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An application brought by the Government of Ireland to revise the Ireland v United Kingdom ruling delivered in 1978 has been dismissed by the European Court of Human Rights. The request, based on two grounds of revision, was dismissed by 6-1, with Irish judge Síofra O’Leary providing a dissentin

A Polish justice minister has accused the Irish judiciary of engaging in "political games" in a continuing row over the extradition of a wanted Polish national, The Irish Times reports. Marcin Warchoł, under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice, said: "I am surprised the court adopted the

Pictured (l-r): Alan Reid, Kirsty Finney and Sam Dickey The Law Society of Northern Ireland has backed a new initiative to make buying and selling a home smoother for consumers.

Anita Ramasastry The Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway will host a symposium this Friday to explore the role of national action plans in furthering the business and human rights agenda.

A petition seeking judicial review of the UK government's “position” on the revocability of a notice of intention to withdraw from the EU has been granted permission to proceed following an appeal, our sister publication Scottish Legal News reports. The petitioners, Andy Wightman MSP and others,

Tara Casey Tara Casey, a law student at University College Dublin, has been awarded the Thomas Addis Emmet Fellowship for 2018.

A family law silk and academic has suggested some judges take advantage of their position to behave abusively towards lawyers. Professor Jo Delahunty QC, of 4PB Chambers and Gresham College in London, said barristers have complained about having been humiliated by “judicial bullying”, though in

The Philippines has given official notification to the United Nations of its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). It comes a month after the ICC announced it was opening a preliminary examination into allegations that thousands of extra-judicial killings have taken plac

Claire Edgar Claire Edgar, partner at Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors, has contributed an article on domestic violence to the latest edition of VIEW magazine.

A pensioner who died last year has become the first person from the UK to be investigated in Germany for an alleged role in the Holocaust. Stanislaw Chrzanowski, who died at the age of 96 in October, lived in Shropshire and was unaware he was under investigation.

Shimon Goldwater An international law firm specialising in class action litigation has invited students to join a group action against universities to reclaim part of their tuition fees because of strike action.

The Supreme Court has held that in circumstances where an applicant seeking asylum has not provided an address, placing a deportation notice on file does not constitute “service by registered post at the last known address” for the purposes of the Immigration Act 1999. Criticising the applicant�

The European Association of Judges (EAJ) has expressed its "total solidarity" with the Irish judiciary following personalised Polish media attacks on Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly. Ms Justice Donnelly recently ruled in the High Court that a case in which a man facing extradition to Poland objected on t

Pictured (l-r): Donal Creaton, Ed Kelly, Orla Donovan, Caitlin Love, Kevin Hegarty, Robert Kennedy and Harry Fehily. HOMS Solicitors has announced the appointment of four new solicitors in the firm's Limerick headquarters.

The inaugural Sports Law Bar Association (SLBA) conference in Dublin was a sell-out success, attracting barristers, solicitors, in-house counsel and academics from all over the island.