GoSafe will continue to operate safety cameras on Irish roads after the Department of Justice completed its tendering process. Road Safety Operations Ireland, trading as GoSafe, will start a new six-year contract starting on the expiration of the current contract in November, with the option to exte
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The Court of Appeal has overturned a determination by the High Court, and granted bail to a Kilkenny man facing trial for the murder of a woman in 1987. Bail had been initially refused in the High Court amid fears that the accused would intimidate a witness to whom he had previously confessed the mu
The man taking forward the first Northern Ireland legal challenge against the Brexit vote has won an application for legal aid on appeal. Raymond McCord, a prominent victims rights campaigner whose son was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in 1997, lodged an application for judicial review at the Hi
Prime Minister Theresa May New UK government proposals could see professionals including lawyers, accountants and consultants who provide advice on tax avoidance facing substantial penalties if they are found to have acted illegally.
Noel Waters The Department of Justice has published is first-ever communications strategy in a bid to improve communication within the sector and with the public.
Professor Federico Fabbrini Dublin City University (DCU) has announced the appointment of European law specialist Professor Federico Fabbrini to its staff.
Conor McCormick The current approach to reforming access to justice in children's proceedings should be reconsidered, argues Conor McCormick in a new paper for the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly.
NGOs, community activists, litigators, academics and funders will come together at an international conference on strategic litigation in Belfast later this year. The three-day Litigating for Social Change conference will see delegates consider how strategic litigation can transform lives and enable
Dublin firm Arthur Cox has welcomed a fresh intake of Summer interns who will be working with the firm over the next four weeks.
Two sisters from Belfast have settled sexual harassment claims against the owner of KFC restaurants for £14,000 and £16,000 respectively with the support of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Kirstie and Courtney McKeever alleged they suffered harassment by a male co-worker at KFC on th
Amongst a series of superfluous actions brought by two individuals against the State’s tenancies tribunal, the High Court held that the judicial review proceedings were duplicitous, and ordered that the Court should consider limiting the applicants from engaging in future frivolous applications. P
Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has welcomed the conclusion of Irish-led UN negotiations on a new global approach to the issues facing refugees and migrants.
Health Minister Simon Harris Tobacco industry figures have threatened to use the Supreme Court to defeat Government plans to ban cigarette vending machines.
Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire is today holding the first in a series of meetings in Northern Ireland focussed on the Brexit negotiations.
Rachel Toner Belfast and Newtonwards firm Worthingtons Solicitors has announced the recent appointment of Rachel Toner as a commercial solicitor.