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Jeremy Hunt The tobacco industry has exhausted legal avenues to overturn plain packaging laws after being refused permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court, The Guardian reports.

James Thornton A charity comprising environmentalist lawyers has challenged the UK government over its "continuing delay" in publishing a new emissions reduction plan and warned it will have "no option but to consider legal action" if delays persist.

A woman who, on behalf of her 6-year-old daughter, brought a claim for damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of the negligence of the Health Service Executive in the management of her birth has been granted a retrial. Ms Justice Mary Irvine held that the trial judge’s causa

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has been criticised for failing to attend the annual conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI), the Irish Independent reports.

An increased volume of complaints were handled by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), Helen Dixon, last year, according to her third annual report since taking office.

The European Union should do more to increase access to justice for victims of rights abuses by businesses, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has said. The agency, in an opinion requested by the European Council, has made a series of recommendations on issues including legal aid and cross-b

A five-day Summer school on the International Criminal Court is set to take place at NUI Galway this June. The annual International Criminal Court Summer School runs this year from 19-23 June 2017 and includes intensive lectures by leading specialists on the subject as well as social activities.

Tina English Tina English, associate solicitor at Ronan Daly Jermyn, writes on a recent high-profile defamation case and the arguments involved.

According to Advocate General Wahl, agricultural producer organisations and their associations may be held liable for agreements, decisions or concerted practices contrary to EU law, in particular where concertation on prices or on the quantities placed on the market and exchanges of information occ

Pictured: Rachel Hussey & Kathleen Garrett from Arthur Cox Arthur Cox and ByrneWallace have emerged as the Irish winners at the Chambers Europe Awards 2017 in London.

Staff at Holmes O'Malley Sexton Solicitors are running on Monday and Wednesday evenings after work to train for the HOMS Solicitors Fittest Company Challenge.

China remains the world's top executioner, followed by Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan, new figures from Amnesty International show. At least 1,032 people were executed in 23 countries in 2016. In 2015 Amnesty International recorded 1,634 executions in 25 countries worldwide - a historical spi

Martin Colman Dillon Eustace has announced the appointment of Martin Colman as a partner in its real estate practice.

A 24 year old man who was sentenced to two years and six months' imprisonment for pouring boiling water over his pregnant girlfriend, causing her to spend ten days in hospital needing skin graft surgery, has had his custodial sentence increased to four years on appeal. Delivering the judgment of the

The High Court has been told that Denis O’Brien should not receive any of the estimated €1 million in costs of his failed case against the Dáil and State, The Irish Times reports. Sara Moorhead SC, for the Dáil, said that Mr O’Brien, a “very wealthy man” seeking to have a “chilling eff