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The Dáil has passed legislation giving the Commission of Investigation further powers to examine some transactions of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. The passing of the Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016, will provide powers to reduce issues of confiden

Eileen McAuley An 88-year-old pensioner who was struck by a trolley in a department store has been given the maximum €60,000 personal injury damages that can awarded by Circuit Civil Court judges.

Mr Oliver McCarthy, caretaker of Limerick Circuit Court for the past 16 years, retired yesterday, The Irish Examiner has reported. Mr Mcarthy always stepped outside his role as caretaker to look after people who came to the court for whatever reason.

Sinead Carroll Responding to the article 'Modest damages for minor personal injuries' in yesterday's Irish Legal News, Sinead Carroll of Cantillons stresses that more needs to be done to ensure victims receive a fair crack of the whip.

A US Supreme Court judge has said she regrets criticising US presidential hopeful Donald Trump by calling him a “faker”. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 83, also expressed fear about Trump making it to the White House, though stopped short of an outright apology.

The gavel, a device never used in the English courts, features on the cover of Confessions of a Barrister – and is a harbinger of things to come. The book is an anonymised account of the trials and travails of criminal barrister, “Russell Winnock”, who called in 1999. But, the title notwithsta

It may surprise some readers that the last Communard of this title is not Jimmy Somerville, the shrill voice of the 1980s, but Adrien Lejeune who as a young free-thinker reluctantly took the side of the Commune revolutionaries when the people of Paris rose up against the reactionary French governmen

The Supreme Court, in a four-three majority, has dismissed the State’s appeal over the release of three dissident republicans in 2014, having served just 12 years of their 28-year sentence for terrorist offences. Fintan O’Farrell, Declan Rafferty, and Michael McDonald, all from Louth, had travel

The Supreme Court, in a four-three majority, has dismissed the State’s appeal over the release of three dissident republicans in 2014, having served just 12 years of their 28-year sentence for terrorist offences. Fintan O’Farrell, Declan Rafferty, and Michael McDonald, all from Louth, had travel

Four top UK law firms are funding lawyers who wish to register in the Republic of Ireland over fears about Brexit, a Legal Week report has revealed. Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills, Simmons & Simmons and DLA Piper are registering lawyers from different practices across the UK as a preca

The Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill is due to be amended so that parents of babies born on or after the 1st of September 2017 will benefit from 2 weeks paid leave. The scheme provides paid parental leave and two weeks paid paternity leave, as well as the existing maternity benefit.

Sabine Walsh The president of the Mediator’s Institute of Ireland has welcomed the announcement that the Mediation Bill will be published.

Colm O'Gorman A Citizen’s Assembly is due to be set up by the Dáil to examine a number of different issues, such as the referendum on repealing the 8th amendment.

Lord Campbell A new Act of Union that would “wrest back the initiative from the separatists” and create a federal Britain has been proposed by a cross-party parliamentary group in a new draft bill.

Paul Seils The International Center for Transitional Justice in New York has published a new handbook for non-specialists, journalists and activists, that walks them through the intricacies of “complementarity,” a fundamental principle of the International Criminal Court (ICC). It lays out the i