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How often do we check the weather forecast, while sitting beside a window? Why do we rely on forecasts when facts are so frequently staring at us? The Northern Ireland High Court was recently faced with this conundrum in Northern Ireland Housing Executive v Healthy Buildings (Ireland) Limited, write

Lord Neuberger looked at historic decisions taken by senior UK courts relating to cross-border insolvency disputes in an address at the International Insolvency Institute’s Annual Conference in London yesterday. In a comment on the common law, Lord Neuberger states: “There is a great deal to be

Deportation letters issued by the Department of Justice look set to rise sharply this year, The Irish Times reports. The department issued “intention to deport” letters to 1,451 people residing in Ireland in the first five months of this year. This compares to last year, when 1,752 letters were

A woman who lost one eye when the glass panel of a door shattered, and a shard went into her eye, has been awarded €200,000 in the Court of Appeal. The issue before the Court was an assessment of the duty of care owed by an occupier of premises to a visitor where they personally take on the task o

There have been only three convictions for hate crimes in the past three decades, according to new figures. Ireland’s hate crime legislation, the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989, makes it an offence to make or distribute discriminatory material, The Irish Times reports.

Irish M&A activity plummeted in the first half of the year, dropping 65 per cent, according to new figures form Thomson Reuters commissioned by the Irish Independent. The collapse followed the introduction of new rules in the US which stop big companies from moving their tax base to Ireland by b

There was a rush for Irish citizenship in Northern Ireland in the lead up to the triggering of Article 50, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Surges in applications coincided with major Brexit developments. When UK Prime Minister Theresa May signalled a ‘hard Brexit’ on January 17, there were 796 ap

Owen O'Sullivan William Fry is the most diverse law firm in Ireland and one of the most diverse in Europe, according to the 2017 edition of The Lawyer's European 100.

A Rossport resident and co-owner of land which Shell was prohibited from entering pursuant to a District Court Order made in 2007, has successfully appealed the High Court finding that the company's acquisition of a 1/62nd share of the land rendered the Prohibition Order moot. Concluding that Shell

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The Department of Justice has said it will carefully study a "significant" ruling on the compatibility of Ireland's former defamation law with the European Convention on Human Rights.

A Supreme Court judge has called for legislation to clarify the legal position of polygamous families in Ireland, The Irish Times reports. Mr Justice Frank Clarke said "urgent attention" was necessary following a ruling which recognised the validity of the first marriage of a Muslim man who had marr

Staff at Dublin-based firm Leman gathered with their colleagues, friends and clients on the rooftop of the Marker Hotel last night to celebrate the firm's 10th year anniversary.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan, in his first official engagement, has addressed recruit prison officers ahead of their passing out ceremony. Mr Flanagan visited the Irish Prison Service training college in Portlaoise to address 17 recruits, the first of 80 recruit prison officers that will comple

Making available and managing an online platform for sharing copyright-protected works, such as ‘The Pirate Bay’, may constitute an infringement of copyright because the operators of that platform play an essential role in making those works available, the Court of Justice of the European Union

Richard Susskind Law schools in the UK have come under fire from legal technology expert Richard Susskind for continuing to teach law "as it was in the 1970s", Legal Futures reports.