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Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates considers the impact on Irish employers of a mandatory sick pay scheme. This issue has been around for some time. It will be interesting to see what is going to happen in relation to this. The reason we are mentioning this is

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has released the results of its 2020 Gender & Diversity in Aviation survey, revealing a continued lack of diversity. The results show that there has been an increase in the percentage of females in senior roles. This year, 23 per cent of those surveyed stated that th

The Law Commission in England and Wales has proposed making sex or gender a protected characteristic. This would be added to the currently protected characteristics of race, religion, sexual orientation, disability and transgender identity. The proposals are outlined in a consultation

A concentration camp guard is facing extradition from the US to Germany in what could be one of the last Nazi war crime trials.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being honoured by a Scottish football team who have put the late US jurist's name on their kit this season. The US Supreme Court justice, who passed away at the age of 87 earlier this week, was well-known for championing women's rights.

The High Court has denied an application to vary or vacate a nurse’s suspension order. Background

Arthur Cox has announced the appointment of partners Lynsey Mallon and Stuart Mansfield to the firm's leadership in Northern Ireland. Ms Mallon will lead the Belfast office's corporate and commercial team, while Mr Mansfield will head the banking and finance team.

The European Commission is "leaning toward" appealing the ruling that US tech giant Apple did not receive illegal state aid from Ireland and does not have to pay €14 billion in back taxes, according to reports. According to Politico Europe, citing two senior EU sources, competition commissioner

A High Court judge has addressed the need for an oath in court, saying it "still has a powerful role in bringing out the truth". In a judgment handed down yesterday, Mr Justice Richard Humphreys said that "scrapping the oath makes academic sense, but would materially increase the amount of fal

Ireland will start the process to ratify the Lanzarote Convention on child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, having previously been the only signatory which had not completed its ratification. Earlier this month, Ireland became the only Council of Europe member state that had not ratified the La

Dr Ronan Cormacain  of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law considers a lesser-discussed aspect of the controversial Internal Market Bill. Huge controversy has already been generated over provisions in the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill granting Ministers the power to disapply the Withdr

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has expressed serious concern at reports of garda using anti-spit guards on children and vulnerable people with mental health issues. The Commission has joined other human rights groups, such as the Children's Rights Alliance and the Irish Council for C

Benjamin Bestgen takes a further look at free speech this week, see last week's jurisprudential primer for part one. Open a newspaper or look through social media and you will find people expressing their upset about all kinds of real or perceived wrongs.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has apologised and ordered an independent investigation after an investigative journalism outlet reporting on the war in Yemen alleged that it had been "blacklisted". Declassified UK instructed law firm Leigh Day after the ministry's press office refused to provide a co

An immigration solicitor has been handed a £60,000 fine for bringing dozens of useless removal appeals, The Law Society Gazette reports. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal penalised Syed Wasif Ali and banned him indefinitely from making any further judicial review applications.