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A former garda who faced dismissal in the early 1980s after having a child out of wedlock has received an apology from Garda Commissioner Drew Harris and Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan. Majella Moynihan, now in her late 50s, told an RTÉ Radio One documentary about how she became pregnant a

Nearly 2,500 offenders carried out over 355,000 hours of community service work in lieu of serving prison sentences last year, new figures reveal. The Probation Service worked with almost 16,000 offenders referred from the courts nationwide, according to the 2018 annual report for the service.

Arthur Cox was recognised as the best Irish firm for women in business law at the Euromoney LMG Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2019.

A judge in Minneapolis has sentenced lawyer Paul Hansmeier to 14 years' imprisonment for a scheme which saw him upload pornographic material to file-sharing networks before threatening to sue people who downloaded them, Ars Technica reports. “It is almost incalculable how much your abuse of tr

Staff at BLM's Belfast and Derry offices volunteered their time to help tidy up the grounds of the Northern Ireland Children's Hospice in Newtonabbey.

Thousands of criminal cases are being reviewed after the family of a judge said he had been going to work drunk. The allegations were made in guardianship papers filed by the family of Judge William T. Marshall, 62, an elected judge in southern Ohio.

A man who was left a 55-acre farm in his uncle’s only will, which was made a few days before his death, has won an appeal against the finding of the Circuit Court that the will was invalid. Overturning the finding that the deceased did not have the requisite mental capacity to make his will, M

Belfast firm Millar McCall Wylie has announced the appointment of Christopher McCandless as its first-ever Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mr McCandless, a qualified accountant and taxation advisor with 30 years’ experience, will take a place on the law firm's executive team, with responsibilit

The Law Society of Ireland has called on the Government to introduce a formal technical consultation before publishing the next Finance Bill. In its pre-Budget 2020 submission, the Law Society has argued for adequate time to allow both practitioners and Revenue to consult properly on changes to key

A senior judge has said that recent reforms to commercial litigation in Northern Ireland could make it one of the most attractive places in the UK and Ireland to do business. Mr Justice Horner, a Commercial Court judge in the High Court, made the comments at a Northern Ireland In-House Lawyers Group

The average length of time taken for the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) to decide whether or not a Crown Court case should proceed has increased by more than 21 per cent. According to the statistical bulletin for 2018/19, the average days required for the issue of an indictable prosecution decisio

Dr Eoin Daly, lecturer in law at NUI Galway, and Dr David Kenny, assistant professor of law at Trinity College Dublin, examine the Government's use of the "money message" to control legislation. Controversy has erupted recently over the Government delaying the Climate Emergency Bill using an obscure

The Garda Inspectorate has commenced its first self-initiated inspection, examining counter corruption practices within An Garda Síochána. The inspection will focus on the effectiveness of gardaí at preventing, detecting and mitigating against internal corruption.

McCann FitzGerald has been named the best national firm for pro bono work at Legal Media Group Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2019 in London.

Maples Group welcomed women working in the finance sector to the firm's Dublin office for the 100 Women in Finance (100WF) summer networking drinks this week.