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Jonathan Cooper, barrister at Doughty Street Chambers and editor of European Human Rights Law Review The number of reported court cases involving privacy arguments has doubled in the last five years to reach a new high of 58 per year, according to Thomson Reuters.

The Supreme Court has clarified the law in relation to sexual assaults against males, noting that the impact of the case of S(M) v. Ireland & Ors (No.2) 4 I.R. 369 was not to limit sentences to two years, but to ensure that principles of equality were applied to sentencing for assaults against

The Irish Times has published a full obituary for former judge Frank Griffin, who passed away last week at the age of 98. The long-standing judicial figure was the first presiding head of the Special Criminal Court when it was re-established in 1972.

The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is considering a request by barristers for prosecutors' fee cuts to be reversed as the Irish economy recovers. In Ireland, publicly-funded defence barristers and prosecuting barristers have parity of pay, meaning that prosecutors' fees were cut during

The lack of charges brought under Northern Ireland's year-old sex purchase law should prompt a rethink of similarly-conceived provisions of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill before it is approved by the Oireachtas, lawyers on both sides of the border have argued. Data released to The Times und

The number of residential mortgages in arrears in Ireland fell for the eleventh consecutive quarter to reach just under 86,000 at the end of Q1 2016, according to new figures published by the Central Bank of Ireland. At the end of March 2016, there were 743,700 private residential mortgage accounts

Gardaí have been asked by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) to conduct searches of property at "reasonable times", The Sunday Times reports. The recommendation is made in a report produced after a Gsoc investigation into a garda raid of a house in west Dublin at 3.15am in connection

Dr Evelyn Collins CBE Age discrimination protections should be extended to cover the provision of goods, facilities and services, according to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

Health Minister Simon Harris The possession of certain new psychoactive substances (NPS) is set to be criminalised on the initiative of Health Minister Simon Harris.

Pictured (l-r): John Whelan, Head of A&L Goodbody's San Francisco and Palo Alto offices; host Simon Evans and Alan Casey, Head of A&L Goodbody's New York office A&L Goodbody was named Irish Law Firm of the Year at The American Lawyer magazine's Transatlantic Legal Awards.

Gordon McElroy, director of Belfast firm MKB Law Gordon McElroy, director of Belfast firm MKB Law, has been appointed president of the Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce.

Members of The Bar of Northern Ireland and volunteers with The Boom Foundation have launched their new charity partnership for 2016-17 at an event in the Bar Library.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought against a decision of the Financial Service Ombudsman, who had dismissed a couple’s complaint that their serious illness insurance had been revoked without their knowledge. The central question of the case was: Where the Financial Services Ombuds

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has announced a major review of the legislative framework for sentencing.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The Department of Justice may lodge an appeal against the High Court ruling which struck down laws governing the activation of suspended sentences, the Irish Independent reports.