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The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has published a new data protection toolkit for schools. The 73-page resource aims to assist schools in meeting their data protection obligations when processing the personal data of children.

There is no justification for the indefinite pause on decision-making on Syrians seeking asylum in Ireland, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said. The rights watchdog has confirmed it has written to justice minister Helen McEntee for clarification on the decision, which was an

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New guidance for the instruction of experts in civil claims in Northern Ireland's High Court has been published. The 16-page document aims to assist litigants, those instructing experts and experts to understand best practice in dealing with cases justly.

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted a landmark opinion on the use of personal data for the development and deployment of AI models. The 35-page opinion, published yesterday, was requested by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) in September with a view to seeking Europe-

The biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history is "even wider than first thought", a solicitor in Northern Ireland has said. Hundreds of postmasters and subpostmasters across the UK, including in Northern Ireland, were wrongly accused of theft based on data provided by the faulty Horizon accountin

A new users' group for the Planning and Environment Court has been established on a pilot basis. The Planning and Environment Court was established last year as a specialised division within the High Court in a bid to speed up complex judicial reviews.

Temperament, patience and listening skills should be among factors taken into account in deciding whether to appoint a lawyer as a judge, a new report has recommended. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) yesterday published the new report on judicial selection procedures in Ireland, based o

An Irish man charged in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with sending "threatening" emojis has been returned to Ireland. Stuart Quiney, 39, had been detained since September and faced a lengthy prison sentence in connection with the alleged messages, which he sent from Ireland to a Belgian man in Duba

KPMG Law Ireland director Emma Ritchie has been appointed as KPMG Law's co-head of data, digital and technology law for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMA). Ms Ritchie has been appointed to the international role alongside Noemí Brito Izquierdo from KPMG Spain.

Legislation introducing an inward investment screening mechanism in Ireland for the first time has come into effect. The Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 will come into force in full from 6 January 2025, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment confirmed yesterday.

Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband and 50 other men have been convicted of rape and other offences in the French mass trial which made global headlines. Dominique Pelicot, 72, who drugged and raped his then wife, also 72, and arranged for other men to come to their home to rape her while she was dru

Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI) has appointed Maria McCloskey as its new executive director. Ms McCloskey was previously director and solicitor at The PILS Project, leading an organisation which seeks to secure improvements in the protection and realisation of human rights and equality in Nor

Japanese crime syndicates have reportedly begun using Pokémon trading cards to launder vast amounts of money. The former head of a crime syndicate told Japanese magazine Shunkan Gendai that his organisation used the cards to transport stolen money abroad, according to a translation published

Hilkka Becker, chairperson of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT), has been appointed as an adjunct professor in law at Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology. An expert in migration and asylum law, Ms Becker has a distinguished career spanning over 25 years in leadership