Association (NIYSA) has set out plans to host a series of high-profile CPD and social events over the course of a "defining year in Europe".

Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games medallist Leon Reid has urged firms in the legal sector to take part in the fifth annual Grant Thornton Runway Run.

A judge in the Court of Appeal has said it "beggars belief" that a woman would falsely claim to have been raped and sexually assaulted 15 times in order to claim victim compensation, as her appeal against conviction was rejected. Jemma Beale, 27, was described as a "serial liar" who in part made up

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that Russia did not meet its article 2 obligations while investigating a man's murder by a police officer while he was held in a drunk tank. Aleksandr Alekseyvich Anoshin, 51, was murdered in July 2002 after being stopped by police and taken to a s

After several decades as a military fort, and a much earlier history of being a monastic settlement, Spike Island was converted into a prison in 1847.

A religious order has been told to reinstate a historic castle folly that it partly demolished. The Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary had demolished almost the entire 19th century folly on the grounds of the former Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in Cork.

A builder who challenged an application for specific performance of the sale of his home pursuant to a contract he signed in 2014, has had all defences relied on rejected in the High Court. Describing the man as "a poor and self-serving historian with little consideration for the effects on others a

Barrister Mark McGarrity was sworn in as a district judge in the Magistrates' Courts this morning. A graduate of Queen's University Belfast and the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS), he called to The Bar of Northern Ireland in 2004 and The Bar of Ireland in 2011.

Mr Justice Peter Kelly, president of the High Court, will join mediation experts in Dublin today to examine the impact of the Mediation Act 2017 one year on from its commencement. Other speakers at the event in Blackhall Place this afternoon include Ger Deering, the financial services and pensions o

Ireland's human rights watchdog has said any new electoral commission for the State should have a mandate to challenge hate speech in election campaigns. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has today set out its recommendations to Government on the establishment of a new electoral commiss

A charity fundraising CPD event has smashed its own records after raising over €22,000 for the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People. The latest Lawyers Against Homelessness (LAH) CPD event heard from 12 speakers, including Ms Justice Mary Irvine, on topics including taxation, commercial law,