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Irish law will continue to feel the "gravitational pull" of British jurisprudence after Brexit, Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, president of the Law Reform Commission, has said. In a speech to the Law Reform Commission's annual conference yesterday, the retired Supreme Court judge said there were areas of l

Criminal law experts have called for "legal and social reform" following protests over a Cork rape trial in which the 17-year-old complainant's lacy underwear was referenced in the defence barrister's speech to the jury. Law lecturers Dr Susan Leahy of University of Limerick and Dr Catherine O'Sulli

The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has urged the Government to ensure that an upcoming bill aimed at ratifying an international treaty on torture and ill-treatment meets the minimum legislative requirements. Ireland signed the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel,

Patrick Walshe, partner in the employment and pensions group at Dublin firm Philip Lee, writes on the challenges posed to employers by social media. Like it or loathe it, social media is a key feature of modern life. With every day that passes, we live more of our lives on the internet.

Belfast firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin celebrated 125 years in business with a birthday celebration event at the Titanic Hotel Belfast.

Post-mortem examinations of infants in Northern Ireland will be conducted in England from 2019 onwards, a BBC investigation has revealed. The bodies of babies who require a post-mortem examination, either on the request of the parents or the instruction of a coroner, will have to be transported to L

Judges are working in poor conditions, England and Wales' Lord Chief Justice has said. Lord Burnett of Maldon said the poor condition of courts had contributed to “low levels of morale”, The Times reports.

A newly-released report, which reveals that the US considered using 'truth serum' in the CIA’s torture programme, raises fresh questions about British involvement in torture and rendition, according to human rights group Reprieve. The report, written by a CIA medical officer, was released on T

Police have seized a two-month-old lion cub after stopping a Lamborghini whose driver was snapping selfies with the animal. The 33-year-old man reportedly told officers that it was "just a cat", but he failed to persuade them and was arrested.

A woman who has rented a property in Dublin for over 13 years has been given an opportunity to reformulate her claim against the State and vulture fund Promontoria, which took charge over the property in September 2015. While accepting that Promontoria was not the woman’s landlord, Mr Justice

Richard Hammond, partner at Hammond Good Solicitors, was elected president of the Southern Law Association (SLA) at the association's AGM in Cork last night. Patrick Dorgan, the Cork solicitor who was recently elected president of the Law Society of Ireland, attended the meeting along with Law Socie

Three of Ireland's biggest law firms - A&L Goodbody, Matheson and William Fry - have signed up to a pledge to significantly reduce their carbon emissions. The firms are among 43 companies who have signed the low carbon pledge, an initiative launched by the Business in the Community Ireland (BITC

The Court of Appeal has an equal number of men and women following the appointment of Ms Justice Caroline Costello and Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy. The pair were appointed by President Michael D. Higgins yesterday after their nomination by the Government early last month.

Gardaí have launched an investigation into how photos of an accused in the dock at Swords District Court were taken and distributed on social media. A photo of the 24-year-old woman, a teacher accused of engaging in a sex act with a teenage boy, appeared online after a hearing, the Irish Inde

HOMS Solicitors and tech firm ActionPoint joined forces at the Savoy Hotel in Limerick for a "multi-pronged" breakfast briefing on cyber security.