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The Department of Justice and Equality is examining the implications of Brexit for extraditions between Ireland and the UK, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has announced. Mr Flanagan said the "necessity to maintain a functioning system of extradition" between the two countries was the "key priorit

The United Kingdom is free to revoke unilaterally the notification of its intention to withdraw from the EU and such a revocation, decided in accordance with its own national constitutional requirements, would have the effect that the United Kingdom remains in the EU under terms that are unchanged

Arthur Cox has been named M&A Legal Adviser of the Year for Ireland at the Mergermarket European M&A Awards 2018 in London. The awards recognise the achievements of Europe's top dealmakers and reward innovative advisory work on some of the region's most transformative deals of the past year.

Stephen Tierney, professor of constitutional theory at Edinburgh University, comments on today's Brexit judgment from the CJEU. The Court of Justice of the European Union today issued its judgment in Wightman. It endorsed the opinion of Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona to the effect th

Lawyers for a man found guilty of money laundering have asked the Court of Appeal to set guidance on how the "complex legislation" should be explained to juries. Henry Alinta, 44, had pleaded not guilty to money laundering contrary to section 7(1) of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terror

Kilrane O'Callaghan & Co. Solicitors is under investigation by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau, The Irish Times reports. In July, principal solicitor Declan O'Callaghan was ordered by the High Court not to practise as a solicitor pending the outcome of Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal p

A court crier has brought a High Court challenge over the Court Service of Ireland's decision to terminate his employment. The action has been taken by Martin Walsh, who has been the tipstaff or crier to Judge Doirbhile Flanagan of the Circuit Court since 2012.

Solicitor Joe Rice has announced his retirement as co-chair of the Pro Bono Choir. The choir of solicitors, barristers and judges recently performed Christmas carols at St. Anne's Cathedral in Belfast.

The UK government has announced new measures aimed at preventing criminals abusing Scottish Limited Partnerships (SLPs) to launder dirty money. Business Minister Kelly Tolhurst said the package of transparency and anti-corruption measures would ensure that Scottish Limited Partnerships "can still be

Culture Minister Josepha Madigan has launched a Christmas exhibition of contemporary art by six up-and-coming Irish artists at Mason Hayes & Curran's offices in Dublin. The exhibition was curated by children from three schools in Dublin under the Royal Hibernian Academy's (RHA) art education pro

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has published the findings of a new poll on human rights and equality to mark International Human Rights Day 2018. The Amárach Research poll findings from a survey of over 1,200 people in Ireland found overwhelming agreement (84 per cent) that st

Tens of thousands of fraud victims have been denied justice after a computer algorithm dismissed four-fifths of reported cases. The Sunday Telegraph reports that 80 per cent of fraud incidents reported to the police in 2017-18 were rejected.

Dozens of pairs of designer trainers seized from a convicted gangster are set to be auctioned to raise money for fighting crime. A total of 55 pairs of trainers, together worth almost £20,000, were seized from Isaiah Hanson-Frost, 22, after his arrest.

Stating that "the chilling effect on privacy and the rights of free expression and association by actual, feared and mandatory surveillance cannot be underestimated", Mr Justice Tony O’Connor has found that sections of the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011 are inconsistent with EU la

Proposed legislation aimed at allowing people separated from their families by adoption to access their own records and histories has been criticised by a civil liberties group as being "unfit for purpose". The Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill would gather all adoption and informal care