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A driver in Switzerland who killed a woman who had lain on the motorway in order to commit suicide has been convicted of negligent homicide. The man was convicted this week in a court in Biel-Seeland, which said he was driving at such a speed that he would have been unable to see an obstacle in the

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Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan called for an "appropriately respectful" debate on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill as he moved it in the Dáil for second stage debate last night. The Government has been caught in an escalating row with the judiciary over the bill, which provides for the

Only 48 per cent of Irish judges believe all appointments to the bench over the past two years were made on merit, according to research published in a new European report. The European Network of Councils for the Judiciary surveyed 60 of Ireland's 168 judges for its latest Report on Independence, A

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will seek approval to convene an inter-departmental working group to examine the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on asylum seekers' right to work. In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court found the absolute prohibition on asylum seekers looking for employmen

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) will not publish any further crime figures until a Garda review into the accuracy of homicide figures is complete, The Irish Times reports. It is the second time the CSO has suspended the publication of the quarterly statistical publication and the first since con

Lord Toulson, former Justice of the UK Supreme Court, passed away during a medical operation last night.

DLA Piper was among victims of a global cyber attack this week in which the perpetrators demanded a ransom in bitcoins to release data locked by a software worm. DLA Piper is the largest law firm in the world by revenue, posting £1.5 billion last year. The firm has more than 1,000 partners, of whic

Successful applicants to the 2017 Engage and Educate Fund were presented with their awards by Education Minister Richard Bruton yesterday.

Plans for the transformation of Belfast’s iconic Crumlin Road Courthouse into a £25 million luxury hotel will go on public display next month. The Signature Living Group will host pre-application events at Crumlin Road Gaol on Monday 17 July and Thursday 17 August from 10am-8pm, the Belfast Teleg

The police officer who was match commander during the 1989 Hillsborough disaster faces 95 charges of manslaughter. Former Ch Supt David Duckenfield, as well as five other senior figures, will be prosecuted the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has successfully appealed the suspended sentence given to a man who split open the head of a shop-worker during a robbery in Blanchardstown in 2015. The Court of Appeal found that there had been an error in principle in the leniency of the original sentence, and a

Ronan Dunne Philip Lee has announced the appointment of Ronan Dunne as partner and head of the firm's EU, competition and state aid group.

Requiring a jury in a criminal trial to explain or give reasons for its verdict is "impractical" and a “recipe for enormous difficulty”, a Court of Appeal judge has said. Mr Justice Alan Mahon made the remarks as he upheld the conviction of Garrett O'Brien, 40, for the murder of 27-year-old fath

Evidence given by witnesses to the independent inquiry into the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scandal will not be used to prosecute them, The Irish News reports. The chair of the inquiry, retired Lord Justice of Appeal, Sir Patrick Coghlin, successfully sought a written assurance that witnesses' ev