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An Italian woman has been granted paid sick leave for days she took off to look after her dog, following a landmark court battle. The 53-year-old academic took two days off working at La Sapienza University in Rome in order to look after her English settler, Cucciola, who became unwell.

A debtor has had his appeal to the High Court dismissed in a preliminary hearing, on the basis that he did not have locus standi to appeal an application pursuant to the Personal Insolvency Acts 2012-2015, which was brought by a personal insolvency practitioner in the first instance. Finding in favo

Liz Quinn Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the promotion of senior associate Liz Quinn to partner in the firm's debt recovery team.

The Department of Justice has still not indicated a time frame in which it will complete its consideration of a Supreme Court judgment on prisoner transfer applications handed down well over a year ago. Transfer applications to Ireland from prisoners abroad remain on hold after three prisoners succe

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan stressed the importance of continued participation in European law enforcement measures and a careful Brexit transition at a meeting with UK cabinet ministers.

Nuala Butler SC A senior barrister has warned the Oireachtas committee on the Eighth Amendment that all of the options under consideration for abortion law reform involve significant legal uncertainty.

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Peter McCloskey The Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway will host a free public lecture on the prosecution of the Bosnian genocide next week.

Neil Cahill Tughans has announced its sponsorship of the Insurance Institute of Northern Ireland’s (IINI) Premium Masterclass series.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Essential repair works on Ballinamore Courthouse have been delayed while a structural engineer prepares a report on the building.

Financial services law firm Walkers is teaming up with Business to Arts to set up a new photographer-in-residence programme in Dublin.

MKB Law is sponsoring Vespa World Days as it comes to Belfast for the first time since the yearly global event started in 1954.

The defence team of a boy being sentenced for criminal damage and assault while detained, or about to be detained, in a Special Care Unit has unsuccessfully argued that convicting the boy of the charges would amount to a double penalty. Finding that the boy had a fair trial, Judge John O’Connor st

Keith Walsh The Law Society of Ireland and legal rights group FLAC have raised concerns that funding set out in Budget 2018 will not allow for the abolition of legal aid fees for victims of domestic violence.

Ian Huddleston The president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland has broken with a long tradition of political non-intervention to share concerns about what Brexit means for lawyers and the wider public.