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The Supreme Court of India has agreed to re-examine a colonial-era law criminalising gay sex. A three-judge bench of the court agreed to refer the validity of section 377 of the Indian penal code for consideration by a larger bench before October this year.

Pictured: Catherine Guy, managing partner ByrneWallace has scooped two awards for top legal adviser and top construction team at the Public Sector Excellence in Business Awards.

A mother and her three children who arrived in Ireland in 2007, and who were deported to Nigeria in 2011 after a failed refugee status claim and an unsuccessful subsidiary protection application, have lost their appeal in the Supreme Court. The applicants sought to challenge a 2012 High Court ruling

Pictured (l-r): Kevin Murphy, Sarah Cunniff, Ian Dillon, Tara O'Reilly, Cormac Commins, Brian O'Gorman, and Dara Harrington. Arthur Cox has announced three senior appointments to the firm's asset management and investment funds group.

Stephen Kirwan and Eoghan O'Sullivan Dublin-based KOD Lyons has welcomed solicitors Stephen Kirwan and Eoghan O'Sullivan (pictured right), who trained with the firm.

Hugh Sally Belfast-based McLernon Moynagh Solicitors has appointed Hugh Sally to lead the firm's immigration and asylum law department.

Peter Sutherland Ireland's former Attorney General Peter Sutherland has passed away at the age of 71.

James Brokenshire Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire has announced his resignation from the Cabinet for medical reasons.

Paul McGarry SC The Bar of Ireland and the Charities Regulator are holding a free seminar for charity secretaries and trustees on Thursday 25 January to provide them with information and training about their legal responsibilities as board members.

Donal Barrington The Irish Times has published a full obituary of late Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Donal Barrington, who passed away last week.

Jonathan Forrester Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors is celebrating its 125th birthday this year.

The UK government has announced new measures to tackle the sale of "unsafe" laser pointers, including strengthening safeguards to stop high-powered lasers entering the country. In a response to a call for evidence launched last year following a recent increase in the number of incidents involving la

Philip Andrews The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) stepped up its enforcement last year, according to a new report by McCann FitzGerald.

in it by being complicit with another in the formulation of a strategy to withhold full information from persons entitled to it, and in the discounting of moral and ethical concerns in the consideration that was given to a particular proposed course of action”. Considering Article 40.6.10 of the

Brexit could undermine the performance of Ireland's property market, according to a new report from Property Industry Ireland (PII). The Brexit and Ireland’s property sector report reviews the likely impact of Brexit on the Irish property market and identifies "some significant risks, but also som