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Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan said he will change the way the District Court operates in order to improve public confidence, The Irish Times reports. He was responding in the Dáil to a programme by RTÉ Investigates featuring examples of donations to the poor box being used instead of convictio

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Permanent TSB plc has successfully appealed a finding which held that the Circuit Court did not have jurisdiction to make possession orders in relation to 6 properties on which mortgage payments had been defaulted. Giving the unanimous judgment of the five-judge Supreme Court, Chief Justice Clarke h

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Permanent TSB plc has successfully appealed a finding which held that the Circuit Court did not have jurisdiction to make possession orders in relation to 6 properties on which mortgage payments had been defaulted. Giving the unanimous judgment of the five-judge Supreme Court, Chief Justice Clarke h

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A senior barrister will carry out a review into why emails from the Department of Justice, which caused the resignation of Frances Fitzgerald, were missed during the first search for documents for the Charleston Tribunal.

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Matheson has been named Ireland’s Legal Adviser of the Year in the Mergermarket European M&A Awards 2017 held in London recently. The awards acknowledge the achievements of the top dealmakers in Europe and recognise innovative legal advisory work for some of the region’s most complex and tra

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A human rights group has condemned Russian authorities’ blocking of five websites run by the Open Russia movement founded by the former Russian prisoner of conscience and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Amnesty International’s deputy director for Europe and Central Asia, Denis Krivosheev, s

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The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has called for reform of Ireland's defamation laws to strengthen freedom of expression, The Irish Times reports. At a board meeting in New York, the Association expressed "dismay" that defamation awards in Ireland are often up to ten

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A victims' rights campaigner has launched a High Court challenge over the Irish State's alleged failure to have or disclose any policies it has on the calling of a border poll in Northern Ireland. The result of such a vote would determine if Northern Ireland unites with the Republic or remains part

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Fewer than half of drink-driving prosecutions brought last year resulted in a conviction, according to a new RTÉ investigation. The conviction rate in the District Court was just 58 per cent, but summonses were not served in another 1,000 cases, resulting in an overall conviction rate of 48 per cen

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A decision may not be adopted to expel a third-country national who is a long-term resident for the sole reason that he or she has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than one year, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. A Colombian national, who was granted a long-term r

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New research from the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has revealed that BME students are less successful in obtaining pupillage than white students. The BSB said its two new reports offer important insights into current issues in education and training for qualification as a barrister.

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