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The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) must re-examine whether the three-dimensional shape corresponding to the product “Kit Kat 4 fingers” may be maintained as an EU trade mark because distinctive character acquired through use of the mark must be shown in all the member states

Maddalaine Ansell, University Alliance chief executive The extent of the earnings gap between law graduates of different universities has been revealed in new government data, Times Higher Education reports.

Extrinsic evidence including affidavits from her family revealed the true intention of a deceased woman was to bequeath her apartment to a relative who had been inadvertently misnamed in her last will and testament, the High Court has held. Three residuary legatees challenged the admission of the ex

The Government will commission the first annual study on court efficiency and sitting times next year, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has told TDs. Ms Fitzgerald said the Department of Justice is "currently examining options to develop the most effective approach to implementing this commitment

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has told TDs that she has used her personal email account in relation to her Government role "on very rare occasions".

The number of bankruptcies in Ireland increased last year, according to the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI)'s latest annual report. According to the report, there were 479 bankruptcies in 2015 - up seven per cent from 448 in 2014.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has published the general scheme of a bill to establish the Independent Reporting Commission, as agreed in the Fresh Start Agreement.

Irregular migrants held in a centre on the island of Lampedusa in the wake of the Arab Spring suffered violations of their Convention rights, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously held. In the case of Khlaifia and Others v. Italy, the court held that there had been:

Pamela Charters Belfast firm MKB Law has welcomed solicitor Pamela Charters to their residential property team.

Eoin O'Gorman Wexford solicitor Eoin O'Gorman has announced his practice will be moving to larger premises early next year.

Prosecutors and police chiefs have published an honour-based violence/abuse and forced marriage protocol highlighting the complexities of these cases and the barriers victims face in coming forward to report. The protocol, produced jointly by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and National Police C

Ben Emmerson QC The barrister formerly in charge of the independent inquiry into child abuse in England and Wales has been cleared of an allegation of sexual assault following an investigation.

Pearse Doherty A private member's bill to allow for the appointment of an interim manager of the property of a missing person has been laid before the Dáil.

A woman evicted by her local council on foot of an unlawful warrant is entitled to damages, the Supreme Court has held. In the joint judgment of Justice Clarke, Justice Laffoy and Justice O’Malley, the Court declared that the decision of the High Court judge to withhold relief despite a finding of

The Law Reform Commission has published an issues paper exploring how legislation is currently made available publicly and how it can become more easily accessible. One of its proposals is moving to a US or New Zealand model of legislative consolidation to create comprehensive law in "priority areas