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A member of Fianna Fáil has lost his legal challenge against Irish gender quota laws which allow for State funding to be cut where fewer than 30 per cent of a party's candidates are women. Brian Mohan launched the legal action in the High Court after party members in Dublin Central were told to pic

A 20-year-old man has apologised for throwing a soft drink bottle at a judge after being refused bail in Limerick District Court last week. Clyde Keogh narrowly missed Judge Marian O'Leary when he threw a bottle of Coca-Cola at her during a bail hearing.

A man has lost an appeal against a court order which struck out his claims against a bank and two statutory receivers appointed over property to which he claimed to have an entitlement to possess. Mr Joseph Delaney argued in the Court of Appeal against the High Court order, which struck out his clai

The Family Lawyers Association has sent a written submission to the Courts Service of Ireland expressing concerns over proposals to move childcare cases at Dublin District Court to the Bridewell Building courthouse. Seán Ó hUallacháin SC, chairperson of the Family Lawyers Association, told Irish

Attorney General Máire Whelan Attorney General Máire Whelan has asked the Law Reform Commission to examine and research matters relating to defamation law and court reporting.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences) Bill will not be passed by the Oireachtas before the dissolution of the Dáil, The Irish Times reports.

The senior judge who presides over High Court bail applications has said changes to bail procedures were introduced without reference to or consultation with him, the Irish Independent reports. Mr Justice Paul Butler yesterday announced that the weekly list of cases is set to be taken over by the Pr

Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe The Public Transport Bill 2015 will amend the Road Traffic Act 1961 to remove an "implicit contradiction", Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe has said.

Dawn McKnight, partner in the corporate/commercial teams at Carson McDowell Belfast law firm Carson McDowell has said it expects an increase in M&A activity over the last year to continue.

Pictured (l-r): Barbara Jemphrey, Mary-Jane Byrne, Elise Quigley, Brigid Moore and Ruth Erwin Law students at Queens University Belfast (QUB) have come second in a UK-wide mediation competition.

The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has published a report based on a study of the experiences of LGBT people in prison in Ireland. Out on the Inside: The Rights, Experiences and Needs of LGBT People in Prison is authored by Dr Nicola Carr, Dr Siobhán McAlister and Dr Tanya Serisier of Queen’s Un

Pictured (l-r): Celia Worthington and Paddy Hopkirk MBE Monte Carlo Rally legend Paddy Hopkirk MBE has visited Worthingtons Solicitors to congratulate the firm on the 10th anniversary of the opening of their Belfast office.

The Attorney General for Northern Ireland has been granted leave to bring prosecution proceedings against a police officer who threatened to arrest a judge. John Larkin QC went before the High Court in Belfast yesterday to apply for the right to bring proceedings against Thomas Anthony Carlin for co

A High Court judge has ruled that a drink driving arrest was not unlawful despite the use of handcuffs, The Irish Times reports. A garda arrested the man on suspicion of drink-driving after he went around a Co Louth roundabout before exiting at the same road it had entered, then kitting the kerb and

An ex-farmer who subsequently trained as a barrister has lost his appeal to amend his Statement of Claim in a case concerning the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order 1978 (S.I. 256/78) and his alleged right to compensation for the loss of cows which had tested