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Tom Bower is a barrister turned investigative journalist, a species that is all but extinct in modern Britain. He has produced a string of debunking biographies of the rich and famous and has successfully defended libel actions from the likes of Richard Branson, Robert Maxwell and Richard Desmond. M
The High Court has found that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform was entitled to refuse naturalisation to an applicant, despite informing him that his application was successful, as the applicant had not yet satisfied all the necessary criteria, and new information came to light with
TJ McIntyre, chairman of Digital Rights Ireland The Department of Justice has been criticised for proposing a review of the State's right to access communications data which would only take place after gardaí powers in this area have been extended.
Parents whose children are set to lose out from the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016 could bring legal proceedings against their secondary schools, The Irish Times reports. The legislation, due to be published by Education Minister Richard Bruton (pictured) later today, will prevent childr
A leading clinical psychologist has raised concerns about the access of those accused of sexual abuse to the therapy records of the children involved. Keith O'Reilly, interim director of St Clare's Unit, said there has been a marked increase in requests for children's therapy records ahead of crimin
TDs have given their backing to a cross-party motion which recognises the detention of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa in Egypt as "an unacceptable infringement of his basic human rights by any international standard". Mr Halawa, 20, is being prosecuted in Cairo alongside 493 co-defendants in mass tria
Darragh Mackin Belfast solicitor Darragh Mackin has been named Legal Aid Newcomer of the Year at the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) awards ceremony in London.
The Garda Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) will function normally despite the fact one commissioner is absent due to injury, The Irish Times reports. Commissioner Kieran Fitzgerald reportedly suffered an injury to his spine during a holiday in Spain last month.
The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal has dismissed a man's appeal against his four-year sentence for conspiracy to defraud, one count of acquiring criminal property, and one count of concealing criminal property. The offences related to the setting up and operation of websites which permitted the vi
Colm O’Gorman, executive director of Amnesty International Ireland Amnesty International has said a High Court decision to allow the deportation of a man from Ireland to Jordan is a worrying sign of backsliding on the absolute ban on torture.
Tweets directed at politicians and public officials could qualify as lobbying under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015, the Standards in Public Office Commission has said. The legislation came into force late last year and requires those who lobby designated public officials to register and report
The UK's Secretary of State was not obligated, under the circumstances, to investigate the consequences of serving a foreign judgment on an Egyptian national. Mamdouh Ismail was the chairman of the board of a company whose ferry sank in the Red Sea in February 2006, resulting in more than 1,000 deat
The beneficiary of a patent licence must pay the agreed royalty even if it does not infringe the patented technology, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. Since the royalty constitutes the price to be paid in order to protect the licensee against any infringement proceedings
Tony Blair Following the publication of the Chilcot report, lawyers have been considering the legal options, if any, for prosecuting Tony Blair.