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No new coroners have been appointed in Ireland in 18 years and more than 40 per cent are over the age of 60, The Irish Times reports. A new government audit has discovered that local authorities are not appointing coroners due to uncertainty over their legal duties and legislation which has not yet

The first tax appeal case heard under the UK government's online "video hearing" pilot has taken place, with lawyers in Belfast presenting evidence to a judge sitting in London. The HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), launching the pilot last month, said it would explore how video hearings mi

A French national of Algerian decent has won a case alleging racial and religious discrimination against the Youth Hostel Association of Northern Ireland (YHA). Belfast-based Samir Chefai, who was supported in taking his case by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI), settled his case f

An Austrian official is to be given more than €300,000 after he was unfairly passed over for a job because he is male, The Local reports. Peter Franzmayr sued after failing to gain an internal promotion in the country’s transport ministry in 2011.

A bill providing for same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland is to be introduced in the House of Lords today. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Bill to be introduced by Conservative peer Lord Hayward this afternoon is identical to a bill which Labour MP Conor McGinn will present in th

Police in the UK should not be allowed to access individuals' phone data without a search warrant, privacy campaigners have said. At least 26 forces in England and Wales have admitted using technology to extract data from phones. The PSNI said they have not trialled or used mobile phone extraction t

A woman who reported her former tenants to Tusla and to the Early Intervention Team at the HSE has successfully defended a defamation action against her, which was brought by her former tenants after an investigation into alleged violent behaviour towards their children was concluded in their favour

Pictured (l-r): Ann Henry and Richard Foley Pinsent Masons has marked the launch of its Dublin office at 1 Windmill Lane, SOBO with the appointment of Ann Henry as partner.

Mr Justice Seán Ryan, president of the Court of Appeal, has retired after fifteen years on the bench. He sat for the last time on Friday, where senior members of the judiciary and legal profession paid tribute to his legacy as first judge to preside over the Court of Appeal, The Irish Times reports

Attorney General Séamus Woulfe SC Prominent lawyers have given backing to Attorney General Séamus Woulfe SC after he called the Judicial Appointments Bill a "dog's dinner".

The Department of Justice has launched a new non-statutory disclosure scheme aimed at helping to protect people from becoming a victim of domestic violence or abuse. The Domestic Violence and Abuse Disclosure Scheme (DVADS) allows an individual to make inquiries confidentially to police, where they

A civil society group has been refused permission to join High Court proceedings in which an Irish judge has asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to rule on whether mutual trust continues to exist between Poland and other member states in EU extradition cases. Fair Trial Europe, a

Professor Eekelaar The School of Law at University College Cork will officially launch its new Centre for Children's Rights and Family Law next month.

Social media giant Facebook resisted attempts by the Data Protection Commissioner to clamp down on the data collection practices now central to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Facebook was told in 2011 and 2012 that allowing apps to collect and process friends' profile data and likes could not be j

There were 514 applications to the Solicitors Regulation Authority to open new law firms in 2017, underlining the health of the legal profession despite Brexit related uncertainty, according to accountants and business advisers Hazlewoods, which specialises in the legal profession. With 10,400 solic