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A property developer who had an order of specific performance and damages in excess of €300,000 made against him has lost his appeal to the Supreme Court. Delivering the unanimous judgment, Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley was satisfied that the trial judge had not erred on the facts or the law; and h

An Irish environmental group has hailed a High Court ruling as the recognition, for the first time, of a right to environmental protection under the Constitution. In a judgment more than 300 pages long, Mr Justice Max Barrett said Friends of the Irish Environment had raised "profound constitutional

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The Government has announced plans to opt into an EU directive providing for and regulating asylum seekers' access to the workforce.

Patrick Corrigan The UK government would be betraying victims' fundamental rights by introducing a "statute of limitations" to block the investigation of crimes committed by security forces during the Troubles, Amnesty International has warned.

Senator Ivana Bacik The Houses of the Oireachtas will next year host a series of events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which gave Irish women the right to vote and run in parliamentary elections.

International lawyers and experts have suggested Brexit is to blame for the failure of a British judge to be elected to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the first time. Leading legal figures told The Brief that politics had at least partly contributed to Sir Christopher Greenwood's failu

Dr Luke Moffett A new report published by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) at QUB School of Law examines the legality of anti-personnel mines, booby traps and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

The High Court has ordered the extradition of a man who claimed he would be exposed to inhumane and degrading treatment if he was surrendered to Northern Ireland. Damien Joseph McLaughlin, 40, was arrested in Donegal on foot of a European Arrest Warrant issued by Northern Ireland authorities earlier

Lord Hughes Primers on scientific evidence are being introduced in UK courts as a working tool for judges.

Dominic Grieve MP UK ministers have been forced to back plans to preserve EU human rights measures in domestic law after Conservative MPs threatened to rebel over the issue.

Updated profiles of the 48 serving members of the Law Society of Ireland Council for 2017/18 have been published online.

An asylum seeker who had adverse credibility findings against him in the Refugee Appeal Tribunal has been granted an order of certiorari, quashing the Tribunal’s decision. Overturning the decision of the High Court to uphold the Tribunal’s findings, the Court of Appeal found that, in making an a

Ms Justice Catherine McGuinness Retired Supreme Court judge Catherine McGuinness has rejected criticism of short prison sentences for sex offenders, saying that prison is ineffective in rehabilitating them.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will today set out the Government's proposal to extend the right to work to asylum seekers following the landmark Supreme Court ruling earlier this year.

Maurece Hutchinson A prominent personal injury lawyer has welcomed moves to protect children's rights in claim cases.