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Peter Madden Belfast lawyer Peter Madden, managing partner at Madden & Finucane Solicitors, has been elected president of the Solicitors' Criminal Bar Association at its recent AGM.

Josepha Madigan A private member's bill allowing for social media companies to be slapped with unlimited fines if they fail to remove posts that risk prejudicing criminal trials will be published this week.

The Department of Justice is examining the legality of the Comptroller & Auditor General helping to oversee the management of court funds. The Courts Service of Ireland is presently responsible for the management of funds held on behalf of wards of court - people deemed by the courts to be unabl

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Plans to set up a specialist An Garda Síochána unit which will focus on tackling insurance fraud are at an advanced stage, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has revealed.

A portrait of former Chief Justice of Ireland, Susan Denham, has been mounted on the walls at the Honorable Society of King's Inns.

Newly collected data has revealed that Travellers are significantly over-represented in the Irish penal system, The Irish Times reports. Despite making up just 0.6 per cent of the Irish population, Travellers make up 10 per cent of the male prison population and 22 per cent of the female prison popu

Professor Gerard Whyte A senior legal academic has said repealing the Eighth Amendment would not give the Oireachtas the same freedom it had before the Amendment.

Lord Carloway A survey of senior lawyers has found that Scotland's judiciary is facing a recruitment crisis, confirming an earlier report by our sister publication, Scottish Legal News.

FRA director Michael O'Flaherty Reforms to surveillance laws are improving transparency, but better checks and balances to match the powers of intelligence services are needed, according to a new report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).

Enda Kenny, Matheson partner Elizabeth Grace and Matheson managing partner Michael Jackson Former Taoiseach Enda Kenny recently addressed Matheson's New York Brexit conference on the theme of Navigating Access to the EU Market Post-Brexit: Perspectives on Ireland.

A farmer who bought an action against the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for breach of contract has been awarded €299,320 in the Supreme Court. The department had failed to return cattle which had been seized in March 2006, after an agreement with the farmer – and the original sum

Sir Declan Morgan The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, has ordered a case management review of outstanding High Court litigation dealing with legacy matters.

Justice minister Dominic Raab The first phase of the scheme to refund Employment Tribunal fees has been launched by the UK government.

Pictured (l-r): John Flynn, Corporate Finance Director, Goodbody; Linda Hickey, Head of Corporate Broking, Goodbody; Orla O’Gorman, Head of Equity, Irish Stock Exchange; and Gerry Beausang, Corporate Partner & Head of Capital Markets, law firm ByrneWallace. ByrneWallace helped to dispel "commo

Law firms have been urged to take part in Wear Red Day this November, an anti-racism initiative by Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC). A number of law firms took part in last year's inaugural Wear Red Day - as did the Department of Justice - and organisers are hoping they will take part again, with an