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The Irish government has said it may introduce legislation to facilitate its co-operation with the UK's Omagh bombing inquiry, which is now under way. Scottish judge Lord Turnbull yesterday presided over the inquiry's first public hearing at the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh, which dealt with prelimin

EU member states including Ireland may have to consider an individual's rights under the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union before executing UK arrest warrants issued under post-Brexit rules, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has said. The court was asked in March to

The Irish M&A market saw 185 deals in the first half of 2024, a 20 per cent decline on the previous year, but the total deal value surged to €17.8 billion, a 207 per cent increase, according to new analysis from William Fry. The law firm has published its half-year report on Irish M&A a

An English solicitor who arranged sham marriages in India in order to circumvent UK immigration rules has been struck off after being tried in absentia. Matthew Chellam, 53, was paid "handsomely" for his services in making residency applications for people who lacked the right to stay in the UK.

Global law firm Dentons has reported an 18 per cent rise in revenue from its Dublin office and total revenues of £280.5 million across its UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) operations. UKIME CEO Paul Jarvis said: "It's pleasing to achieve another year of record revenues. We have grown revenu

The UK government is to abandon an appeal of the Northern Ireland High Court's finding that controversial legacy legislation is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Labour government has already pledged to "repeal and replace" the previous government's Northern Ireland Troubles

A lawyer's son allegedly used his father's name and AI technology to pose as a lawyer, appearing in court on behalf of clients before he was caught. South Carolina man Nathan Chambers last week apologised in court, saying that as he "watched my father and sister throughout my entire life practice la

A proposed UN treaty on cybercrime could end up competing with the existing Budapest Convention and needlessly complicating international investigations and enforcement, a legal expert has said. Efforts to finalise the text of the proposed UN Convention against Cybercrime are currently under way in

Retired Supreme Court judge Ms Justice Marie Baker has reflected on her legal career in a new interview published by The Irish Times. The interview traces landmark moments in Ms Justice Baker's career, including the emotional impact of PP v HSE [2014] IEHC 622, the high-profile case involving a preg

Solicitors joined the annual Belfast Pride parade on Saturday, marching through Belfast city centre in celebration of the LGBT+ community in Northern Ireland.

The UK's Omagh bombing inquiry is to host its first public hearing tomorrow. The preliminary hearing, taking place in the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh, will consider procedural issues relating to the conduct of future public hearings and the inquiry's investigation. No witnesses will be called and no

Dr Síofra O'Leary, who recently completed her term as president of the European Court of Human Rights, has been awarded the honorary degree of LLD by the University of Edinburgh. Dr O’Leary’s laureation address was given by Professor Niamh Nic Shuibhne, who also co-sponsored her n

The procurement process for the long-awaited dedicated family courts complex in Dublin has begun in a further milestone for the project.

The UK government has abandoned objections to proposed international arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials — and is now being urged to take a tough position against UK arms exports to Israel. After weeks of speculation, the Labour government confirme

The International Protection Office (IPO) is to begin prioritising cases from Jordan as well as Nigeria. There were 881 international protection applications from Jordan in the second quarter of 2024, making it the country with the second-highest volume of applications after Nigeria.