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A teacher who was dismissed from a boarding school after an incident with a student who complained that the teacher had tried to remove his trousers has failed in his action to restrain the Teaching Council of Ireland from notifying the National Vetting Bureau of their concerns. In applying for a pe

Irish lawyers have warned against blaming damages awards for high insurance premiums as newly-revised personal injury guidelines have hiked payouts in Northern Ireland by up to 20 per cent. Barrister Tim O'Connor told Irish Legal News that the increases in the latest edition of the Green Book, effec

Legal rights group FLAC has appointed Deirdre Malone as legal manager of its Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) project. Ms Malone, who has previously worked as a barrister in private practice, stepped down as executive director of the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) earlier this month in order to

The Department of Justice has released £55 million in funding to allow the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, to implement his plan to deal with legacy inquests. The announcement comes more than three years after Sir Declan first proposed plans to deal with all 56 outst

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has announced a study into family homicide cases to establish if there is a need for changes in the law. Mr Flanagan made the announcement following a meeting with the family of Clodagh Hawe, whose husband murdered her and their three sons in 2016.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland welcomed 84 newly-admitted solicitors to the legal profession yesterday. The new solicitors joined masters, family and friends for the admission ceremony at Whitla Hall at Queen's University Belfast on Wednesday night.

The UK Supreme Court will sit in Wales for the first time in July 2019. The court will sit in the Ty Hywel building in the National Assembly in Cardiff for four days of hearings from 22-25 July 2019, whilst the Assembly is in recess.

Dr Geraldine O'Hare, director of rehabilitation at the Probation Board for Northern Ireland, writes on the success of the Enhanced Combination Order pilot. For the past four years, the Probation Board for Northern Ireland has been piloting an intensive community sentence called ‘The Enhanced C

Eversheds Sutherland hosted former Brexit secretary David Davis as the keynote speaker at its annual leaders' dinner in Dublin last night. Mr Davis was the UK's Brexit secretary from 13 July 2016 until 8 July 2018, when he resigned over differences with the Prime Minister's Brexit plan.

On 23 December 1881, 21-year-old Hannah Reynolds was sentenced at the Petty Sessions court to 28 days in Cork gaol for her work with the Ladies Land League. The men in the National Irish Land League were charged under the Coercion Acts, however the women of the Ladies Land League were not to be impr

Police have arrested a man who seemed to dip his testicles into another man's salsa in a video published online. The video was allegedly recorded by a delivery driver who was delivering food from a local Mexican restaurant to a customer in the US state of Tennessee.

The separation of powers principle does not preclude the courts from considering a case brought by a private individual against members of the Public Accounts Committee, the Supreme Court has ruled. The Court held that the PAC acted "significantly outside its terms of reference" in its treatment of

Ms Justice Tara Burns has been appointed as chair of the referendum commission for this May's divorce referendum. The appointment paves the way for the referendum to take place on 24 May 2019, the same day as local and European elections.

Ireland must "do better" for the small minority of children in care who come into contact with the criminal justice system, according to new research on the link between care and justice. The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has launched a new report titled Care and Justice, authored by Dr Nicola Car

Leading solicitors, barristers and judges enjoyed a special Dublin screening of On the Basis of Sex, a drama about the life of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, this week.