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Pictured (l-r): Barry Devereux and Endy Kenny Irish law firm McCann Fitzgerald firmly planted its flag on the "In" side of Britain's European Union debate by hosting a pro-European business event in London.

Tim Scanlon, head of corporate, and Joe Beashel, head of regulatory risk management Matheson advised Credit Suisse ahead of the opening of the first Credit Suisse Trading Floor in Dublin yesterday.

A man has been awarded €453,000 in damages after a digger ran over his foot in a quarry in Co. Donegal in June 2003, ultimately leaving him without most of it. Mr David McLaughlin had initially brought an action against Damien McDaid, Michael McDaid, Charles McDaid and McDaid quarry in January 200

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford will appeal against parts of last year's landmark human rights ruling on abortion because of concerns that it "does not fully clarify the law".

The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has said the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Amendment Bill 2012 is "not strong enough" to support the rehabilitation of reformed offenders as the bill returns to Dáil Éireann today. The bill will go before TDs today at the report and final stage.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has faced criticism over a decision to toughen sentences for brothel-keeping in the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill.

Chief Constable George Hamilton The chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has told a human rights conference in Belfast that the "vast majority of cases" relating to the Troubles will not go to trial.

An inquest into whether soldiers acted proportionately in the Loughgall ambush in 1987 is likely to move forward, Belfast Magistrates' Court has heard. A barrister for the Ministry of Defence and the PSNI told the court that he now had a list of the names of the soldiers in Loughgall on that day.

Judges in the Court of Appeal in London have declared the so-called bedroom tax discriminatory following legal challenges made by the family of a seriously disabled teenager and a domestic violence victim. “A”, a single mother, lives in a three-bedroom council house which had a panic room instal

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Family leave legislation will be amended to allow for the introduction of two weeks' paternity leave from September 2016, the Government has announced.

The High Court in Belfast has dismissed an application by Google to stop former Member of Parliament George Galloway from taking a case for damages against the search engine giant. Mr Galloway is taking legal action after allegedly libellous video footage was uploaded on YouTube and made accessible

A judge in Dublin Children's Court has identified drug use as the greatest contributor to "problems" heard by the court, the Irish Examiner reports. Judge John O'Connor made the remark while sentencing a 16-year-old first offender who pleaded guilty to possessing €200 worth of cannabis for sale or

The Law Reform Commission is seeking views on whether criminal law can effectively deal with serious wrongdoing by corporate bodies. An issues paper published as part of the Commission's Fourth Programme of Law Reform addresses the supervisory and enforcement powers of the State's main financial and

The Court of Appeal has found that the High Court erred in its interpretation of the facts in a case brought by a woman against the trustees of a rugby club in which she was assaulted. Ms Rowena Lynch brought the case against Patrick Cooney and Trevor Winckworth, in their capacity as trustees of Mul

Justice Minister David Ford Justice Minister David Ford has been told he must put forward "substantive proposals" over legal aid for criminal practitioners if he wants the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) to engage with his Department.