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Around €1.1 million in unpaid barristers' fees has been recovered through The Bar of Ireland's in-house fee recovery service since its launch less than three years ago. Over 175 members of the Law Library are now "actively using" the Bar's practice support and fee recovery service for assistanc

Ireland has been found to be in breach of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union for the first time in a case concerning State failures to provide accommodation to asylum seekers. The High Court ruled on Friday that the State's failure to provide accommodation, food and basic hygien

A court order which would have banned access to abortion pills across the United States has been stayed by the country's Supreme Court pending further appeals. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a conservative judge in Texas, had this month ordered the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revoke its long-

An independent review led by barrister Marie O'Shea BL is expected to recommend significant changes to Ireland's abortion laws. Ms O'Shea was appointed last January to lead the second phase of the review required under section 7 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018.

The ADM Acts (2015 & 2022) and the Decision Support Service will commence on April 26th 2023. To coincide with the commencement of the Act, the UCD Centre for Constitutional Studies is hosting an information seminar the following day (27 April) with a distinguished panel of speakers including th

Northern Ireland legislators should "proceed with caution" to ensure that any new legislation tackling discrimination and inequality in the workplace builds on the success of the fair employment laws introduced three decades ago, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has said. The watchdog to

The Northern Ireland office of corporate law firm A&L Goodbody (ALG) has teamed up with RenewableNI to mark Earth Day 2023. Taking place annually on 22 April, Earth Day is widely recognised as the largest secular observance in the world, marked by more than a billion people every year, as a day

Ireland and other EU countries must overhaul their approach to making technology law to achieve cybersecurity while safeguarding the fundamental rights to privacy and data protection, according to the author of a new book. Trinity College Dublin this week hosted a launch event for Cybersecurity, Pri

Belfast-based Phoenix Law has promoted Gavin Booth to partner amid an expansion which has also seen the human rights firm hire new managers and grow its footprint. The firm celebrated Mr Booth's promotion, the opening of a brand new 3,000 square foot extension to its Belfast headquarters and the app

An old lady has been convicted of discrediting the Russian army after she said Ukraine's President Zelenskyy was a “handsome young man with a sense of humour”. Olga Slegina was detained by police in Nalchik, southern Russia, after making a comment to a waitress in a canteen at the sanato

Human rights lawyer Noeline Blackwell is to step down as CEO of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) this autumn. Ms Blackwell, a solicitor who previously led legal rights group FLAC and before that ran her own general law practice in Dublin, has been in the post since 2016.

Northern Ireland barrister Francis Rafferty has been appointed as a district judge. Judge Rafferty was sworn in before Dame Siobhan Keegan, the Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, on Wednesday.

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UCD will welcome one of the most renowned academics in the area of US Labour Law to deliver a public lecture next week. The lecture is in UCD Sutherland School of Law at 6pm on Monday 24 April. The topic chosen by Professor Matthew Finkin of the University of Illinois promises to be particularly int

Discount supermarket Lidl has prevailed in a trademark battle against Tesco. The English High Court ruled that Tesco's Clubcard logo copied Lidl's. Both feature a yellow circle against a blue square background.