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The Government's strategy to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is set to be reviewed to examine its success. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan today announced the mid-term review of the Second National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence 2016-2021, which was launch

A dissident republican political party has launched legal action against social media giant Facebook over allegations of "censorship". Saoradh, which was set up in 2016 with the support of prominent republican critics of the Northern Ireland peace process, claims that its members "have been banned f

The UK government has announced plans to legislate for new civil orders aimed at tackling knife crime among young people. Amendments to the Offensive Weapons Bill 2017-19, currently before the House of Lords, will give courts in England and Wales the power to impose "knife crime prevention orders" o

JMK Solicitors handled more personal injury cases in Northern Ireland than any other law firm for a fifth consecutive year. Figures obtained from the compensation recovery unit at the Department of Communities reveal that the Belfast- and Newry-based firm handled 1,544 cases registered in 2018, more

Ronan Daly Jermyn has advised an Irish wine importer on its acquisition by a multinational wholesaler. Classic Drinks, founded in 2004, has been acquired by food service distributed Pallas Food, part of global distribution company Sysco Corporation.

The president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland has taken part in a series of Brexit engagements in Brussels as the UK's exit from the EU looms. President Suzanne Rice was joined by Dr Frank Geddis, head of research and governance at the Law Society, in meetings with UK government officials and

An accomplished US lawyer has received a $66 million compensation payout, among the largest in US history, after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a road traffic collision. Brooke Taylor, partner in the Seattle, Washington office of litigation firm Susman Godfrey LLP and a member of the firm's e

A church bell dedicated to Adolf Hitler can remain in place at a small German village, judges have ruled. However, the Koblenz Appeal Court said the local council had to go ahead with its plans to install an explanatory plaque.

Four men have been given life sentences for the murder of a man who was shot in front of his three-year-old child in Bangor in 2017. Stating that the murder had “paramilitary overtones”, Judge Adrian Colton imposed minimum tariffs of between 15 and 16 years for the men who had pleaded gu

Senators yesterday defeated a Government attempt to hurry its controversial Judicial Appointments Commission Bill through the Seanad. Senator Jerry Buttimer, leader of the Seanad, said the Government had brought forward a three-hour debate on the bill to yesterday in a bid to get it through the comm

Plans to hold a referendum this May to amend the constitutional provisions on divorce have been approved by the Government. Voters will be asked to amend article 41.3.2 of the Constitution to remove the minimum living apart period for spouses seeking a divorce, and replace article 41.3.3 with a prov

Prominent legal academic Dr Vicky Conway and solicitor Paul Mageean have been appointed to the Policing Authority. Dr Conway, an academic lawyer lecturing at DCU, returns to the Authority, having previously been a member and having also served as a member of the Commission on the Future of Policing

Pinsent Masons has celebrated being ranking in the top 10 for M&A deal volume in its first full year in the Irish market. The international law firm opened its Dublin office last year, specialising in the financial services and technology sectors.

Dublin solicitor Keith Walsh, chair of the Law Society of Ireland's child and family law committee, writes for Irish Legal News on the government's announcement of a divorce referendum in May 2019. The confirmation by Ministers Flanagan and Madigan that the referendum to reduce the waiting time for

Leading experts on coronial systems will explore the case for major reform at an event hosted by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) next week. The civil liberties group is co-ordinating new research into the coronial system and has organised the event to draw on the expertise of people who