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A bid to encourage companies to use Ireland as a jurisdiction to settle legal disputes has received the Government’s support, The Irish Independent reports.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has welcomed a settlement secured in a case of members of the Traveller community denied service in a licensed premises. The individuals involved applied jointly to the District Court for redress under the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 with legal represe

Two complaints made against barristers were upheld by a professional conduct body in 2016, The Irish Independent reports. The Barristers’ Professional Conduct Tribunal received 33 complaints, its annual report reveals, with a further 14 carried on from the previous year.

Northern Ireland’s police chief has given the UK government short shrift over delays in dealing with the legacy of the Troubles, saying “stop prevaricating and get on with it”. Police Service of Northern Ireland chief constable George Hamilton told the Press Association he was frustrated that

The Attorney General’s amenability to judicial review is the subject of a paper by Conor McCormick, a PhD candidate at Queen’s University Belfast. In “Reviewing the reviewability of the Attorney General for Northern Ireland” Mr McCormick (pictured) looks at the historic view of the Attorney

A man who defrauded a foreign student after she was duped into renting a non-existent room may perform community service in lieu of a prison sentence. Ashley Lucas (36) of Hayworth Rise, Ongar, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one count of money laundering, which involved se

The effectiveness of UK sanctions will be undermined unless the UK can quickly agree arrangements for future sanctions policy co-operation with the EU, the EU External Affairs Sub-Committee has stated in a new report. Without this, the UK could be left with the choice of imposing less effective unil

Plans for a new court to adjudicate on trade disputes with the EU are being drawn up by UK governmentministers in an attempt to resolve a dispute with Brussels over the role of the European Court of Justice after Brexit. Whitehall is reported as favouring a model under which the UK and EU would have

Price Waterhouse Cooper have been granted leave to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal, which had limited the extent of particulars to be provided by Quinn Insurance Limited (Under Administration) in their action for damages. In proceedings involving an allegation of up to €800m in damages

Price Waterhouse Cooper have been granted leave to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal, which had limited the extent of particulars to be provided by Quinn Insurance Limited (Under Administration) in their action for damages. In proceedings involving an allegation of up to €800m in damages

According to UK government data published this week, there has been a 64 per cent overall increase in the number of employment tribunals in the two months since fees were abolished. Tribunal fees were introduced four years ago but were abolished in July this year following a Supreme Court ruling tha

Ken Murphy, Director General of the Law Society of Ireland, used an appearance on RTE’s Claire Byrne Live on Monday night to call on the Irish Government to tear up the Road Traffic Acts and start again, during a segment that also highlighted the current state of the District Courts system – a s

In a case of QFF Distribution Ltd and Keith O’Reilly being PWT1728, the Labour Court had to deal with the issue of an underpayment of wages. The employee sought an extension of time. One of the grounds of the extension of time was that the matter was under an internal appeal. The Labour Court held

Michael Brentnall Solicitors has confirmed that the High Court in Belfast granted leave for judicial review for a client against the British Home Secretary in respect of the Travel Notification Requirements under the Counter Terrorism Act 2008. Its client, Anthony McDonnell, had previously been conv