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Evan O'Dwyer A solicitor has claimed the absence from Irish law of class action lawsuits is an obstacle to justice for victims of the tracker mortgage scandal.

The High Court has struck down rules which mean a solicitor can receive no additional payment for representing more than one of multiple co-accused persons, The Irish Times reports. Ms Justice Marie Baker found that the effect of article 3.1.g of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulati

Ministers are set to agree that asylum seekers who spend more than nine months waiting for a decision on their international protection application will gain the right to work, The Irish Times reports. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will bring a memo to Cabinet next week, proposing renewable six-

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan A draft bill to overhaul anti-corruption laws has been published by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan.

Northern Ireland's Director of Public Prosecutions has confirmed that women who disclose a previously unreported rape to tax authorities risk prosecution, The Guardian reports. Charities raised concern this year that women could fall foul of section 5(1) of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 19

Matheson supported the Federation of International Banks in Ireland's (FIBI) annual lunch in Dublin yesterday evening.

O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors sponsored the recent JCI Ireland National Convention 2017 in Cork.

The decision by the PSNI to not take further steps to investigate the question of identifying and prosecuting those responsible for criminal acts during the interrogation of the Hooded Men, has been quashed in the High Court in Belfast. Delivering the judgment, Mr Justice McGuire found that the deci

Ken Murphy The Law Society of Ireland has called on the Government to increase investment in its legal services in order to improve the system for Irish citizens, increase access to the law for those in disadvantaged circumstances and grasp opportunities that may result from Brexit.

Mr Justice Frank Clarke The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, has criticised the increasing complexity of the Irish legal system, with ever greater numbers of regulatory bodies and appeal mechanisms.

The Government is planning to grant extra powers, staff and a wider remit to the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement following a series of collapsed court cases, the Irish Examiner reports. It is part of a package of measures aimed at improving prosecutions for white collar crime, particular

A judge of the High Court in Dublin is seeking further information on the conditions in a Northern Ireland prison before deciding whether to extradite a Belfast man wanted there in connection with the murder of a mother-of-three. Raymond O’Neill is facing charges of murder and arson over the death

An Irish man who claimed his conviction for selling drugs was unfair as it was based on evidence obtained by police entrapment has had his application unanimously declared inadmissible by the European Court of Human Rights, which concluded that the role of the police in the case had been essentially

Conal McGarrity

HOMS Solicitors has been awarded the Gold Standard in the Q9000 Legal Quality audit by the Institute of Legal Research and Standards.