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Dr Ian Cooper of the Dublin City University's Brexit Institute divulged his seven-part run-down on the Brexit process to an audience drawn from law, politics and academia at an event in JW Sweetman on Friday. For Brexit to be successfully carried out, the British government needs to pass through wha

Google has become the first US company to be fined under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). France’s data watchdog, the CNIL, issued a €50 million fine to the search engine after it violated GDPR by failing to tell its users how it collected data and by also declining to provi

Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems has lodged complaints against eight online streaming services in relation to alleged "structural violations" of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Non-profit organisation NOYB (None Of Your Business), said it filed a complaint with Austria's D

A former soldier who contracted Q fever in Afghanistan is suing the Ministry of Defence in what could be a landmark case, the BBC reports. Wayne Bass said his life has been ruined by the condition that could have been prevented had he been given antibiotics to protect him from the disease.

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is to appear on film – in the new Lego movie. Justice Ginsburg, known to her fans as the "Notorious RBG", will appear as a Lego figure clothed in judicial garb.

A long-dead anti-Nazi resistance leader struck a blow for freedom when his statue toppled onto a fascist vandal who was trying to destroy the monument and broke his leg. In the incident described by the authorities in the Croatian coastal town of Split as “savage vandalism”, police said

A man whose son was murdered in 1997 has successfully appealed a case management decision not to remove a stay on the hearing of his application to issue judicial review proceedings against the PSNI, the Department of Justice, and the Coroner’s Service. The Court of Appeal said that a comment

Court business in Derry has been disrupted after a car bomb exploded outside the Bishop Street courthouse on Saturday evening. Crown Court business involving trials and juries has been adjourned until tomorrow, while all other Crown Court business will be dealt with at Coleraine courthouse today.

The latest tranche of case reports from the Child Care Law Reporting Project (CCLRP) reveal that homelessness is leading to children being kept in care. The second volume of 2018 case reports, now available from the project's website, includes 38 cases from all parts of the State.

Ireland should not be "smug" about conducting referendums "right while Britain does it wrong", a senior academic has warned. Speaking at an event hosted by Dublin Law and Politics Review on Friday night, Professor Eoin O'Malley of DCU School of Law & Government offered his critical analysis of w

Ireland's former public prosecutor James Hamilton is set to lead an investigation into whether the First Minister of Scotland broke the ministerial code of conduct last year. Mr Hamilton, who served as Ireland's Director of Public Prosecutions from 1999 to 2011, was appointed an independent adviser

Irish experts on the impact of parental imprisonment on children have encouraged Irish authorities to follow the example of an English prison which installed a photo booth for prisoners and visitors. HMP Lowdham Grange, a privately-run prison in Nottinghamshire, installed the photo booth last year t

Maples and Calder's investment management group has successfully obtained authorisation for an Abu Dhabi-based investment manager to act for Irish-authorised Collective Investment Schemes for the first time. AD Global Investors Limited (AGDI) are the first Abu Dhabi-based investment manager, with Ab

Pinsent Masons has been recognised by a leading LGBT charity for its work towards marriage equality in Northern Ireland.

Kilkenny firm Poe Kiely Hogan Lanigan Solicitors has been shortlisted for a prestigious Irish renewable energy award. The firm is a contender for "Consultant Firm of the Year" at the Irish Wind Industry Awards 2019, which will be announced at a gala dinner and ceremony on Friday.