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A federal US court has been forced to discard a judgment it issued in spite of the judge who wrote it having died. Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit was listed as the author of a majority opinion issued 11 days after his death, CNBC reports.

Barrister Seán Guerin has lost an appeal against the declarations made in the Court of Appeal, which held that his conclusions about Alan Shatter in the Guerin Report were in breach of fair procedures and outside the scope of the report. Emphasising that the Supreme Court was "far from being

President Michael D. Higgins yesterday warned that barriers to access to justice in Ireland are damaging "the very fabric of our society, entrenching and exacerbating inequality". The president mounted a strong defence of legal aid in his speech at the officially opening of legal rights group FLAC's

DLA Piper has announced the appointment of Maura Dineen as a tax partner in the firm's newly opened Dublin office. The appointment represents the fifth partner hire for DLA Piper in a month, following the appointment in January of partners Conor Houlihan, Éanna Mellett, Mark Rasdale and Ciara

Tom Griffin has been appointed as general counsel and company secretary at cross-border dairy processing co-operative Lakeland Dairies. As general counsel, and reporting to Group CEO Michael Hanley, Mr Griffin will provide legal advice across the Group on every aspect of corporate, business and comm

The managing partner of Matheson has urged the UK and EU to begin discussions about their future trade relationship if the Article 50 period is extended. Speaking at the Ibec Business Leaders Conference 2019 this morning, Michael Jackson said the uncertainty over Brexit is "very concerning for the b

Inquests into the deaths of 21 people in the Birmingham pub bombings resumed yesterday after a three-year delay. The inquests, first ordered in 2016, were delayed following a complaint from victims' families about the coroner's decision not to name the bombing suspects.

The Pro Bono Choir, made up of solicitors, barristers and judges, has handed over £20,000 to charities after a series of fundraising events.

Crown Court prosecutors' fees are worse than the wages at McDonald's, a senior barrister has said. Barristers who take instructions from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are to attend a rally next week to consider action that would bring trials to a standstill, The Times reports.

The UK has been ordered to give the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius "as rapidly as possible" after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled British occupation of the archipelago was illegal, The Guardian reports. The British retained possession of the islands after Mauritius gained independen

A California man wrongfully convicted of murder has been awarded $21 million as compensation for being imprisoned for 38 years, in what is believed to be the longest jail term overturned in the state's history. Craig Coley, 71, a Vietnam war veteran was jailed in 1978 for the killing of his ex-partn

A Kim Jong-un lookalike has been deported from Vietnam ahead of a visit this week from North Korea's leader, who is meeting with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi. Howard X, a Hong Kong resident, staged his own summit with Trump impersonator Russell White last week.

A man who brought a claim for personal injuries against a taxi driver who drove over his foot has had his claim dismissed in the High Court. Concluding that it was clear from CCTV evidence that the man was the aggressor in a fight which resulted in him falling beside the back wheel of the taxi, and

A landmark ruling from the Supreme Court is likely to bring significant changes to the way in which contempt of court charges are brought forward and dealt with in the Irish courts. The court today handed down its judgment in a judicial review brought by Kevin Tracey against District Judge Aeneas Mc

The Irish Tax Institute has called on the Government to consult on changes to tax legislation. President Marie Bradley told the Institutes's annual dinner that there should be more transparency around the making of tax laws, the Sunday Independent reports.