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Belfast firm Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors has published a two-and-a-half-minute video sharing the story of their client Siobhan McLaughlin, whose UK Supreme Court challenge to the rules governing the payment of a Widowed Parent’s Allowance will conclude tomorrow.

A man convicted of smuggling around £130,000 worth of gold out of the Royal Canadian Mint in his rectum has been granted a reduced fine on appeal. Leston Lawrence, 35, was fined around £147,500 last February by Justice Doody after being convicted of stealing the nugget-sized pieces of go

A woman who campaigned for a No vote in the abortion referendum has had her appeal to challenge the outcome of the referendum dismissed in the Court of Appeal. Upholding the High Court's refusal to grant the woman leave to present a petition, Mr Justice George Birmingham, President of the Court of A

A new report from the Personal Injury Commission (PIC) chaired by retired judge Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns has ruled out a legislative cap on damages awards, the Sunday Business Post reports. The Commission's second report, due to be published next month, says that such a cap would amount to an unco

Dillon Eustace recently acted as advisors to Deutsche Bank AG London Branch who provided the financing for the recent management buy-out of Seniors Money Ireland. Conor Keaveny, partner in the law firm's banking and capital markets team, led the transaction with support from partner John-Hugh Coller

The Department of Justice is planning to appoint an expert to advise on the introduction of electronic monitoring for people on bail, the Irish Examiner reports. The Criminal Justice Act 2017 provides for electronic monitoring as part of the conditions of bail, but this has not yet been put into pra

A shareholder of two private medical clinics has called for the new abortion legislation to allow shareholders in private hospitals to be bought out at market value if the hospitals carry out abortions, the Sunday Business Post reports. James Sheehan, a director of Blackrock Medical, which holds sha

The Law Society of Scotland is drawing up plans to allow first-year trainee criminal lawyers to appear in court because there are too few entrants to the criminal legal aid sector, The Times reports. There are currently between 25 and 30 trainees at criminal legal aid firms, in addition to those at

Over 680,000 public services cards (PSCs) were issued last year, bringing the total issued to over 3.03 million, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has revealed. The controversial PSC scheme, which has come under fire from privacy campaigners and data protection lawyers, has

The founder of an organisation helping lay litigants fight repossession orders has lost his own case in the High Court, the Sunday Business Post reports. The court granted Pepper Finance a repossession order for the Kildare home of Byron Jenkins and Adrienne Jenkins.

Police have launched a criminal investigation into the demolition of an historic Dundee mill. The derelict Halley's Mill, built in 1836, was demolished by Craigie Estates in May out of safety concerns.

A woman’s claim for damages trespass and personal injuries, and violation of constitutional rights arising out of the Gardaí’s forcible entry into her home without a warrant in August 2012, has been remitted to the High Court for an assessment of damages. Allowing the woman’

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has told the Irish Examiner he backs a review of contempt of court laws but is restricted by a "very full-on legislative programme". The justice minister said he would also support a review of libel laws as he reflected on the use of social media during the Jobstown

The UK Supreme Court will hand down its judgment this week on Belfast woman Siobhan McLaughlin's challenge to the rules governing the payment of a Widowed Parent's Allowance. The case was heard by Supreme Court justices in May during its historic first-ever sitting in Belfast.

There are still 138 outstanding lawsuits involving the Irish Banking Resolution Corporation (IBRC), formerly known as Anglo Irish Bank, despite it being wound down in 2013, the Irish Examiner reports. Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe told TDs that the IBRC is currently defending 111 cases and is the