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Professor Luke Moffett's Reparations and War has been awarded the Kevin Boyle Book Prize by the Irish Association of Law Teachers (IALT). Published by Oxford University Press ...

UK lawyers could be stationed in Rwandan courts as part of a new treaty to support the deportation scheme, which is expected to be signed shortly. The ...

A senior English judge in the family courts has been treated in hospital after he was assaulted by a man whose case he was hearing. The litigant ...

A former Chilean army officer accused of being involved in the torture and murder of folk singer Victor Jara in the early days of the Pinochet dictatorship ...

UEFA has launched an investigation after "sex noises" disrupted the draw of groups for the Euro 2024 championship and were broadcast internationally. "Unexplained moaning noises" could be ...

William Fry LLP has appointed solicitor, chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser Colin Bolger as a partner in the firm's tax department. Mr Bolger has extensive experience ...

Dublin firm KOD Lyons has taken over the practice of Dun Laoghaire-based Jonathan Dunphy Solicitors following the appointment of its managing partner as a Circuit Court judge. ...

Northern Ireland's former justice minister has criticised delays and backlogs in the courts as failing and re-traumatising victims of crime. Claire Sugden, the independent MLA for East ...

Matheson partner Garret Farrelly and DWF Belfast partner Olivia O'Kane were among lawyers recognised at the 2023 European Legal Awards in Paris this week. Mr Farrelly, partner ...

English law firm Leigh Day has launched a group legal claim against ride-hailing app FREENOW, owned by BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz Mobility, alleging unlawful treatment of its ...

The Central Bank of Ireland has fined an investment fund for the first time, ordering GlobalReach Multi-Strategy ICAV to pay €192,500 after breaching its reporting obligations under ...

The Irish head of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), Dr Michael O'Flaherty, has joined UCD Sutherland School of Law as an adjunct professor. Dr O'Flaherty was ...

ByrneWallace has appointed accountant and tax adviser Nadia de Wet as tax director and head of compliance services. Ms de Wet has previously held senior leadership roles ...

A new consultation is seeking views on changes to the legislative framework around anti-social behaviour in Northern Ireland, including making anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) cheaper and easier ...

A senior Paraguayan government official has lost his job after signing an agreement with a fake country led by a suspected sex offender. Arnaldo Chamorro, chief of ...