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Chief Justice Frank Clarke is among distinguished legal guests who will be joining NUI Galway Law Society for its online centenary celebrations next month. The student law society has unveiled a programme of public events to mark the occasion, beginning with a talk by Mr Justice Clarke on Monday 1 M

Employment lawyer Sarah Cochrane of Belfast-based Carson McDowell comments on a landmark ruling on the employment status of Uber drivers. The UK Supreme Court has handed down its much-anticipated judgment confirming that those engaged by Uber were ‘workers’ and not self-employed contract

Health Secretary Matt Hancock acted unlawfully by failing to publish the details of major Covid-19 contracts within 30 days of being awarded, the High Court in London has ruled. A judicial review brought by the Good Law Project alongside MPs Debbie Abrahams, Caroline Lucas and Layla Moran succeeded

The daughters of Malcolm X have requested that the investigation into the murder of their father be reopened as new evidence has come to light. The civil rights leader was shot dead in Manhattan on 21 February 1965.

Customs agents have seized a shipment of cereal covered in cocaine instead of sugar. The shipment from Peru was searched by US border officials in Ohio and found to contain around 20 kilos of cocaine-covered corn flakes worth up to €2.3 million.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal against conviction of a man who was found guilty of conspiracy to possess firearms, ammunition and explosives. The defendant, Mr Thomas Bates, was convicted in Clonmel Circuit Court after anonymous testimony was adduced from two Gardaí and a Federa

The Law Society of Ireland has urged the government to implement the recommendations of a major review of the management of clinical negligence claims. An expert group chaired by Mr Justice Charles Meenan published its final report, containing 17 recommendations, just before Christmas with very litt

A landmark Court of Appeal earlier ruling this week has made it harder for employees to seek an injunction against their dismissal, employment law firm GQ|Littler has said. The decision in Donal O’Donovan v Over-C Technology Limited and Over-C Limited is said to effectively restrict injunction

Plans for a new joint “care and justice campus” for children and young people lack clarity and should have involved more consultation with children and young people, the Children's Law Centre (CLC) has said. A consultation was launched last October on proposals for a new combined campus

William Fry has been recognised by the Irish Centre for Diversity (ICFD) and awarded its Investors in Diversity Silver accreditation. The law firm, which has established a range of initiatives to celebrate diversity and promote inclusion, had previously been awarded the Investors in Diversity Bronze

The GMB union has prevailed at the UK Supreme Court today in its workers' rights case against Uber. Judges ruled in GMB's favour, determining that Uber drivers are not self-employed, but are workers entitled to workers’ rights including holiday pay, a guaranteed minimum wage and an entitlement

A review led by barrister Peter Coll QC has concluded that Belfast City Council was not pressurised into giving special treatment to the funeral of republican Bobby Storey. Mr Coll was appointed last September to review the council's handling of the funeral after it allowed up to 30 mourners into Ro

Legislation protecting private renters in Northern Ireland from eviction have been extended to the end of September 2021. The Private Tenancies (Coronavirus Modifications) Act requires landlords to give tenants a 12 week notice to quit period before seeking a court order to begin proceedings to evic

Actor Sam Heughan has become embroiled in a legal battle with a German distillery of the name of his whisky brand. Mr Heughan, the star of Outlander, launched his own whisky last year called The Sassenach, the name his character uses in the show for his love interest.

A senior state scientist known to his colleagues as the "sturgeon general" has been charged in connection with an alleged scheme to provide sturgeon eggs for processing into expensive caviar. Ryan Koenigs, the leading sturgeon expert in Wisconsin, has been accused of accepting jars of caviar worth $