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Mr Justice Gerard Hogan has formally taken up the position of Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Mr Justice Hogan, a former judge of the Court of Appeal, was nominated by the Government in May and was subsequently assessed by a panel established by the EU.

An editorial in The Irish Times has urged the Government to listen to legal rights group FLAC on access to justice in the State. Today's editorial follows the launch this week of FLAC's 2017 Annual Report, which showed that over 25,000 people received advice from its network of free legal advice cen

The UK's bulk interception regime violates article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, judges in the European Court of Human Rights have ruled by five votes to two. The case of Big Brother Watch and Others v the United Kingdom concerned complaints by journalists and rights organisations ab

The European Parliament has given its backing to controversial new copyright rules which critics say will limit freedom of expression on the Internet. The revised proposal for an EU Directive on copyright in the digital single market was approved by MEPs by 438 votes to 226, with 39 abstentions.

Belfast City Council has approved plans to convert the former Crumlin Road Courthouse into a £10 million hotel, the Belfast Telegraph reports. The 77-bed hotel, to be named Lanyon Hotel, could open as early as autumn 2019.

All 25 prisons in the US state of Pennsylvania were put on lockdown recently after prison staff fell ill from exposure to a mysterious drug. Nearly 30 employees from ten different facilities have reported the symptoms of nausea, dizziness, tingling and a scratchy throat.

An application for costs related to judicial review proceedings which were rendered moot before they could be heard has been refused in the High Court. The applicant had been granted leave to seek an order of mandamus compelling the Minister for Justice and Equality to make a decision on her applica

ByrneWallace has announced the appointment of Neil Keenan as head of the firm's corporate team, succeeding new managing partner Feargal Brennan. Mr Keenan has over 25 years' experience as a corporate lawyer and is vice-chair of the Law Society of Ireland's business law committee.

Belfast-based commercial firm Tughans has announced the expansion of its legal team with the appointment of 13 new members of staff.

Long-established Dublin firm P.J. Walsh & Co. Solicitors has merged with Ken Kennedy Solicitors, the two firms have announced. Sean Sexton, who headed up the firm founded by his father-in-law Patrick J. Walsh in 1937, will stay on as a consultant of the merged firm.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will not reconsider its decision to reject Ireland's application for a revision of the 1978 "Hooded Men" judgment. In March, the ECtHR dismissed the Government’s application to revise Ireland v United Kingdom, in which the court found that the 14 men

Barry MacCarthy, founding partner at MacCarthy Johnston Solicitors in Dublin, has passed away following a battle with cancer. Mr MacCarthy founded the firm in 2010, having previously been partner in a large Dublin firm and head of corporate at a mid-sized practice.

A woman has been found guilty of fraud by false representation after pretending to be a lawyer. Harvinder Kaur Thethi, 46, from Solihull, West Midlands, was found guilty of six counts of fraud by false representation at Southwark Crown Court. Ms Thethi was remanded in custody pending a sentenci

The Hibernian Law Journal is now accepting submissions for Volume 18, which will be published in summer 2019. Last July, Mr Justice Michael Peart of the Court of Appeal launched Volume 17 at a special ceremony convened at the Law Society of Ireland.

Matheson has announced that it will continue its partnership with The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) for another year. Having commenced in 2015, the successful relationship between the two organisations will focus on ‘Irish Art at IMMA’ over the course of 2018/19.