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The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a rape conviction in which the defendant claimed that the trial judge had erred by allowing more than one “recent complaint” witness. Giving the judgment of the Court, Mr Justice John Edwards described the situation as “somewhat u

Employment lawyer Peter Murphy has joined Dublin-based McInnes Dunne Solicitors as a partner. Mr Murphy has specialised in the area of employment law since qualifying as a solicitor, representing and advising both employers and employees.

Corporate law firm BHSM LLP has announced the appointment of Ruth Crawley and JJ McLoughlin as solicitors in the firm. Ms Crawley has joined the firm's commercial real estate department while Mr McLoughlin has joined the litigation and dispute resolution team. Both trained and qualified in one of Ir

High Court judge Mr Justice Maguire has been appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal in a round of judicial appointments announced this morning. Elsewhere, Mr Justice Huddleston has been appointed as president of the Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board (HIA), taking over from Mr Justice Colto

ByrneWallace LLP has congratulated five of its trainees on their admission to the roll of solicitors.

Business law firm Flynn O'Driscoll has welcomed eight new solicitors following the completion of their training.

The Irish Judicial Studies Journal has become the first Irish law journal to be included in the prestigious Scopus index of peer-reviewed journals. Scopus is Elsevier's abstract and citation database and inclusion in the database is a mark of quality in itself. Publications in the index are reviewed

Marie Kinsella, partner at commercial law firm Philip Lee, welcomes a major review of the management of clinical negligence claims. The much-anticipated final Expert Group Report to Review the Law of Torts and the Current Systems for the Management of Clinical Negligence Claims, chaired by Mr Justic

Millions of leaseholders will be given the right to extend their lease by a maximum term of 990 years at zero ground rent under the "biggest reforms to English property law for 40 years". At present, the right to a lease extension enables a lease to be extended by 50 years in the case of a house and

The US Justice Department has said it would not rule out pursuing President Trump over his possible role in encouraging rioters to storm the US Capitol on Wednesday.

The National Crime Agency has succeeded in an action under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to recover monies from the frozen bank account of a former English car sales company as the proceeds of unlawful conduct. Niche Cars Ltd, which had its registered office in Bradford and had

A pair of bungling burglars were arrested after accidentally calling the police on themselves, police have said. Two men in their 40s were arrested in the English city of Stoke-on-Trent after receiving a "suspicious call" on Wednesday night, The Guardian reports.

In an “unhappy case in which a family has relocated from a non-EU/EEA state to Ireland, where things have not gone well thus far”, the High Court has held that it is not within its jurisdiction to vary a barring order ordered by the District Court in the manner sought by the man subject

The previous head of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has been named as one of two new appointees to the Garda Siochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc). Emily Logan, who was chief commissioner of the human rights watchdog for five years until 2019, will join former PSNI officer Hugh

McCann FitzGerald has congratulated 15 newly-qualified solicitors on securing permanent positions in the firm following the completion of their training contracts. The firm said: "We are delighted that all 15 of the trainees qualifying have been offered positions in the firm. We wish them every succ