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Major demonstrations by criminal law barristers over legal aid rates are planned in an attempt to force their strike into the public eye, The Brief reports. Angela Rafferty QC, chairwoman of the Criminal Bar Association, said in her weekly email to members that a day of action was being planned and

Máiréad Enright Two senior academics at University of Birmingham School of Law have launched a website that aims to share accurate information about the Eighth Amendment.

A group of staff and students in the Law Department at Maynooth University have presented their research at the SLSA Annual Conference at the University of Bristol. Senior lecturer Dr Noelle Higgins presented her paper, Crime of Our Times?: Cultural Cleansing and the Destruction of Cultural Property

Dozens of retired Aer Lingus pilots have launched litigation against the airline in a dispute over pensions, the Sunday Business Post reports. A total of 32 pilots issued High Court proceedings last week in a dispute over a miscalculation of pension entitlements, which saw the former pilots being ov

Fatou Bensouda The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has warned Israel over possible war crimes after Palestinian protesters were shot by Israeli troops on the Gaza border.

A lawyer accused of exchanging sex for legal services has been sentenced to 80 years’ imprisonment. Mark Benavides, 48, was found guilty on six counts of trafficking by the jury in San Antonio, Texas.

A man who was awarded costs in the High Court in 2011 against a judge whom he accused of objective bias has not been awarded costs despite successfully appealing a High Court order which was made once the matter was remitted by the Supreme Court. Finding that an award of costs could not be made agai

Ken Murphy In-house lawyers are "sweeping" the Irish legal profession, according to new analysis produced by the Law Society of Ireland.

Pictured (left-right, top-bottom): New partners Jason Hollis, Craig Sowman, Ruairi Rynn, Louise Harrison and Jeffrey Greene William Fry has announced the appointment of five new partners and the promotion of ten solicitors to associate level.

Cork law firms James Riordan and Partners Solicitors (JRAP) and Barry M. O'Meara & Son Solicitors have announced a merger.

Maria McDonald BL A day-long conference co-hosted by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), The Bar of Ireland and the Law Society of Ireland will today discuss best practice in the implementation of the EU Victims' Directive.

Three of Northern Ireland's leading loyalist paramilitary groups have issued a joint statement backing "the rule of law". A statement was read out this morning on behalf of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and Red Hand Commando (RHC) to mark nearly 20 years since th

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has launched legal proceedings against the Information Commissioner after it ordered the release of letters concerning lawyers' fees. The DPP does not believe that letters to the DPP from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform should be published un

Ms Justice Susan Denham The inaugural Hibernian Law Medal will be bestowed upon Ms Justice Susan Denham and top judges from the UK and Canada at a ceremony next month.

A letter signed by dozens of legal professionals and printed by The Irish Times seeks to "clarify some of the likely legal consequences" of a vote to repeal the Eighth Amendment. The letter has been signed by 61 people, among them senior academics in law and medicine, solicitors and barristers.