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Liberty has lost a High Court challenge against the UK's surveillance laws, saying that the ruling allowed the government “to spy on every one of us”. The rights group had challenged parts of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA), known to its critics as the "snoopers' charter", a

A man who was jailed at the age of 14 for encouraging another to murder Australian police officers has been granted anonymity for life. Judges in the High Court of England and Wales ruled that he would suffer "serious harm" if he were publicly named.

A council tenant has been evicted and ordered to pay more than £100,000 for illegally subletting his council flat in London as a holiday home through Airbnb. Westminster City Council took legal action against Toby Harman, 37, after it was found that the property on Vauxhall Bridge Road had bee

A court in Peru has issued a written judgment in a language of the Quechua family, the main language family of the Inca Empire, for the first time. The ruling was handed down in a personal injury claim between two native speakers of Áncash Quechua, estimated to have around a million speakers

A company that was wrongly pursued for a €10.2 million VAT bill due to a “fundamental error” in the interpretation of the VAT Regulations of 1979 (as amended) has lost its appeal against the High Court's rejection of its claim for damages for malicious abuse of the civil process. Fi

Privacy law firm FP Logue has announced the appointment of Niall Rooney as an associate solicitor. Mr Rooney will advise on all aspects of data protection and privacy, including data subject rights, data breach management, data protection policies and procedures, processor contracts, privacy impact

The Bar of Ireland will establish an in-house fee recovery service later this year out of concerns about the low recovery rate for barristers' fees. The new service, which will also provide for the central collection of information about outstanding fees, will be in place by "the forthcoming legal y

Companies and industrial and provident societies (I&Ps) can file their beneficial ownership information in the new central register with effect from today. The Registrar of Beneficial Ownership (RBO) was set up under secondary legislation earlier this year to meet Ireland's obligations under EU

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has been granted permission to appear before the Supreme Court in two cases addressing issues including welfare provision and family rights. The first case, Faqan v Dublin City Council, explores how separated parents exercising joint custody of

An international team at Matheson recently advised two major financial firms in connection with the structuring and establishment of a $200 million receivables securitisation programme with Natixis. The firm advised Stenn, a UK-based non-bank trade finance leading provider specialised in cross-borde

Audrey Whyte, associate in the employment, immigration and reward team at Lewis Silkin in Dublin, writes on a recent Labour Court decision. A recent Labour Court decision reminds employers that they could be ordered to re-employ employees they have unfairly dismissed. Employers should also consider

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that all courts and tribunals have an inherent jurisdiction to grant access to court documents in a judgment reaffirming the principle of open justice. Lady Hale, delivering the judgment, urged the bodies responsible for framing the court rules in each part of the UK t

Prominent barrister Remy Farrell SC is giving up criminal law because of low fee rates, according to reports. Mr Farrell is one of a growing number of criminal lawyers who are switching entirely to civil work, The Sunday Times reports.

The impact of savage cuts in civil legal aid since 2012 has been so devastating that the UK’s most senior judge yesterday felt it necessary to broadcast an appeal for a legal charity. “I know how intimidating the civil and family courts can be for people without legal knowledge of help,&

Technology companies have been invited to compete for £250,000 in funding from Nesta Challenges and the Solicitors Regulation Authority for projects which will widen access to legal support for individuals and businesses. The Legal Access Challenge is open to entries from now until 11 August 2