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A business has been ordered to pay €450 to an employee who was denied sick leave in the first decision under the landmark Sick Leave Act 2022. The company, North Quay Associates Ltd, admitted that it failed to comply with its statutory obligation and told the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC

A lawyer representing Northern Ireland victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal has said his clients are "afraid of getting left behind" as legislation moves forward in England and Wales. Michael Madden, solicitor at Madden & Finucane Solicitors, has written to justice minister Naomi Long to "

Judge Fergal Gaynor, Ms Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh and Professor Colm Ó Cinnéide have been named as the candidates to succeed Judge Síofra O'Leary on the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will next m

Judge Anne Marshall has been appointed to serve on the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission (NIJAC). She will serve as one of the five judicial members of the 12-member commission for a five-year term until 10 March 2029.

Ireland has been referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) over its failure to clamp down on turf-cutting. The European Commission alleges that Ireland is failing to properly enforce the Habitats Directive, which requires member states to ensure their most precious species and ha

Dublin firm Clarke Jeffers Solicitors has appointed family lawyer Breda Storey as a partner. Ms Storey joined the firm in December 2015 before beginning her studies at the Law Society of Ireland in September 2016. She was admitted to the roll of solicitors in December 2018.

TikTok faces a ban in the United States, where the video-sharing platform has over 170 million users, under legislation backed by the US House of Representatives. The proposed Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act would see the platform banned unless there is a chan

French train conductors receive a 10 per cent commission of fines they impose on ticketless travellers, leaked documents have revealed. The policy, which was not publicly known until it was reported in Le Parisien, has sparked fears that conductors are being incentivised to issue frivolous fines for

Activist and sports journalist Joanne O'Riordan was welcomed to the King's Inns last week as keynote speaker for the Bar of Ireland's ninth annual International Women's Day dinner. Ms O'Riordan studied criminology in University College Cork (UCC) and is only one of seven people in the world living w

A chef who brought a claim for constructive dismissal against his former employer has been awarded over €13,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). Norman Tanju brought a complaint under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 against PBR Restaurants Ltd, which operates the Fish Shack chain of

Legislation reducing access to social welfare payments and accommodation for new arrivals from Ukraine has come into effect. From Thursday 14 March, anyone fleeing the war in Ukraine who registers for temporary protection in Ireland and seeks state-provided accommodation will be accommodated for a m

The EU's landmark AI Act has been approved by MEPs, the last major milestone on its road to becoming law. The regulation, agreed in negotiations with member states in December 2023, was endorsed by MEPs with 523 votes in favour, 46 against and 49 abstentions.

Mullany Walsh Maxwells has announced the sad passing of solicitor Michael Green. In a statement, the firm said: "Michael was a consultant in the firm and before that a partner in Maxwells, formerly Maxwell Weldon & Darley.

Family lawyer Claire Edgar joined a panel discussion on "trauma insensitive systems" at this year's NI Science Festival. Ms Edgar, a partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors, was joined by a group of professionals in the areas of neuroscience, psychology and justice to discuss the challenges sur

A prison sentence has been imposed for unlawful interference with a gas meter for the first time in Ireland. Cornel and Lina Rostas, from Blackpool, Cork, pleaded guilty and were convicted at Cork District Court last month under section 15 of the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 on two cha