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Professor Richard Susskind Legal experts will feature on BBC Radio 4’s Unreliable Evidence show tonight to discuss concerns about whether online courts could narrow access to justice.

Pictured (l-r): Prof Dmytro Volin, Prof Linda Zgaga, Prof David Kane, Prof Rachel Walsh and Prof Sarah O'Brien with the Provost Dr Rachael Walsh, assistant professor at TCD School of Law, has been presented with a Provost's Teaching Award.

A professional swimmer who was accused of raping a woman following a night out in Cardiff has been acquitted. Otto Putland, 24, who represented Wales in the 2014 Glasgow games, denied raping the woman after she had sex with his friend, Olympic swimmer Ieuan Lloyd.

A man who was sentenced to nine years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, has had his appeal against the severity of his sentence dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court, Mr Justice Mahon said that the abuse suffered by the man’s victims was asso

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has officially opened the refurbished and extended Waterford Courthouse.

Stephen Carson A&L Goodbody has been appointed to advise Europe's first independent white-label exchange-traded fund (ETF) platform.

Tributes have been paid to Mr Justice Michael Moriarty on his retirement from the High Court bench, The Irish Times reports. Attorney General Séamus Woulfe extended thanks on behalf of the State for his 31 years of public service, including his chairing of the Moriarty Tribunal between 1997–2010.

Major demonstrations by criminal law barristers over legal aid rates are planned in an attempt to force their strike into the public eye, The Brief reports. Angela Rafferty QC, chairwoman of the Criminal Bar Association, said in her weekly email to members that a day of action was being planned and

Máiréad Enright Two senior academics at University of Birmingham School of Law have launched a website that aims to share accurate information about the Eighth Amendment.

A group of staff and students in the Law Department at Maynooth University have presented their research at the SLSA Annual Conference at the University of Bristol. Senior lecturer Dr Noelle Higgins presented her paper, Crime of Our Times?: Cultural Cleansing and the Destruction of Cultural Property

Dozens of retired Aer Lingus pilots have launched litigation against the airline in a dispute over pensions, the Sunday Business Post reports. A total of 32 pilots issued High Court proceedings last week in a dispute over a miscalculation of pension entitlements, which saw the former pilots being ov

Fatou Bensouda The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has warned Israel over possible war crimes after Palestinian protesters were shot by Israeli troops on the Gaza border.

A lawyer accused of exchanging sex for legal services has been sentenced to 80 years’ imprisonment. Mark Benavides, 48, was found guilty on six counts of trafficking by the jury in San Antonio, Texas.

A man who was awarded costs in the High Court in 2011 against a judge whom he accused of objective bias has not been awarded costs despite successfully appealing a High Court order which was made once the matter was remitted by the Supreme Court. Finding that an award of costs could not be made agai

Ken Murphy In-house lawyers are "sweeping" the Irish legal profession, according to new analysis produced by the Law Society of Ireland.