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More than half of young judges are now women, according to official figures. The number of female court judges increased last year by three per cent to almost a third of the total. But the proportion of female tribunal judges remained unchanged at 46 per cent, The Times reports.

Landmark legislation to allow coroners in Northern Ireland to access relevant Garda testimony has been passed by both houses of the Oireachtas. The Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019 was introduced to underpin the Irish Government's commitments under the Stormont House Agreement

The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has launched a public consultation on its updated policy covering the prosecution of road traffic offences. The policy document explains the approach of the PPS in taking prosecutorial decisions in respect of road traffic offences.

A rule mandating that police officers have degrees could remove 4,000 recruits from the front line, one force has claimed as it seeks judicial review of the policy. Lincolnshire Police is challenging the College of Policing’s demand that new recruits have a degree, three-year apprenticeship or

The Garda Síochána Act 1958 provided for the admission of women to membership of An Garda Síochána, and this month marks the 60th anniversary of women joining An Garda Síochána. However, the 12 Ban Ghardaí appointed on 10 July 1959 were not the first

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A judge writing about breach of fiduciary duty said in his judgment that the court would not render an earlier case meaningless – as Game of Thrones did the Night King. Judge John B. Owens of the US Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, a disgruntled fan of the blockbuster series, wrote: "We will not

A man who took out a €190,000 mortgage to purchase property which he mistakenly believed to be in the ownership of a solicitor in 2008 has had his application for judicial review dismissed in the High Court. Finding no error in the decision taken by the Law Society of Ireland to award compensat

Dublin firm KOD Lyons has announced the appointment of Ailbhe Hanmore as an associate and Katie Dowling as a solicitor. Ms Hanmore, who joined the firm a year ago, works in the firm's civil litigation department, vindicating the rights of those injured as a result of negligence. She leads a mixed pr

Solicitor Maeve Delargy was re-elected as chairperson of the Irish Women Lawyers Association (IWLA) at a packed AGM yesterday evening.

A landmark bill to significant clarify, strengthen and modernise the powers available to coroners in the reporting, investigation and inquest of deaths has passed the Oireachtas. The Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018 also provides for mandatory inquests in the case of maternal deaths, inspired by an ea

Writer and barrister Noel Whelan, a prominent figure in the campaign for marriage equality, has passed away at the age of 50. Mr Whelan called to the Bar in 1998 and to the Inner Bar in 2018, practising in Dublin, Wexford and Waterford.

A judge has urged personal injury solicitors to be more selective in taking up cases after dismissing five claims as clearly fraudulent. Judge Jacqueline Linnane of the Circuit Court directed that files relating to the cases should be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Refurbishment works at Wicklow Courthouse have been delayed again, according to a local TD. The courthouse was closed in 2010 but is set to be brought back into use, with works originally scheduled to begin last year.

International law firm Pinsent Masons has seen a seven per cent rise in global turnover and a slump in profit per equity partner (PEP). Unaudited figures for the year to 30 April, show gross profit increased by 2.5 per cent to £192.4 million while PEP fell for the first time in six years by fi