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Penal reform campaigners have called for urgent action after a watchdog found that mental healthcare needs are not being fully or satisfactorily met in any of the seven prisons it inspected. A damning thematic inspection report published today by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons describes a nu

The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has secured a £50,000 settlement with no admission of liability for a hearing-impaired man who took a disability discrimination case against the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). The claimant, Christopher Morrow, work

The UK government is taking action against unscrupulous employers who use controversial ‘fire and rehire’ practices. Dismissal and re-engagement, also known as ‘fire and rehire’, refers to when an employer fires an employee and offers them a new contract on new, often less fa

Students at Dublin City University (DCU) have represented Ireland at Europe's largest European Court of Human Rights moot court competition in Switzerland. The three-person team of Niko Kawonczyk, Edel Daly and Holly Heeney travelled to St Gallen to compete in the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competiti

The King's Inns Law Review (KILR) has invited submissions for Volume XI, which marks the student journal's return to print for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Articles are welcomed from all areas of legal academia and practice, in English or as Gaeilge, on the broad theme of "Judicia

Kane Tuohy LLP has appointed Triona Cody as a senior associate in the firm's employment and litigation department. Ms Cody is an employment law specialist with more than 10 years' experience. She advises corporates, SMEs, public bodies, not-for-profit organisations and individual private clients.

A man arrested for alleged public drunkenness was arrested again the very same day after allegedly drunk-driving to a police station to complain about it. Police in Ajax, Ontario said a 42-year-old was arrested for public intoxication early yesterday morning and released into the care of his mother.

Global legal business DWF has announced seven promotions in its Belfast office. As previously reported, partner and Belfast office head Julie Galbraith has been promoted to the rank of managing partner while Orla Hanna has been appointed as a partner in the finance and restructuring team.

Attorney General Rossa Fanning SC will appear before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) tomorrow morning to make Ireland's submissions in a landmark case concerning Israel's occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. The case, which is entirely separate from the proceedings initiated by South Afric

DUAL Asset Ireland is delighted to announce that Michael Moran has joined our team and will be based in our Dublin office. Michael joins as a commercial underwriter and is a native of Castlebar, County Mayo in the west of Ireland.

The High Court has granted leave for a judicial review of a decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for a housing development in Limerick. The development, consisting of 54 residential units, primarily in apartment blocks, on a greenfield site off St Patrick's Road in Limeri

International law expert Dr John Reynolds will deliver a talk in Dublin next week on South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The lecture, titled "Israel in the Dock for Genocide: The significance of the case at the International Court of Justice", will take pl

Hindu nationalists are suing a zoo to prevent a lioness named after a Hindu deity from sharing an enclosure with a lion named after a 16th-century Muslim emperor. Sita — named after an avatar of Lakshmi, one of the principal goddesses of Hinduism — is reportedly sharing an enclosure in t

Law Centre NI has successfully overturned an HMRC decision on the allocation of child benefit in a case involving parents with 50/50 joint custody. The law centre took judicial review proceedings to challenge a decision by HMRC to withdraw child benefit from its client, who was in minimum wage emplo

Former solicitor Michael Lynn has been jailed for five-and-a-half years in connection with the theft of over €18 million from various financial institutions in 2006 and 2007. Judge Martin Nolan yesterday handed down a total sentence of 13 years' imprisonment, reduced by seven-and-a-half years d