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More than 3,200 sexual offences were reported to gardaí in the year to June, representing a 9.2 per cent increase on the previous year. Commenting on the figures, included in the latest CSO crime statistics, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan said he welcomed the fact that "more victims a

A majority of legal staff at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) are suffering from trauma as a result of their work, according to an internal report. The report, authored by barrister and trauma expert Jennifer Bulbilia and seen by The Irish Times, was commissioned by the D

Ronan Daly Jermyn partner Darryl Broderick and solicitor Hilda Mannix examine two recent judgments clarifying the circumstances in which a loan purchase price would be disclosed to borrower litigants. In recent years, the sale of non-performing loan portfolios by banks and other credit institutions

International legal business DWF, with offices in Belfast and Dublin, has unveiled plans to increase the representation of women and ethnic minorities in senior leadership positions over the next three years. DWF has set targets focused on ensuring that a diverse group of people have access to senio

Matheson partners Pat English and Gráinne Callanan addressed the American Chamber of Commerce's (ACC) southern conference and presidents' dinner in Cork. The law firm sponsored the conference, which took place at University College Cork and featured three panel discussions on the topics of in

Senior officials from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) briefed Northern Ireland lawyers on how to prepare for Brexit at an event hosted in partnership with the Law Society of Northern Ireland. The event at Law Society House heard from Jenny Pickrell, head of EU exit and trade legal services policy, and

Italy's Constitutional Court has ruled it is not always a crime to assist in the death of someone experiencing "intolerable suffering". The country's parliament is now expected to debate the matter, which came to the fore during the trial in Milan of an activist who helped a tetraplegic man die in S

An Irish solicitor's Twitter thread about US railroad tracks went viral over the weekend, being shared nearly 50,000 times and garnering over 120,000 likes. Bill Holohan, partner at Holohan Lane, took to the platform to share a popular anecdote tracing the US standard railroad gauge back to Roman ti

A prison has been forced to change over 3,000 locks after a locksmith was arrested amid suspicion he was selling duplicate keys to prisoners. Prison authorities called police after becoming concerned that some of the 1,400 inmates at HMP Wandsworth in south-west London had obtained keys to their cel

A university lecturer has had her request for the re-run of an allegedly unfair and biased promotions scheme refused by the Workplace Relations Commission. However, stating that she was “struck by the lack of a formalised detailed processes that would be expected around a promotions scheme suc

The Irish legal system could face pressure after Brexit to codify large areas of private law currently covered by common law, Mr Justice Gerard Hogan has warned. The former High Court judge, who currently sits as an Advocate General in the European Court of Justice, told the annual Professional Negl

Dublin firm Eugene F. Collins has announced the appointment of Edel Flynn as an associate in the firm's employment team. Ms Flynn has extensive experience advising employers on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, successfully representing employers before the civil cou

The criminal justice system in Ireland is failing victims of domestic abuse, with only a minority of women feeling safer or that justice has been done after engaging with it. A major new report released by Women's Aid yesterday outlines what the frontline organisation says are significant failings b

The widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has launched proceedings against the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the High Court in Belfast following a landmark UK Supreme Court ruling earlier this year. The Supreme Court ruled in February that the state has failed to deliver an A

Irish employers face legal, business and reputational risk if they are not in compliance with recently introduced and upcoming protective leave legislation, William Fry has warned. The firm recently hosted a roundtable discussion on the topic of work-life integration, addressing protective leave and