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Pictured: Senator Michael McDowell SC at Checkpoint Cathal Borders and broken agreements lie ahead if the UK government stays its course on Brexit, according to speakers at the Hibernian Law Journal's Checkpoint Cathal lecture in Dublin.
Ken Murphy The Law Society of Ireland has warned of anxiety among its members that Brexit will affect their ability to practise in England and Wales.
Dr Geoffrey Shannon Dr Geoffrey Shannon, special rapporteur on child protection, has proposed the creation of a new offence of leading children to commit crime.
Olivia O'Kane Carson McDowell is collaborating with Ulster University on a landmark computer animation conference.
A recent symposium hosted by University of Limerick School of Law examined issues around the integration and accommodation of minority religions – particularly Islam – under Irish law.
Members and supporters of the Employment Law Association of Ireland (ELAI) recently enjoyed the Association's annual dinner at the Westbury Hotel, sponsored by Keane McDonald Recruitment.
There is no "legal or logical bar" to the UK remaining in the EU single market and customs union after Brexit, The Bar Council of England and Wales has said. A report from the Bar Council's Brexit working group, seen by The Times Brief, says there "is no logical or practical necessity for the UK to
A supplier of luxury goods can prohibit its authorised distributors from selling those goods on a third-party internet platform such as Amazon and this does not, in principle, go beyond what is necessary to preserve the luxury image of the goods. Coty Germany sells luxury cosmetic goods in Germany.
The UK government has said that leaving the European Union will “bring about an end to the direct jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union”. The House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee has this week launched a new inquiry on this issue and the question of enforcement and disput
Two gangsters who operated a “county line” drug network have been convicted of human trafficking in a legal first, The Guardian reports. Mahad Yusuf, 20, and Fesal Mahamud, 19, both pleaded guilty to trafficking a woman, 19, who was used as a drugs mule between London and Swansea.
Two former soldiers accused of murdering Joe McCann in Belfast in April 1972 have requested anonymity for the duration of the trial. The trial of the two men, former members of the British Army's Parachute Regiment, opened in Belfast's Laganside Courts yesterday, though the men were not present.
A man who was convicted of two counts of sexual assault on a child under 13 contrary to Article 14 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 has successfully appealed his conviction. Giving the judgment of the three-judge Court, Stephens LJ stated that there was a failure on the part of t
Nicholas Butcher International law firm Maples and Calder has announced plans to provide Irish transaction advice to UK clients from its London office.
Josepha Madigan The Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII) has said the Cabinet will benefit from newly-appointed minister Josepha Madigan's extensive experience of mediation.