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A retired judge has come to the aid of a colleague who came under fierce criticism for warning women that getting drunk and becoming disinhibited made them targets for rapists. Judge Mary Jane Mowat told The Times that the comments directed at Judge Lindsey Kushner last week made her “furious” a

The High Court in Belfast granted Irish language organisation, Conradh Na Gaeilge, a declaration that the Executive Committee failed, in breach of its statutory duty the Northern Ireland Act 1998, to adopt a strategy setting out how it proposes to enhance and protect the development of the Irish lan

Legal firms have been paid €192.9 million since 2003 for work related to 15,345 claims for compensation by survivors of child abuse. Dublin-based M.E. Hanahoe Solicitors was the biggest recipient of legal fees, with €18.74 million paid out between 2003–15.

Brexit, data security, and white collar crime were high on the agenda at the fourth annual UCD Student Legal Convention last week.

Pictured (l-r): Hilda O'Keeffe and Alison Kelleher Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) has announced the appointment of two new partners to their corporate and healthcare practices.

Serious work is required to bring Killorglin Courthouse up to modern standards, the Courts Service of Ireland has said. Court sittings have been moved to Caherciveen due to immediate health and safety concerns at Killorglin, built in 1869.

Emily Logan The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has appeared before the Court of Appeal in a case concerning the relationship between claims of discrimination and claims of personal injuries arising from the workplace.

Member states may reserve to notaries the power to authenticate signatures appended to the documents necessary for the creation or transfer of rights to real property, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. This requirement contributes to guaranteeing the legal certainty of real prope

https://vimeo.com/207645384 Leona Rankin, a solicitor in Carson McDowell's employment team, has been given a prestigious award by the Prime Minister for her work to support people living with sarcoma in Northern Ireland.

Briony Clarke A 31-year-old woman has become the UK's youngest ever female judge just 16 years after beginning her law career, The Telegraph reports.

Pictured (l-r): John-George Willis collects the award from judge Stephen Kirkpatrick, chief executive at Corbo Properties Belfast firm Tughans has celebrated success at Insider’s Northern Ireland Dealmakers Awards 2017 by claiming the title Corporate Law Firm of the Year for the second year runnin

A woman who suffered serious life-long injuries as a result of a fall in Tesco has had her award reduced from €1,439,495 to €1,206,535.50. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court of Appeal, Ms Justice Mary Irvine largely rejected submissions put forward by Tesco arguing that the award w

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Ireland is joining a growing list of European countries criminalising the purchase of sex, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald told an event in Dublin City Hall.

Pictured: Helen Kelly, Peter Oakes, Vincent Crowley and Julie Bishop Dublin firm Matheson hosted Australia's foreign affairs minister at a breakfast briefing held in conjunction with the Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce (IACC).

Many of Ireland's leading law firms organised events in support of Dress for Success Dublin to mark International Women's Day yesterday. Arthur Cox, A&L Goodbody, ByrneWallace, Eversheds Sutherland, McCann Fitzgerald and DWF were among the firms taking action to support the not-for-profit initia