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The Court of Appeal has overturned a landmark High Court ruling which adopted an "unduly rigid" interpretation of the residency criteria for Irish citizenship applicants. In an unexpected decision in July, Mr Justice Max Barrett ruled that the requirement for “one year’s continuous resid

Mr Justice Adrian Colton will be appointed as president of the new Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board, the Lord Chief Justice has announced. The redress board, established by legislation fast-tracked through Westminster before it dissolved, will be responsible for receiving and processing

Global law firm Dechert LLP is expanding into new, larger office premises in Dublin as the firm continues its growth trajectory in the Irish capital in response to increased client demand. As of Monday, the firm's Dublin office will be based in 8,600 sq. ft. space at 5 Earlsfort Terrace, a landmark

A staggering €300,000 raised by the legal profession at this year's Calcutta Run has been presented to the Peter McVerry Trust and The Hope Foundation.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened an investigation into the alleged ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Myanmar's generals and Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace prize winner, could face prosecution in the court for crimes against humanity as well a

Staff at William Fry raised nearly €900 for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland during the firm's sixth annual funds bake-off.

The number of offenders passing through the criminal justice system has fallen to its lowest level in 50 years, according to official figures. Between July 2018 and June 2019 there were 1.58 million people processed by the system, compared with 1.86m in 1970, data from the Ministry of Justice show.

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Prison authorities have captured an inmate's cat which was being used to smuggle drugs into the jail. In CCTV footage released online, guards at a penal colony in the Russian republic of Tatarstan chase after a cat as it races towards the prison building.

Solidarity-People Before Profit TDs have been granted leave to apply for judicial review of a decision of the Ceann Comhairle, which will be dealt with in an expedited hearing before the end of the year. Noting the need to approach cases involving Parliament with a degree of caution, Mr Justice Garr

ByrneWallace has announced the appointment of financial services expert Damien McShane as a partner. Mr McShane has over 10 years’ experience advising on financial services law and regulation, with significant expertise advising on AIFMD, the UCITS directives, Solvency II, the Central Bank Act

Commercial and licensing lawyer Richard McLaughlin has joined Keystone Law as a consultant solicitor. Mr McLaughlin, formerly a solicitor at Joseph Donnelly & Co Solicitors, brings experience in the world of licensing, particularly in Belfast, having advised numerous pubs, off-licences, nightclu

Only a fifth of Irish companies have fulfilled new registration requirements ahead of a key deadline next week, Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) has warned. The vast majority of companies are required to submit information on their beneficial owners to a new central register by Friday 22 November or r

A High Court judge has said he cannot change a order he made preventing the publication of the names of a convicted child rapist and his victim. Mr Justice Michael White said that the court made the order at the wishes of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). When the DPP applied a week later o

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates looks at how workplaces can best accommodate women who have miscarried. In the Irish Independent recently, Eilish O’Regan wrote an article where Lisa Finnegan spoke to her about enduring the sadness of two miscarriages