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A former solicitor facing €1.2 million fraud charges will face trial in 2023. Michael Small, 54, is accused of multiple counts of theft, deception and accounting offences, alleged to have taken place over a two-year period while he was in practice as a solicitor in Limerick.

Fines for non-essential international travel are set to be increased from €500 to €2,000. Taoiseach Micheál Martin yesterday told TDs that 60 per cent of those travelling through Irish airports "are returned Irish holidaymakers" and €500 may not be "a sufficient disincentive to

The UK government has been accused of an “utterly ridiculous” abuse of power for threatening to impose jail sentences of 10 years on travellers who break quarantine rules. Described as “misleading spin” that would never be enforced, by shadow attorney general Lord Falconer, t

Sports insurers across Ireland could face significant legal challenges depending on the outcome of landmark litigation in the UK courts, insurance risk and commercial law firm BLM has warned. More than 70 former rugby players are suing the sport's governing bodies for allegedly failing to protect th

A defendant in Cork District Court was reprimanded yesterday after using his mobile to take courtroom selfies and share them on Snapchat. Corey O'Brien, 23, was in court yesterday to face a charge of demanding money with menaces, having allegedly demanded €6,000 to satisfy a drug debt.

A new Centre for Environmental Justice aimed at protecting communities from disadvantage as a result of climate change has been launched by Community Law & Mediation (CLM). Mary Robinson, former Irish president and adjunct professor for climate justice at Trinity College Dublin, welcomed the "ti

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland has dismissed the appeal of a man who tried to exclude a child rape acquittal from his Enhanced Criminal Record Certificate. The man, known as KC, applied to take up positions as a childcare assistant in a school and as a volunteer in a community organisation,

Matheson has announced the appointment of eight new partners across a range of practice areas.

The CervicalCheck Tribunal has not yet received a single claim, despite having begun work more than two months ago, The Irish Times reports. Established as an alternative to court for claims emanating from the CervicalCheck controversy, the tribunal plans to start an “outreach programme”

There has been a 48 per cent rise in the number of people awaiting trial since the first lockdown last March, the Belfast Telegraph reports. The backlog includes 23 murder and 36 rape cases and has been described as “wholly unacceptable” by the chair of Stormont’s Justice Committee

Four people, including a solicitor and a barrister, have been nominated by ministers for appointment to the Policing Authority. Shalom Binchy, Elaine Byrne, Dr Donal de Buitléir and Stephen Martin are set to fill the four vacancies on the nine-member watchdog body.

Justice Minister Helen McEntee has received Government approval for legal amendments that would allow parents to speak publicly about their deceased child in cases where the child was unlawfully killed. This action is being taken in order to address the main issues arising out of the Court of Appeal

Stormont's Executive Office is under a legal obligation to fund a pension for people who suffered severe injuries in the Troubles, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The scheme opens for applications in March but it is not yet clear who will fund the payments, as Stormont and Westminster have been engag

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Arthur Cox partnered with US firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and UK firm Macfarlanes to advise Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc on its agreement to acquire GW Pharmaceuticals plc.

Judith Curtin, partner at O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors LLP, looks at the new Code of Practice on bullying. The Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Prevention and Resolution of Bullying at Work came into effect on 23 December 2020.