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Trinity College Dublin's School of Law has welcomed three new members to the Faculty. Andelka M. Phillips has been appointed Ussher Assistant Professor in IT Law.

Salary Range: €38,000 – €42,000

Delivered by Mr Martin Blake BL, Attorney at Law; Sir Paul Girvan and Judge Desmond Marrinan This short course is skills-based and will improve the oral and written advocacy skills of its participants who will most likely be practising lawyers/tribunal representatives. It will concentrate on helping

Invoking Article 50 does not mean it cannot subsequently be revoked, according to one of the EU lawyers who helped draft it. Speaking to Sky News, Jean Claude Piris said: “My opinion is that there is no legal provision in Article 50 providing that when you give your intention you cannot change you

Credit card company MasterCard is being sued for £14 billion over claims it overcharged 46 million customers in what is the largest legal claim in British history. The case marks the first major case under a new system for class action lawsuits by multiple claimants.

Viscount Younger of Leckie Brexit will not affect the Belfast Agreement, to which the UK Government's commitment is "rock solid", peers in the House of Lords have heard.

A property development company and its guarantor company have failed to prove that they suffered a loss as a result of an omission and alleged encouragement by their former solicitor that resulted in them proceeding with the purchase of land at the height of Northern Ireland’s property boom. In th

A property development company and its guarantor company have failed to prove that they suffered a loss as a result of an omission and alleged encouragement by their former solicitor that resulted in them proceeding with the purchase of land at the height of Northern Ireland’s property boom. In th

The Human Rights Commission is to investigate the provision of Travellers’ accommodation in Northern Ireland. The Commission completed an initial exercise in June, which revealed significant human rights concerns on a potentially systemic level.

District court judge Mary Devins yesterday continued to hear a case against German car manufacturer Volkswagen over their admitted cheating on diesel emissions levels - despite a walk-out on Tuesday by barrister Paul Fogarty, (pictured) and two solicitors from A&L Goodbody who disputed the court

Prominent employment rights lawyer Richard Grogan (pictured) has warned that pregnancy-related dismissals have reached “epidemic levels”. Mr Grogan made his comments after one of his clients, Sandra Gegeckiene, was awarded €10,000 by the Labour Court after being sacked while pregnant by sandwi

A new fast track Garda recruitment programme aims to recruit 800 gardaí next year and 3,200 on a phased bases over the next four years. The recruitment programme takes into account the numbers of gardaí retiring over the period and is designed to bring the strength of the police service up to 15,0

In her first appearance before the Commons Justice Select Committee the new Justice Secretary reiterated the goal of pushing through a British Bill of Rights. Liz Truss (pictured) confirmed that the Conservativegovernment still plans to repeal the Human Rights Act but remain a signatory to the Europ

The High Court has refused the application of a mother to remove her two children from Ireland, returning them to Australia where they were born and where she is a citizen. Justice O’Hanlon found that the children were habitually resident in Ireland, and that the mother and the father – an Iris

Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald(pictured) is to appeal July’s High Court decision to allow retired judge Barry White to resume practice as a criminal defence barrister. In a highly unusual step the former High Court judge had sought to return to work as a barrister because of inadequate pe