Ryanair has launched proceedings against the Irish Independent and journalist John Mulligan in the High Court, the Irish Independent reports. The proceedings relate to the daily newspaper's coverage of the Ryanair flight cancellation scandal.
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Women in Northern Ireland will not be prosecuted if they disclose a previously unreported rape to claim tax credits, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Concern has been raised that women in Northern Ireland who disclose a previously unreported rape could face prosecution under section 5(1) of the Crimin
Pictured (l-r): Emma Richmond (Whitney Moore), Michael Carney (Whitney Moore), Senator Catherine Noone, Senator Neale Richmond and Barry Crushell (Aperture Partners) Solicitors and politicians are set to compete at a charity rugby match in aid of Rugby Players Ireland's injured players trust.
A senior solicitor at Cleaver Fulton Rankin has been named Young Lawyer of the Year at LawNet's 2017 Annual Conference and Awards. Rachael Gamble was recognised as an "exceptional" lawyer at the ceremony in Oxfordshire for her legal skills, business and practice development, personal skills and key
A&L Goodbody is sponsoring the Commercial Estate Agent of the Year category in the Belfast Telegraph Property Awards for a third year. The winner will be named at an awards ceremony in Belfast tomorrow.
William Hanly Cork firm BDM Boylan Solicitors has urged customers affected by the tracker mortgage scandal to engage a solicitor as soon as they learn they have been affected.
The Scotch Whisky Association’s appeal against the legality of Scotland’s minimum pricing regime has been unanimously dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court who found its enabling legislation does not breach EU law and that it is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. The Scott
Professor Stephen Tierney Professor Stephen Tierney of the Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law places the opening debates on the Brexit legislation in a wider context.
A Trust in Northern Ireland which agreed to a post-adoption care plan consisting of twice-yearly direct contact, and twice-yearly indirect contact, has been criticised for agreeing to an “excessive” amount of contact granted to parents guilty of child cruel and neglect, and for “the manner and
Dublin firm Tracey Solicitors has expanded its practice and relocated to a new building formerly occupied by the Department of Environment at the junction of St Andrew and Trinity Streets.
The Irish Development Agency (IDA) has approached UK and international law firms to offer assistance in opening Dublin offices post-Brexit, Legal Week reports. A managing partner at one global firm said: "The IDA has been in talks with lots of law firms.
Wendy Lyon A new family reunification scheme announced by the Government has been criticised for falling well short of proposals raised by Independent senators.
The Government has agreed to put the possible introduction of class action lawsuits – or multi-party actions – to Mr Justice Peter Kelly as part of his ongoing review of civil justice administration. Government minister Catherine Byrne announced the decision in the Dáil last night during a deba
Advocate General Bobek Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems may be able to rely on his consumer status in order to sue Facebook Ireland before the Austrian courts, according to Advocate General Bobek.
The president of the High Court has hit out at the State's overstretched mental health services after a vulnerable man could only be accommodated at a Garda station, The Irish Times reports. Mr Justice Peter Kelly ordered on Monday that the man, a ward of court who is vulnerable and intellectually d