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A group safeguarding migrants’ rights has asked whether parts of the McMahon Report into the direct provision system have been enacted while saying others were “slower and more piecemeal than we would like”. Nasc was involved in producing the McMahon report as part of the Working Group on the

A judge has recused himself over a perceived conflict in the case of Gayle Dunne, wife of developer Seán Dunne, who is appealing over his bankruptcy, the Irish Independent reports. Mr Justice Seán Ryan, president of the Court of Appeal bought a house from Mr Dunne’s firm and had once met him.

A lawyer has called for people who make false rape allegations to be stripped of anonymity and named on a public register. Nick Freeman, known as ‘Mr Loopole’, made the comments after the case of Liam Allan, 22, whose rape trial collapsed after it emerged that the alleged victim was lying.

The UK government has provided no detail on how it will protect consumer rights via shared legislation, shared mechanisms and cooperation with cross-border agencies post Brexit, a House of Lords sub-committee has reported. The House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee today calls on the government to

A Dublin pensioner is to marry his male carer in order to avoid paying inheritance tax. Eighty-five year old Matt will marry Michael O’Sullivan. Both men are straight but have decided that getting married is the best route to avoiding the tax bill on Matt’s home.

The Minister for Health and Children has partially succeeded in an appeal to the Supreme Court, which was based on the statutory interpretation of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Acts 1997-2006. Delivering the unanimous decision of the five-judge Court, Mr Justice William McKechnie found the t

The Minister for Health and Children has partially succeeded in an appeal to the Supreme Court, which was based on the statutory interpretation of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Acts 1997-2006. Delivering the unanimous decision of the five-judge Court, Mr Justice William McKechnie found the t

A bid to encourage companies to use Ireland as a jurisdiction to settle legal disputes has received the Government’s support, The Irish Independent reports.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has welcomed a settlement secured in a case of members of the Traveller community denied service in a licensed premises. The individuals involved applied jointly to the District Court for redress under the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 with legal represe

Two complaints made against barristers were upheld by a professional conduct body in 2016, The Irish Independent reports. The Barristers’ Professional Conduct Tribunal received 33 complaints, its annual report reveals, with a further 14 carried on from the previous year.

Northern Ireland’s police chief has given the UK government short shrift over delays in dealing with the legacy of the Troubles, saying “stop prevaricating and get on with it”. Police Service of Northern Ireland chief constable George Hamilton told the Press Association he was frustrated that

The Attorney General’s amenability to judicial review is the subject of a paper by Conor McCormick, a PhD candidate at Queen’s University Belfast. In “Reviewing the reviewability of the Attorney General for Northern Ireland” Mr McCormick (pictured) looks at the historic view of the Attorney

A man who defrauded a foreign student after she was duped into renting a non-existent room may perform community service in lieu of a prison sentence. Ashley Lucas (36) of Hayworth Rise, Ongar, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one count of money laundering, which involved se

The effectiveness of UK sanctions will be undermined unless the UK can quickly agree arrangements for future sanctions policy co-operation with the EU, the EU External Affairs Sub-Committee has stated in a new report. Without this, the UK could be left with the choice of imposing less effective unil

Plans for a new court to adjudicate on trade disputes with the EU are being drawn up by UK governmentministers in an attempt to resolve a dispute with Brussels over the role of the European Court of Justice after Brexit. Whitehall is reported as favouring a model under which the UK and EU would have