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Tim Carson places the statutory review of the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 in context. Midway through the Long Vacation, the Northern Ireland Department of Finance quietly published its statutorily mandated Report on the Review of the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.

Graham Ogilvy reviews Paul Tweed's new book about his life as an international libel lawyer to the rich and famous. Paul Tweed is a familiar figure on television and in the newspapers. Representing celebrity clients has made him something of a celebrity himself, and now he tells his story in a new b

Mark Healy explores the relevant laws and guidelines for Ireland's swimming pool operators. There have been a number of tragic high-profile drowning incidents at leisure centres in Ireland in recent years.

When Marie O'Brien spoke to Irish Legal News, it was from a hotel half an hour away from Istanbul Airport, a major international hub and the second busiest airport in Europe. The location was an appropriate one: the partner and head of the finance department at A&L Goodbody in Dublin is also the

Dear Editor, I write regarding Wednesday's judgment (Costello J in Carrownagowan Concern Group & Ors -v- An Bord Pleanála & Ors [2024] IECA 234) chastising the use of “slang or colloquialisms in a formal judgment of the High Court”, in particular by reference to the terms

Sir Declan Morgan defends the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) following a court ruling last week. Last Friday in Belfast, the Northern Ireland Appeal Court ruled on the independence of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (

Keith Walsh SC analyses the latest figures on divorce and judicial separation cases before the courts. There was a 35.5 per cent increase in applications for divorce and judicial separations before the High Court in 2023, with numbers increasing from 71 cases in 2022 to 91 in 2023.

Robert Shiels reviews a book that sheds light on personalities who shaped 21st-century Russia. With the end of Soviet Russia, there was little in the way of precedent or planning for the political class to follow in the move to a new society and economy. A socialist state does not plan for its own d

Historian Susie Deedigan reviews a new book on the Irish men and women who fought against Nazi occupation in Europe. Janie McCarthy, a teacher from Killarney and somewhat unlikely résistante, is the first in the cast of fascinating characters whose stories are skillfully woven together in Clo

Graham Ogilvy reviews a new history of the liberation of Paris.

Benjamin Bestgen pours forth on law and wine. It is fair to say that the British enjoy wine. Not only is the UK the fifth largest wine consumer globally. It is also the home of internationally acclaimed wine education and industry organisations like the Wine and Spirits Education Trust and the Insti

Kane Tuohy employment lawyer Triona Cody highlights data protection lessons for employers following a case where a man was filmed outside of work while on sick leave. Earlier this summer, in Philip McCabe and AA Ireland Limited [2024] IECC 6, the Circuit Court awarded €5,500 for damages suffere

Robert Shiels reviews a new book on one of the UK's best-known spying scandals. There is an aphorism along the lines of history is past politics and present politics is future history, and that might well be a suitable introduction to a new book on the Spycatcher affair.

Benjamin Bestgen looks at the law and cultural perceptions surrounding suicide. The recent case of Irish citizen Tori Towey’s arrest for being drunk and having attempted suicide in the United Arab Emirates made international headlines. Media reports suggest that she was suffering domestic viol

‘Necrogamy’ might sound deeply unpleasant, but in fact refers to a lawful practice in France — one of the only jurisdictions in the world to allow, in certain circumstances, posthumous marriage between a living person and their deceased partner. And Mrs, a bittersweet dark comedy