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The number of business-related laws passed by Westminster every year has halved since the Brexit referendum, according to new research. Researchers at Thomson Reuters have found that MPs approved 685 laws affecting business in the year to the end of September 2018, 21 per cent down on the previous y

Matheson partner Tara Doyle has been named "Legal Adviser of the Year" at the 2019 Women in Finance Awards Ireland. Ms Doyle, head of the firm's asset management and investment funds department, has won the award for the second consecutive year.

A woman who was fined for refusing to hold the handrail on an escalator has been awarded over £11,500 in damages after a ten-year legal battle. Bela Kosoian was told by a police officer in a Quebec metro station to respect a sign saying "hold the handrail", but refused and subsequently decline

A man who appealed against the High Court’s decision to grant summary judgment of €221,000 to Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank has successfully argued that the bank provided insufficient details to be entitled to its claim. Chief Justice Frank Clarke said the obligation that “a defenda

The appalling murders of Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones in a terrorist attack have shocked millions. Two young graduates had their lives snuffed out while volunteering to help the less fortunate rehabilitate themselves. In the agony of their grief, Jack Merritt’s family, sensing the media and p

Cork professional services firm CDS Law & Tax has announced its expansion into neighbouring Kerry through a merger with Tralee practice MJS Legal. Under the terms of the merger, MJS Legal will rebrand as CDS Law & Tax and function as a satellite office of the company.

Rowan White has been elected president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, succeeding Suzanne Rice. Ms Rice will continue as senior vice-president, working alongside Brigid Napier as junior vice president; David Lavery CB, who continues as chief executive following his appointment earlier this y

The lack of legal aid for racial discrimination and harassment claims in Ireland is depriving people from ethnic minority backgrounds of their rights, FLAC will tell UN experts today. Eilis Barry, chief executive of the legal rights group, is giving evidence in Geneva to the UN Committee on the Elim

Former Bedfordshire chief constable Jon Boutcher has been appointed to lead an independent police team investigating alleged collusion between the security forces and the so-called "Glenanne gang". The Court of Appeal ruled in July that the brother of 13-year-old Patrick Barnard, who was murdered in

British judges could be invited to sit on a "special constitutional court" in a united Ireland, a former Chief Justice of Ireland has said. Mr Justice John L. Murray, who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 2004 to 2011, made the remarks in a panel discussion hosted by the Hibernian Law Journal.

Research by two Maynooth University academics into how public confidence in the criminal justice system is measured and influenced in different countries has been published by the Department of Justice. The report by Professor Claire Hamilton and Dr Lynsey Black was commissioned by the Department's

A new law requiring a minimum expiry date of five years for gift vouchers has come into effect from today. The Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Act 2019 is the first piece of legislation in any European country designed to protect consumers on gift vouchers.

The gender recognition process for 16- and 17-year-olds will be simplified under new legislation announced by the Government. Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty said she will seek to amend the Gender Recognition Act 2015 in response to the findings of a review group which reported back last s

Ms Justice Mary Laffoy was welcomed as the guest of honour at the Employment Law Association of Ireland's (ELAI) annual dinner.

The High Court of England and Wales will hear a judicial review challenge over the UK government’s refusal to hold a fully independent, judge-led inquiry into British involvement in rendition and torture, a judge has ruled. Human rights NGO Reprieve, politicians David Davis and Dan Jarvis laun