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Reform of the civil legal aid scheme has moved into its second phase with the launch of a public consultation. The public consultation launched yesterday is in addition to the stakeholder consultation which launched in November and remains open until February. A further targeted consultation for har

A senior Irish lawyer has criticised a European court ruling restricting access to information about company ownership on privacy grounds as "a gift to money launderers and their credulous allies". Paul Egan SC, a senior consultant at Mason Hayes & Curran LLP and chair of the government's Compan

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Arthur Cox has been named as Ireland's legal adviser of the year at the Mergermarket M&A Awards Europe 2022. An awards ceremony in London this week recognised the achievements of Europe’s top dealmakers and rewarded innovative advisory work on some of the region’s most transformative

International human rights lawyer and author Professor Philippe Sands KC will deliver FLAC's annual justice lecture this evening. Professor Sands will launch his latest book, The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain’s Colonial Legacy, at the lecture, which is held in memory of Dav

A former lieutenant in the Irish Defence Forces was forcibly retired in 1969 on foot of a fundamentally flawed and unfair process and not in accordance with law, a review has found. Niall Beirne SC was appointed in May 2020 to review the case of Donal de Róiste, who was retired by President &

Denmark's outright ban on adoption in the context of a commercial surrogacy agreement violated the rights of two children born to a surrogate mother, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

A one-year-old puppy managed to make multiple online purchases in the video game Watch Dogs with its owner’s credit card.

A right-wing judge was among those arrested on suspicion of plotting to storm the Reichstag and overthrow the German government.

A scheme designed to bring 500 people from Afghanistan to Ireland has been criticised after the first tranche of just 22 approvals was issued nearly a year after it was set up.

A charity cycle sponsored by RDJ has raised more than €26,000 for Marymount University Hospital and Hospice.

A brand-new moot court facility has been officially opened by Northern Ireland’s Lady Chief Justice, Dame Siobhan Keegan, at Ulster University’s new Belfast campus. One of several specialist learning spaces on the expanded city centre campus, the moot court will be open for use by the un

Legislation providing for official recognition of the Irish language in Northern Ireland for the first time has received royal assent. The Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill grants official status to the Irish language as part of a package of measures to promote and respect Northern Irela

Seven local authorities have been asked to prepare and implement an equality and action plan on the provision of Traveller accommodation and services. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is making the request of local authorities in South Dublin, Limerick City and County, Tipperary, Doneg

Cork solicitor Emma Meagher Neville has been elected as president of the Southern Law Association (SLA) for 2023. Ms Neville succeeds Gerard O'Flynn in the top role and will be supported by John Fuller as vice-president following elections at the association's recent AGM, which was attended by the L