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A new law will stop the resale of tickets above face value for sporting events and concerts in venues with a capacity greater than 1,000. Business Minister Heather Humphreys has secured Cabinet approval for the move, which comes after a joint bill brought by Fine Gael TD Noel Rock and Stephen Donnel

The Government has approved the appointment of Mr Justice Seán Ryan, former President of the Court of Appeal, as a member of the Tribunal of Inquiry into protected disclosures made under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and certain other matters. In March of this year, Mr Justice Ryan retir

Nestlé's attempts to trademark its four-finger Kit Kat shape have been dismissed by judges in the European Court of Justice, in the latest judgment of a decade-long saga. In a ruling today, the court said the company had failed to show its shape was sufficiently distinctive in all the countri

Via Michael Miller (@nysbapresident): Absolutely spectacular @NYSBA member reception in #Dublin at @TheBarofIreland, preceded by fascinating meeting with Ireland’s Chief Justice the Hon. Mr Frank Clarke. Thank you @TheBarofIreland Chairman @paulmcgarrysc, chair-elect Micheál P. O&rsquo

President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale, has delivered a lecture on the use of empirical research in the justice system. The lecture, entitled "Challenges in the justice system and the contribution of empirical research", was the inaugural Nuffield Foundation Annual Lecture and was delivered on 14

The next Director of Public Prosecutions, Max Hill QC, has promised to “restore public trust in the Crown Prosecution Service” following a series of high-profile disclosure failings leading to collapsed trials. Mr Hill's appointment to the post was announced yesterday by the Attorney Gen

A woman who was sexually abused by her stepfather from the age of four has won a case against the "same roof" rule which denied her the right to compensation. The rule denied payouts to victims who lived in the same home as their attackers before 1979.

Two applicants who sought to challenge the result of the abortion referendum have had their applications for leave to present a referendum petition refused in the High Court. Emphasising the size of the majority in favour of the result, Mr Justice Peter Kelly, President of the High Court was satisfi

The UK government’s White Paper is an important step towards avoiding a ‘hard’ border in Ireland. However, sustaining the rule of law in the Irish border region will depend on institutional co-operation, writes Jan van Zyl Smit (Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law). By proposin

The Victims Commissioner has warned that the Government's public consultation on legacy issues is so low-key it risks a poor response rate, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Judith Thompson said the information campaign as it stands could result in thousands of victims missing out on the opportunity to

John Kelly looks at the merits of drawing up a modern slavery statement. Modern slavery significant problem in NI’… ‘PSNI receive 31 trafficking and modern slavery cases’… ‘People being kept as human slaves on a daily basis across Northe

The Scottish Parliament's Brexit bill is "fundamentally inconsistent" with the law, counsel for the UK government has told the Supreme Court.

Four operators of a business which charged £2,000 per person for advice on immigration were convicted at Croydon Crown Court of various offences in a case brought by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC). Swaye Binns, 39, from Dulwich founded Commonwealth Evaluators Ltd, a

The Legal Education Foundation has published a report by legal journalist Joshua Rozenberg QC (hon) on the proposed online court. The report provides a commentary on the origins and progress of the programme of court reform currently underway in England and Wales.