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A pilot project to introduce a "child-centred" approach to dealing with child sexual abuse, based on the Icelandic "Barnahus" model, has been launched in Galway. The Barnahus, Onehouse Galway service will see the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, Department of Health and Department of Justic

Draft legislation to hold a referendum on allowing Irish citizens abroad and in Northern Ireland to vote in presidential elections has been submitted to the Dáil. The Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Elections) Bill 2019 provides for a referendum to amend article 12 of

Privacy activist Max Schrems will address Trinity students at an upcoming event hosted by Trinity College Law Review and Trinity College Law Society, in association with Arthur Cox and Eversheds Sutherland. The activist, known for his successful legal campaign against the Safe Harbour Agreement in 2

The Department of Finance has launched a "full and comprehensive" review of the business rates system in Northern Ireland. A public consultation opened yesterday and will run until 11 November 2019, seeking views on the future direction of the business rating system.

Lawyers from Britain, Jersey, the Isle of Man and Cyprus were welcomed to Belfast for the second meeting of the European Hub of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA).

ByrneWallace has been recognised as Ireland's top legal advisor to the public sector at the Excellence in Business Services Awards for a third consecutive year. The awards are presented annually by Public Sector Magazine to companies and organisations who can demonstrate outstanding service, co

The criminal justice system in England and Wales is "now dysfunctional and defective, broken and on-the-floor", policing watchdog chief Sir Thomas Winsor has warned. Sir Thomas, Her Majesty's chief inspector of constabulary, said the "inexcusably low" level of resourcing and investment in prevention

Bulk interception by the South African National Communications Centre is unlawful and invalid, the High Court in Pretoria has ruled in a historic judgment. The case was brought by two applicants, the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism and journalist Stephen Patrick Sole, after learning

A round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. McCann FitzGerald advised Greencoat Renweables on its proposed acquisition of Gortahile Wind Farm in Co Laois.

An Austrian court has ruled that a German tourist who complained about a "photo of a Nazi grandpa hanging in the hall" in a guesthouse had no right to air his grievance on travel websites. The tourist posted the comments online in response to the picture of a Wehrmacht soldier in uniform.

A development company that instituted proceedings against the surety under a building contract has had its claim dismissed as an abuse of process. Finding that it was clear from the contract that damages must be quantified in accordance with the dispute resolution mechanisms set out in the building

A legal bid to stop a no-deal Brexit on the basis that it would breach the Good Friday Agreement will be heard by the UK Supreme Court tomorrow. Belfast solicitor Ciaran O'Hare of McIvor Farrell Solicitors said the case brought by victims' rights campaigner Raymond McCord had "moved with unprecedent

The Charity Appeal Tribunal has dismissed an application as out of jurisdiction after sitting for the first time since its establishment three years ago. The statutory body was established in August 2016 to hear and adjudicate on appeals against certain decisions of the Charities Regulator, under se

Former Labour Court chair and barrister Dr Kevin Duffy has been awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by UCD Sutherland School of Law. As a senior trade unionist, Dr Duffy represented the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) in negotiations with the Department of Labour which resulted in the

Gardaí are planning a number of raids on solicitors' offices as part of a crackdown on insurance fraud, according to reports. According to The Irish Times, the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) is planning to lead a number of "days of action", consisting of raids on the homes of su