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A homeless Dublin woman who robbed €500 from a man withdrawing cash from an ATM has been jailed for 18 months. Kelly McAuley, 23, was pregnant at the time of the offence.

The average age of barristers has risen substantially in the past three decades, according to a study by the Bar Standards Board. The average age of a barrister in 1990-91 was 38.5 but stood at 46.5 in 2019-20.

A cardinal's trial began this week at the Vatican – the first in modern history. Giovanni Angelo Becciu, 73, was an influential adviser to the Pope and head of the  “saint-making” secretariat at the Vatican but is now at the centre of a €350m million fraud case.

The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal brought by a defendant in summary judgment proceedings, stating that she had an arguable defence to the €3.39 million claim. The monies were sought by the plaintiff on the basis of a guarantee provided by the defendant, but the court held that the plain

Ireland had a busy legal year with 580,000 new cases coming to court despite the pandemic, the Courts Service annual report shows. Chief Justice Frank Clarke presented the 2020 Annual Report to Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton at a physically distanced event in Dublin today.

A Costa Coffee landlord is fighting claims that the lease for the Dundrum Town Centre café was frustrated by the pandemic and is pursuing a claim for €367,000 in unpaid rent, The Irish Times reports. MBCC Foods (Ireland), trading as Costa Coffee, claims that the lease of the caf&eac

New research has found that witnesses are almost seven times more likely to include misinformation if a crime has been discussed with co-witnesses and that intoxicated witnesses give accurate accounts but remember fewer details. Researchers from Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland and London

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. MHC acted for Surmodics Inc. on the acquisition of Vetex Medical Limited.

Cork-based law firm Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) has been recognised by Chambers and Partners as one of the top law firms in Ireland. The firm recently received recognition for having one of the best healthcare litigation teams in the country. Chambers and Partners ranks the best law firms and la

A virtual celebration event was held last night to welcome 1,000 new Irish citizens. The event, hosted by Justice Minister Heather Humphreys and Minister of State for Law Reform, Youth Justice and Immigration James Browne, was the second virtual event to welcome new citizens following the success of

TLT has reported an 11 per cent increase in turnover to hit £110 million as announced a new strategy to 2025. The new four-year roadmap will see the firm accelerate the development of its UK offer and its wider international network as it continues to build on a decade of rapid growth, targeti

A wealth management law firm's equity partners have broken the £2 million pay barrier, putting them above their magic circle rivals. Macfarlanes has confirmed that full equity partners are paid an average of about £2.02 million each.

A collector in Germany has lost a legal battle to reclaim Hitler's monumental horses that once stood outside the Reich Chancellery. The bronze statues, which each weigh two tonnes, were made by Austrian sculptor Josef Thorak. They disappeared from a Soviet barracks in 1989 before being found in 2015

The High Court has refused a winding up petition for a company that had not paid rent for its commercial premises in over a year on the basis that there was a bona fide dispute over the terms of the lease. The court determined that there was a genuine dispute over a clause which provided for the sus

In its first year of service, 123 members signed up to the Bar of Ireland's practice support and fee recovery service for assistance in recovering overdue fee notes. The service was launched in July 2020 and provides much-needed support to members in relation to fee recovery and cashflow management.