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Terence Casey, coroner for South and East Kerry, retired over the weekend, the Irish Examiner reports. Mr Casey, a solicitor, became deputy coroner in 1994 and later became full-time coroner.

A boatman who brings visitors to Skellig Michael has brought High Court action over the Minister for Transport's decision to limit the season passengers can land at the UNESCO world heritage site. The action has been brought by Sean Murphy, who claims the minister's decision has reduced by one third

President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger In an address delivered at the Northern Ireland Personal Injury Bar’s Inaugural Conference in County Down earlier this month, President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger reflects on shifts in the underlying principles in the law of negligence and t

Over 12,000 people joined a Belfast demonstration calling for the implementation of an Irish Language Act over the weekend.

Professor Liz Campbell The preservation of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) scheme is preferable to a system of bilateral agreements, a new paper argues.

A woman who was awarded a lump sum of €3.8 million, in addition to substantial property and monthly payments of €20,000, has had her case dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Delivering the judgment of the Court, Ms Justice Irvine held that the personal and financial misconduct of the woman’s ex-

Alan Connell Alan Connell has joined Eversheds Sutherland as a partner and head of the firm’s tax practice.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The first piece of Irish legislation dedicated specifically to dealing with cybercrime today completed its passage through the Oireachtas.

Putting the needs of children at the centre of the Justice system was one of the key themes discussed at a conference organised and hosted by the Law Society of Northern Ireland.

Kevin Winters KRW Law has been nominated for two prestigious Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) awards.

A woman has denied trying to "blackmail" accountancy firm Grant Thornton into paying her €1 million to resolve actions over an alleged data protection breach. At the High Court, Mr Justice Paul Gilligan heard that Grant Thornton mistakenly sent data to Gerardine Scanlon in September 2015, includin

The Bar of Ireland and the Irish Medical Organisation will co-host an inter-professional seminar for women next month. The Definitions of Success seminar, featuring RTÉ presenter Miriam O'Callaghan as keynote speaker, will explore issues for women in their careers.

The Leveson Inquiry’s second stage has been shelved, the Conservative manifesto reveals. Part one of the inquiry, in 2011-12, examined ethics but further hearings into links between newspapers and the police as well as corporate malpractice were put on hold as criminal proceedings over phone hacki

The fund-freezing measures imposed on Rami Makhlouf, cousin of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, must be maintained for the period 2016-2017, the General Court of the European Union has confirmed. Since 2011, the Council has included Mr Rami Makhlouf on the list of persons covered by the restrictiv

An Irish man who works as a teacher in an international school in Brunei has been granted an order directing the return of his wife and two-year-old daughter to Brunei, after his wife ‘wrongfully removed their child from the jurisdiction’. The High Court heard that although the child was an Iris