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Computers could be given separate legal personality to cope with the use of advanced technology in commerce, a Supreme Court justice has suggested. In the First Edinburgh FinTech Law Lecture at the University of Edinburgh, Lord Hodge said there was no reason why the law could not confer legal person

Thom Brooks, Dean and professor of law and government at Durham Law School, writes on the latest development in the Brexit saga. Theresa May’s attempt to secure parliament’s approval for her Brexit deal this month has been dealt an almost certainly fatal blow.

A business-backed group urging a crackdown on insurance fraud has criticised the Government for ongoing delays in the establishment of a dedicated Garda Insurance Fraud Unit. The Alliance for Insurance Reform (AIR) said the dedicated unit had been Government policy for over two years, but has been d

A transgender woman who was asked to leave a Dublin bar last year has won an out-of-court settlement and a public apology. Sonia Kolasinska, 39, told The Irish Times that she was asked by security staff to leave Madigan's on O'Connell Street after attempting to join friends after attending a politic

ByrneWallace staff took part in a "Go Green Day" to raise vital funds for children's charity Barnardo's.

A local police department was left red-faced after accidentally ordering 24,000 rolls of toilet paper. The Marshall County Sheriff's Office in Alabama, USA, spent $22,000 on toilet paper and $9,000 on trash bags - despite only having a $15,000 budget for janitorial supplies next year.

A solicitor and junior counsel who were ordered to pay the costs incurred by the State in judicial review proceedings which were brought as a strategy to delay deportation, have been told that the court will take no action against them. Mr Justice David Keane said that in the ordinary course he woul

Mr Justice Richard Humphreys will discuss legal questions arising from the debate on Irish unity with a prominent Belfast legal academic next week. The event, headlined "A Constitutional Conversation about the Future of our Shared Island", will see the High Court judge discuss the topic with Colin H

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has appeared before the Supreme Court to exercise its amicus curiae function in a significant case on the rights of persons with disabilities to have reasonable accommodations made in the workplace. The Commission is appearing as amicus curiae i

Patent applications filed by Irish businesses, firms and researchers with the European Patent Office (EPO) have grown at their highest rate in a decade. Applications from Ireland grew by 21.4 per cent in 2018, well above the 3.8 per cent average growth of the EPO 38 member states, according to the E

Residential property prices in Ireland rose by 5.6 per cent in the year to January 2019, according to new Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures. The slowed growth compares with an increase of 6.4 per cent in the year to December 2018 and an increase of 11.8 per cent in the year to January 2018.

The Council of Europe has reiterated its "serious concerns" about the delays in establishing the Historical Investigations Unit and other legacy institutions dealing with deaths during the Troubles. The Council's Committee of Ministers examined the issue during its latest regular review of the imple

International legal business DWF, with offices in Belfast and Dublin, has completed its initial public offering and is now trading on the London Stock Exchange, making it the UK's largest listed law firm. The entire issued ordinary share capital of 300,000,000 shares was today admitted to the premiu

A man who admitted attempting to carry a knife into the Criminal Courts of Justice complex in order to attack a man who was looking for bail has been jailed for two years. Sam Maughan, 24, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possessing a Stanley blade intending to incapacitate a perso

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Ireland is set to host a free forum offering a "fresh perspective" on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in Cork next week. Ms Justice Marie Baker of the Court of Appeal will chair the event, which will also hear from Eamonn Harrington of Comyn Kelleh