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Hundreds of struck-out drink driving cases could have gone ahead following a Supreme Court ruling on breath alcohol tests, The Irish Times reports. In a unanimous judgment delivered yesterday, the Supreme Court held that written statements relied on to show a person's breath alcohol level could be a

The Law Society of Ireland has failed in an appeal to avoid paying the new vacant site levy on undeveloped land near its headquarters in Dublin. An Bord Pleanála said the undeveloped site at 32-40 Benburb Street is suitable for housing.

Rhys Jones Johnsons Solicitors has successfully defended jewellery business Argento in an Employment Tribunal case involving a former employee who claimed he was fired for whistleblowing.

The Supreme Court will hear an appeal by the State over a High Court ruling that the Constitution confers significant rights upon the "unborn child" beyond the right to life, The Irish Times reports. It concerns findings made by Mr Justice Richard Humphreys in 2016 as he granted leave to a Nigerian

The High Court in Belfast has ruled that search warrants issued to enter and search the homes and workplace of four former KMPG partners as part of a tax evasion investigation were unlawful. Eamonn Donaghy, Jon D'Arcy, Paul Hollway and Arthur O'Brien applied for a judicial review with regard to the

The staff association for PSNI officers has said the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI) has "serious questions to answer" over a collapsed criminal case against two officers. A judge in Newry Crown Court "stayed" the case against the officers, who were alleged to have perverted the course

The High Court in Belfast has ruled in favour of retired police officers who challenged the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI) over a report which found that collusion was an element in the 1994 Loughinisland massacre. The report was unlawful and procedurally unfair, Mr Justice McCloskey s

Pictured (l-r): HOMS staff Orla McCarthy, Emma Brewer and Bernadette Conway with the children's Christmas presents Staff at HOMS Solicitors have contributed a collection of children's Christmas presents to charity Novas in Limerick.

A record number of ethnic minority lawyers in England and Wales will be promoted to the ranks of Queen's Counsel today, The Brief reports. A total of 18 ethnic minority barristers will be promoted to QC following 33 applications, an increase of two on the 16 successful barristers of 37 applicants in

Matt Hancock Broadband providers are to face a legal requirement to provide homes and businesses with faster broadband speed by 2020, the UK government has announced.

Pictured: Members of the Bar's charity committee with Kieran Hughes, fundraising and marketing manager from The Welcome Organisation Members of The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee raised over £10,000 for the Bar's charity of the year, The Welcome Organisation, at the Big Belfast Sleepou

in the attack and her account that she sought to restrain Hughes. Further, the trial judge was correct to admit this evidence and the other applications were refused.

Paul Tweed Defamation lawyer Paul Tweed has secured substantial damages, said to be €130,000, from RTÉ over its treatment of his client, former presidential candidate Sean Gallagher, during the televised election debate in 2011.

A solicitor's practising certificate has been suspended by the High Court after he failed to co-operate with an investigation by the Law Society of Ireland, The Irish Times reports. Sean Brown, of Sean Brown Solicitors in Co Louth, was directed by the court to hand over files and documents and faile

Lawyers acting for the "Hooded Men", men allegedly tortured by the British Army in 1978, are seeking permission to bring their case straight to the UK Supreme Court if a recent High Court decision is appealed, The Irish News reports. It follows this year's ruling quashing the PSNI's decision to not