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The controversial reference to women’s “life within the home” in the Irish constitution should be scrapped, the Citizens' Assembly has said. The body, made up of chairperson Dr Catherine Day and 99 citizens randomly selected to be broadly representative of the Irish electorate, met

A new UN investigation into Ireland's treatment of a woman who was abused in Magdalene laundries for nearly two decades has wide-ranging implications, a human rights expert has warned. The UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) has launched an investigation into the State's treatment of 70-year-old El

A damages action brought by a lawyer and academic over serious injuries he sustained following a car crash in Co Tipperary over a decade ago has been resolved. The action was brought by barrister Diarmuid Rossa Phelan SC, who also teaches law at Trinity College Dublin, arising out of injuries he sus

A landmark ruling that a couple’s Islamic marriage falls within the scope of English marriage law but is void has been overturned by the Court of Appeal. In a judgment which could affect thousands of Muslims in England and Wales, the court has said that the "nikah" ceremony was an invalid cere

A judge in Manhattan has ruled that a summons can be served by email to British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, a former associate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Lawyers for Annie Farmer, who alleges that she was trafficked and sexually abused by Maxwell and Epstein, said they have tried to

Some 58 per cent of women in the legal profession say they or women they work with have experienced inappropriate comments from male colleagues relating to their gender, new research has found. Almost half, 46 per cent, reported that either they or one of their colleagues had not complained about di

More than 1,110 former officials at the Justice Department have called on Attorney General Bill Barr to resign. The statement, signed mostly by former career prosecutors, but also by some political appointees, said: "Mr Barr's actions in doing the President's personal bidding unfortunately speak lou

A property developer has been ordered to remove up to 20 floors from the top of a nearly-completed block of flats. The 52-storey tower was targeted by local community campaigners who said developers abused planning rules to build it.

A District Court judge’s decision to decline jurisdiction in respect of an assault charge in circumstances where the same judge had accepted jurisdiction at a previous hearing was reached in breach of fair procedures. Granting an order of certiorari quashing the decision, Ms Justice Miriam O&r

O'Flynn Exhams (OFX) has announced the appointment of Judith Curtin and Joan Byrne as partners in the firm's Cork headquarters. Ms Curtin has specialist knowledge in commercial contracts and outsourcing, with a particular focus on privacy/information management and employment law. She also has exten

A police officer has been rapped for recording a private area of a Belfast solicitor's office without informing the lawyer. The bodycam footage captured documents sitting in different parts of the office, and audio of a number of staff members from the legal firm engaged in phone calls, the Police O

A justice of the Supreme Court has hinted that the judiciary will not willingly cede any independence in a remark made during the swearing-in of Lord Hodge as deputy president of the court. Delivering some introductory words at the ceremony, Lord Wilson said it would be for Lord Hodge and Lord Reed,

Justice Minister Naomi Long has met campaigners for new legislation on stalking as she prepares to introduce a bill to Stormont.

The Bar of Ireland has welcomed 100 students from across the State as part of the Look into Law Transition Year Programme.

There is "huge potential" for the real estate market in Belfast in spite of continuing political uncertainty, real estate lawyer Gareth Planck has said. Mr Planck, a partner at Eversheds Sutherland, addressed 100 leaders from the real estate, property development, finance and business community at a