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The standard of proof applying to solicitors subject to misconduct proceedings has been lowered from "beyond all reasonable doubt" to a "balance of probabilities" following approval from the regulator. The Legal Services Board supported an application from the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT)

The Court of Appeal has reserved its judgment on whether to alter the sentence of a man who was jailed for three years after raping his wife, who asked a judge not to send him to prison. The 38-year-old man was found guilty following a trial at the Central Criminal Court of raping and sexually assau

Young solicitors were briefed on key planning and property law issues at a lively CPD event organised by the Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association (DBSA) Younger Members (YM) committee.

The first edition of the annual Irish Supreme Court Review (ISCR), drawn from papers presented at the inaugural ISCR conference last October, has been published. The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, is among 14 high-profile contributors to the inaugural edition of the peer-reviewed

Sampling without authorisation can infringe a phonogram producer’s rights, though the use of a sound sample taken from a phonogram in a modified form unrecognisable to the ear does not infringe those rights, even without such authorisation, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled

Most Irish workers believe they will have to work past the age of 66 despite wanting to retire, according to new research by William Fry. The firm is warning employers to prepare for an ageing workforce by implementing age-diverse policies and initiatives.

Human rights expert Professor Colin Harvey has called for a national conversation on Irish unity as a "way back to the EU". Professor Harvey, professor of human rights law at Queen's University Belfast, said it would be "irresponsible not to talk about this".

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