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Mr Justice Frank Clarke The Supreme Court has reversed the High Court's determination that the "unborn" possesses inherent constitutionally protected rights other than those expressly provided for in article 40.3.3.

Ken Murphy The Law Society of Ireland has recommended an increased community policing role for gardaí and an increased focus on restorative justice in its recent submission to the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland (CFP).

Pictured (l-r): Ireland Managing Partner Garry Ferguson and Ireland Head of Funds Nicholas Blake-Knox Global law firm Walkers has announced the appointment of Nicholas Blake-Knox as head of funds in its Dublin office.

Leading human rights groups and experts have called for all people in Northern Ireland to retain their rights as EU citizens after Brexit. In a letter to The Irish Times, they said rights "should not be conditional upon a requirement to declare Irish citizenship, in line with the guarantees of equal

Dublin solicitor Aonghus McCarthy has been spared jail for bringing cocaine into Mountjoy Prison after donating €1,250 to a drugs charity. Mr McCarthy told Dublin District Court that he was not aware there was cocaine (around 0.33 grams, worth €26) in his wallet when he made a professional visit

The UK government is facing calls from opposition MPs to allow the backdated publication of Northern Ireland political donations from January 2014. The Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 provides for the Northern Ireland Secretary to allow or require the Electoral Commission to pub

Michael Creed A record number of prosecutions initiated by the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 were finalised in court last year.

The arbitration clause in the agreement between the Netherlands and Slovakia on the protection of investments is not compatible with EU law as it removes from the mechanism of judicial review of EU law disputes which may relate to the application or interpretation of that law. In 1991 the former Cze

Maya Foa New analysis of executions in Saudi Arabia by Reprieve shows that since Mohammed bin Salman was appointed as Crown Prince in June 2017, the rate of executions in the Kingdom has doubled.

Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency for the first time since the civil war following violent clashes between the Sinhalese and Muslim communities. Soldiers have been deployed across the island in an attempt to quell the unrest, which so far has centred in and around the city of Kandy in the

A retired member of An Garda Síochána has lost an application for discovery of all documents considered by the Minister for Justice and Equality in a decision to refuse his claim for compensation. Stating that the issue arising in the judicial review proceedings brought by the former Garda was the

The Government has approved plans to draft new legislation to introduce presumptive minimum sentences for repeat sexual offenders. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan announced the decision today alongside Cabinet colleague Kevin "Boxer" Moran, who introduced a private member's bill making similar pro

Dr Laura Cahillane The University of Limerick will benefit from meetings and events with judges of the Supreme Court as they sit in Limerick for the first time.

Shane O'Donnell Irish merger and acquisition (M&A) activity reached record levels last year, according to the latest annual report from William Fry.

Stuart Mansfield Arthur Cox has welcomed an "encouraging" report showing growth in the value of new loans approved for small and medium Northern Ireland enterprises.