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Thousands of barristers have voted in favour of ending their industrial action and have accepted a £15 million offer from the Ministry of Justice over payment rates for reading evidence and documents in trials. More than 3,000 barristers voted in the ballot of the Criminal Bar Association, which sa

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A High Court judge has said he “completely” agrees that complainants in rape cases should have access to legal advice during trials. Mr Justice Paul Butler made the comments during his sentencing of a 24-year-old Dublin man who raped a teenage acquaintance after forcing her into a park.

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A Spanish man who was detained on the basis of allegations he had sexual relations with minors suffered violations of his Convention rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Fernandes Pedroso v Portugal the court held, unanimously, that there

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A woman has been awarded almost €20,000 for past and future pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life as a result of injuries suffered when she slipped and fell at a pub in Wicklow in 2012. Mr Justice Keane said that the pub was negligent and in breach of duty by failing to install a handra

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