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An agreement that allowed technology companies and others to send personal data from the EU to the US has been declared invalid by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Following the opinion of Advocate General Yves Bot, the court has ruled that the Safe Harbour agreement did not eliminate the abilit

Declan Black Leading business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has announced it will have created 75 new jobs by the end of 2015.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald TD A new state-of-the-art Family & Children’s Court complex will be built in Dublin as part of an unprecedented €875 million capital funding package for the justice sector.

Angela Haig, leader of Henderson Loggie’s professional practices sector group An annual legal practices benchmarking review by Scottish accountants Henderson Loggie points to signs of growth among Scottish law firms.

On 29 September the European court of Human Rights (ECtHR) invited the Russian government to submit its observations on the admissibility of a new inter-state application lodged by the government of Ukraine on 27 August 2015, under Article 33 (inter-state cases) of the European Convention on Human R

Data protection legislation of a member state may be applied to a foreign company which exercises in that state, through stable arrangements, a real and effective activity the European Court of Justice has ruled. The Data Protection Directive provides that each member state is to designate one or mo

Data protection legislation of a member state may be applied to a foreign company which exercises in that state, through stable arrangements, a real and effective activity the European Court of Justice has ruled. The Data Protection Directive provides that each member state is to designate one or mo

A High Court judge has made a “gagging order” prohibiting the media from publishing details of the divorce proceedings between Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton. Mr Justice Mostyn continued a previously imposed reporting restriction order to prevent the press from reporting witness statements o

Jamie Fitzmaurice with Kevin Hoy, partner and head of the real estate team Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) has appointed two new partners in its real estate and asset finance divisions respectively.

David Ford MLA The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) is already having "positive effects" in Northern Ireland, according to Justice Minister David Ford.

Pictured (l-r): James Somerville, Tax Partner at A&L Goodbody; Sophie Ashley, Managing Editor at TPWeek; and Lyndsey Falconer, Associate at A&L Goodbody Leading law firm A&L Goodbody has won a prestigious accolade at an awards ceremony in New York hosted by International Tax Review.

Steven Agnew MLA The Children's Services Co-operation Bill is to be considered further after being significantly amended in the Northern Ireland Assembly yesterday.

A teaching assistant at a school in Manchester who seduced a school pupil and had sex with him 50 times has avoided jail and instead been given a two year suspended sentence and 250 hours' community service. The schoolboy, who cannot be named, had unprotected sex with teaching assistant Caroline Ber

Kenny MacAskill Scotland's former justice secretary Kenny MacAskill has been branded a hypocrite after suggesting a statue of early 20th Century republican and socialist leader James Connolly could be erected in Edinburgh.

Environment Minister Alan Kelly Smoky coal will be banned across the State in time for the "heating season" in 2018, according to Environment Minister Alan Kelly.