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A man has failed in his attempt to render himself immune from prosecution by arguing that a law drafted 115 years ago criminalised certain homosexual activity. The man, whose identity cannot be published, is charged with seven counts of gross indecency under section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment

Members of the Oireachtas justice committee heard from the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) this morning as part of a focus on prisons, penal policy and sentencing. Fíona Ní Chinnéide, acting executive director, and Michelle Martyn, senior research and policy project manager, highlighted the condi

Benjamin Ferencz (Photo credit: Adam Jones, Ph.D.) The Guardian today runs a fascinating and timely interview with 97-year-old Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials.

The Sunday World has been unsuccessful in its appeal to overturn the €85,000 award made to former English Premier League footballer, David Speedie, in defamation proceedings. In April 2011, the newspaper published two articles about the footballer’s alleged contact with known criminals, one of w

The European Court of Justice could be asked to rule on issues concerning companies transferring data from Europe to the US in a landmark case before the Dublin courts. The Data Protection Commissioner will ask the Commercial Court to refer the question to Strasbourg following a complaint by Austria

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Nearly four years after a report recognised concerns over the representative nature of juries, the Department of Justice is still examining proposals to reform jury laws.

Government ministers from the UK and Ireland have re-affirmed their commitment to justice and security co-operation after Brexit. Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald met UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd and Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire in London yesterday.

The High Court in Belfast will tomorrow hear a judicial review against the Northern Ireland Executive over its failure to adopt an Irish language strategy. Conradh na Gaeilge was granted leave in May 2016 to challenge the Executive over what they say is a failure to live up to commitments made in th

Amal Clooney Lebanese-British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has been nominated for the 2017 Tipperary International Peace Prize.

Barristers Kathy Downey and Peter Canavan have been named as winners of the Family Bar Association essay competition, now re-titled in memory of Her Honour Judge Corinne Philpott QC.

Michael Graham Michael Graham, head of the private client team at Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors, has been elected to a STEP committee on legal capacity.

A man who served five years for possession of heroin with intent to supply, has been unsuccessful in his appeal to the Supreme Court in which he claimed that the solicitors representing him at his criminal trial were liable for worry and stress in the week running up to his trial in 1999. The man cl

Eilis Barry Legal rights campaigners have welcomed a compensation award for a family residing in Direct Provision as an important vindication of their arguments that the system is failing people.

Holmes O'Malley Sexton Solicitors has welcomed four new lawyers to its Dublin office team at its new premises at 2 Ely Place.

David Sturgess Belfast firm Edwards & Co. Solicitors has announced the appointment of David Sturgess as a partner and head of the firm's property team.