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Tanya Ward The Oireachtas justice committee has voted down proposals to amend the Data Protection Bill 2018 to set the digital age of consent at 16.

A High Court judge has criticised media commentary which he said described sentencing in rape cases as “opaque and not transparent”. Mr Justice Tony Hunt made his remarks on Monday during the sentencing of a man who sexually molested his 13-year-old cousin when he was aged 15.

Derry couple Michael Harkin and Donna McCool have lost their case in the first-ever UK Supreme Court judgment handed down in Northern Ireland. The five-judge appeal court, led by Deputy President Lord Mance, handed down a majority decision in their appeal against confiscation orders made by Derry Cr

Two prominent barristers are set to take part in a debate later this month on how victims' and suspects' rights can be reconciled. Maria McDonald BL, a founding member of the Victims' Rights Alliance (VRA), will discuss the issue with Mary Rose Gearty SC, vice-chairman of the Bar Council of Ireland,

The High Court has ruled that Facebook cannot stall the referral of 11 questions on EU-US data transfers to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), The Irish Times reports. Ms Justice Caroline Costello agreed last October to a request from the Data Protection Commissioner to make the refe

Evidence disclosure in criminal trials is a “complete mess”, a top criminal barrister has said. Angela Rafferty QC, chairwoman of the Criminal Bar Association, told the Justice Committee that the situation was close to breaking point, The Brief reports.

Jim Daly A government minister has proposed plans to ban children under the age of 14 from owning smartphones and having unrestricted access to the Internet, the Sunday Business Post reports.

UK law firm TLT has been ranked among the most active clean energy advisers in the world by Clean Energy Pipeline magazine. The global league tables put TLT at number four for the volume of M&A deals it completed in 2017, with the firm having advised on 25 deals valued at $770 million.

O’Flynn Exhams Solicitors has announced its sponsorship of Camille O’Sullivan’s upcoming Cork Opera House show as part of Cork Midsummer Festival. World-renowned singer and story-teller Camille O’Sullivan returns for the Cork Midsummer Festival for one night only alongside the Cork Opera Hou

The High Court has declined to make a final determination on the surrender of a man to Poland on foot of a European Arrest Warrant. Stating that the outcome of questions referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) by the High Court in March 2018 could have an impact on the present

Pictured (l-r): Hugh Cummins, Ronan Dunne, Siobhan McCabe, Sean McElligott, Andrew Tzialli, Amanda Jayne Comyn, and Philip Lee in front. Philip Lee has announced the opening of its first UK office in London in order to capitalise on the opportunities of Brexit, along with the appointment of five new

McCann FitzGerald has announced the appointment of three new partners, bringing the firm's total partner count to 77.

Pictured (l-r): Former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland Lord Kerr, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Lady Hale, Deputy Chair for the Bar of NI Sarah Ramsey Lady Hale, president of the UK Supreme Court, has officially opened The Resolution Centre in Belfast.

Shari Holmes Belfast-based John F Gibbons & Co has announced the appointment of Shari Holmes as a senior associate at the firm.