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The Labour Court must reconsider a case involving a Tesco employee who was not paid in accordance with the terms of his contract. Remitting the case back to the Court for consideration, Mr Justice Michael MacGrath found that the Labour Court had fallen into error by failing to appropriately assess t

A further delay to a long-awaited review into the care of vulnerable people in Northern Ireland's prisons has been condemned as "unacceptable". Justice Minister Naomi Long yesterday admitted that the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) had been "unable" to complete the review by Marc

Dublin-based Reddy Charlton has announced the appointment of Stephanie Whelan and Caoimhe McCrea following their qualification as solicitors. Ms Whelan, based in the firm's property team, advises on all aspects of residential property; commercial property; probate wills and estate planning; and, lan

Sexual offending experts have called on gardaí to investigate reported abuse and threats aimed at a rape victim in court yesterday. Two men were yesterday jailed for seven years for raping a woman who blacked out after drinking at a house party in Co Leitrim in 2017.

Work to establish a dedicated Mental Health Court in Northern Ireland is set to move forward later this year. The Department of Justice has confirmed that a project board for the proposed problem-solving court has been established and plans will be developed in conjunction with other stakeholders in

The Law Society of Ireland welcomed 42 Transition Year students from schools around the country as part of a week-long activity-based programme.

A retired solicitor has avoided contempt proceedings after belatedly complying with a court order to make a €25,000 payment. Joe Buckley, from Co Wicklow, was ordered to make the payment following a finding that he overcharged a former client, businessman Denis Doyle, by €736,000.

Staff at Comyn Kelleher Tobin recently facilitated a training course on courtroom skills to members of University Hospital Kerry.

Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin has been awarded Investors in People's standard accreditation in recognition of its commitment to good people management. Investors in People is an international standard for people management, defining what is required to effectively lead, support and manage peop

A polygamist with three wives and ten children has told a court that he helped to defraud the US government of nearly $470 million (€434m). The huge sum obtained through a clean energy subsidy scam was allegedly spent on real estate in the US and Turkey and expensive cars including a $1.7 milli

A man who argued that he was unfairly dismissed from his employment after making a “protected disclosure” has lost an appeal against the Labour Court’s finding that, in stating that his work was causing him pain, his communication was an expression of grievance and not a protected

Insurance and risk specialist BLM has announced the appointment of Seamus White and Audrey McGinley as partners in Dublin. The UK-headquartered firm now employs 50 people in Dublin, its only office in the EU following Brexit.

Access to justice "not only makes for better law, but for better democracy", Mr Justice John MacMenamin told law students from across Europe at a conference in Dublin. The Supreme Court judge delivered the Brian Lenihan Memorial Address at the 12th Annual Law Student Colloqium at Trinity College Dub

The controversial reference to women’s “life within the home” in the Irish constitution should be scrapped, the Citizens' Assembly has said. The body, made up of chairperson Dr Catherine Day and 99 citizens randomly selected to be broadly representative of the Irish electorate, met

A new UN investigation into Ireland's treatment of a woman who was abused in Magdalene laundries for nearly two decades has wide-ranging implications, a human rights expert has warned. The UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) has launched an investigation into the State's treatment of 70-year-old El