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Former Justice Minister Patrick Cooney has reached a settlement in his defamation action against The Irish Times. The case was struck out by Mr Justice Bernard Barton in the High Court today after the parties agreed that Mr Cooney would receive an apology, "substantial" damages and his legal costs.

Domestic abuse offenders could be given mandatory lie-detector tests upon release from prison under new proposals. The polygraph tests are among the measures included in the Domestic Abuse Bill, which would also introduce a ban on cross-examination of victims by their alleged abusers in family court

Pet dogs have been banned from public spaces in Tehran, the capital of Iran. Walking dogs in "public spaces, such as parks", and even driving them around in cars, will make pet owners liable for prosecution.

A man who was convicted of sexually assaulting his two-year-old son while the child’s mother was at work has lost an appeal against his conviction. Finding that the trial judge had correctly admitted hearsay evidence in the interests of justice, Lord Justice Ben Stephens also dismissed the app

LK Shields has announced the appointment of Einde O'Donnell as an associate solicitor in the firm's employment, pensions and employee benefits team. Mr O'Donnell, a specialist employment law solicitor with extensive litigation experience, will be based in the firm's Dublin office.

Arthur Cox has the highest number of practising solicitors of any Irish law firm, according to new figures from the Law Society of Ireland. There were 294 solicitors with practising certificates (PCs) at the firm as of 31 December 2018, up by 20 on the same date in 2017.

Dublin employment lawyer Richard Grogan has called for a review in Ireland of the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in sexual harassment cases, The Times reports. Last year, Prime Minister Theresa May announced a UK review of the "unethical" use of NDAs by employers in settlements with women a

The European Commission has told the Government to ease restrictions on advertising by barristers as "a matter of urgency", The Irish Times reports. The Commission launched an investigation in 2013 into whether Irish regulations restricting the ability of barristers to advertise their services are c

The Law Society of Ireland has instructed solicitors to remove references to the CervicalCheck scandal from their online posts, The Times reports. John Elliot, director of regulation, said the Law Society had recently met to discuss whether firms were breaching strict advertising rules by highlighti

A law firm has been ordered to pay nearly €26,000 to a woman who was dismissed because of her age, The Irish Times reports. The woman, then 67 and now 68, brought a case before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) after she was dismissed by the unnamed solicitor's firm in January 2018.

A lawyer has cast doubt on the effectiveness of new powers to be given to victims of serious crimes to challenge Parole Board decisions on the release of prisoners. The reforms have been introduced following the case of John Worboys, the black-cab rapist.

A Texas lawyer is suing Apple after its FaceTime bug allegedly allowed someone to overhear his confidential meeting with a client. Larry Williams II filed a suit in Harris County, Houston after it was revealed that the bug allowed eavesdroppers to listen in on a call on a phone or Mac before the use

A woman who mutilated her three-year-old child has become the first person in the UK to be convicted of female genital mutilation (FGM). The Ugandan woman, 37, from east London wept at her trial in the Old Bailey. Her 43-year-old partner was acquitted.

Child migrants sent away by the UK government are to be each given £20,000 in compensation by the state. Between the 1920s and the 1970s, 130,000 children were sent to former British colonies, mainly Canada and Australia.

Lawyers from Matheson and Herbert Smith Freehills recently addressed businesses on the use of bulk annuities to reduce risk in defined benefit pension schemes. The event, co-hosted by the law firms and consulting firm Mercer, examined how factors including ongoing market volatility, historically low