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Women can claim asylum in EU countries on the basis they face gender-based violence in their country of origin, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. The court this week handed down judgment in a case referred by a Bulgarian court concerning a Kurdish woman who said she feared

Ireland is the "world's de facto data police" enforcing the lion's share of the €1.78 billion in GDPR fines imposed across Europe last year, according to new analysis by DLA Piper. The 2023 figure includes a €1.2 billion fine imposed on Meta in Ireland, which is now the highest fine ever i

New legislation is to be brought forward to strengthen the State's ability to seize criminal assets. The Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2024 aims to reduce the length of time between the High Court's determination that an asset is a proceed of crime and its eventual seizure from seven years to t

Maynooth law students Adam O'Carroll and Brian McMahon triumphed in the recent final of the Karen Kenny Memorial Moot Court Competition 2023.

A homeless man who was arrested and detained by the Metropolitan Police is to receive compensation and an apology for the "inhumane" actions of the force.

Cultural institutions are censoring research, learning and creativity because of the way they police the reuse of digital copies of out-of-copyright artworks and artefacts, a new study has warned. Cultural institutions have created a “mess” by claiming and enforcing new rights over the r

LK Shields has promoted Jane O'Grady to partner in the firm's newly-rebranded technology and innovation team. Ms O'Grady trained as a solicitor with LK Shields and went on to spend time in a major Dublin firm before re-joining in 2018 as an associate in the firm's intellectual property, technology a

A consultant at William Fry, an in-house lawyer at OpenAI and a law professor at Trinity College Dublin are among the members of a new advisory council helping to shape the Irish government's approach to artificial intelligence.

An attempted theft went cartoonishly wrong after the alleged offender slipped on ice and sent the stolen cash flying into the air, police have said. The incident unfolded on a Vancouver street where two men agreed to meet after making arrangements online for the sale of an iPhone 15 for $1,200 CAD (

Philip Lee has promoted Laura Mullen, Cian Moriarty, Brendan O'Connor and Hugo Grattirola to partners in the firm. Projects and construction partner Ms Mullen works in a range of practice areas including PPP projects, construction, public procurement law and procurement litigation.

The Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association (DSBA) is hosting a webinar on the Family Courts Bill 2022 this afternoon. Cliona Costelloe, chairperson of the DSBA's family law committee, will chair the discussion with Peter Doyle, chair of the Law Society's child and family law committee, and former chairs

The UK Supreme Court has ruled in three conjoined appeals that persons who witness the death of a close family member in circumstances caused by medical negligence cannot claim compensation for psychiatric injury. The defendants in the cases, two NHS Trusts and a doctor, had applied for the claims t

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has published its first-ever sustainability strategy in a bid to promote and enhance the role of solicitors in tackling climate change. The 11-page document was drawn up with the assistance of KPMG's ESG team and the Law Society's climate justice group, which was

Plans to introduce a new dividend participation exemption in the Irish corporation tax system will be "a futile exercise" if it is not made as simple as possible, Arthur Cox has warned.

Reddit has launched High Court proceedings challenging its designation by Coimisiún na Meán as a video-sharing platform. The media regulator recently announced that Reddit and nine other services had been designated as video-sharing platforms which will be bound by the new online safet