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A long-awaited independent review has called for the Special Criminal Court to be replaced with a new, permanent non-jury court — while a dissenting minority has called for it to be scrapped altogether.

The Child Law Project (CLP) has celebrated 10 years of reporting on and analysing child protection proceedings in the courts. A short seminar and reception to mark the anniversary took place at the Distillery Buildings yesterday, addressed by children's minister Roderic O'Gorman and the president of

The Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association (DSBA) and the Bar Council of Ireland will go head-to-head in their annual cricket match this Friday. The competition — now in its fourth year — will take place at Leinster Cricket Club in Rathmines this Friday 23 June at 6pm.

Global law firm DLA Piper has appointed Naoise Harnett as a partner in the firm's corporate practice in Dublin. Mr Harnett, previously a partner in another International law firm based in Dublin, will join the firm's international insurance sector team, bringing with him more than 15 years’ ex

The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has warned practitioners that they must comply with its directions on foot of consumer complaints or risk being brought to the High Court. The regulator issued the reminder as it published its annual report for 2022, showing that it issued seven applica

A standalone bill allowing for the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) by An Garda Síochána will be brought forward later in the year, the government has announced. The Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022, which is currently before the Dáil and will

Seven wealthy Persian cats are going up for adoption less than a year after they became the largest benefactors of their owner's passing. Nancy Sauer, who passed away last November at the age of 84, wanted her cats to continue living alone in her $2.5 million Florida home after she died, the Tampa B

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has urged members to complete a conveyancing survey which remains open until the end of next week. The Society said it is "keen to hear from solicitors at all levels and locations in order to identify areas of concern and would encourage all practising conveyancin

UK law firm TLT, with an office in Belfast, has celebrated after achieving a 33 per cent women partner representation target two years ahead of schedule. Women have accounted for just over half of partner promotions and hires in TLT over the past three years, twice as high as it was prior to the imp

The OUTLaw Network, which brings together LGBT+ people and allies in the Irish legal sector, has invited legal professionals to a Pride brunch prior to the Dublin Pride march on Saturday. Drag queen Ginger Hunter will perform at the Gresham Hotel event while guests indulge in a scrumptious spread an

Construction and insurance law specialist firm Beale & Co has appointed Ciara Keenan to its Dublin office as a disputes and commercial litigation solicitor. Ms Keenan qualified as a solicitor in 2020 and previously worked in a busy commercial firm as a commercial litigation and dispute resolutio

UK and Ireland law firm Browne Jacobson has appointed specialist data privacy lawyer Francis Katamba as a partner in the firm. Mr Katamba, who joins the firm from the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), is based in Manchester but will support the firm's client base across the UK and Irelan

Two diverging reports on the future of the non-jury Special Criminal Court are set to be published after the independent review group headed by Mr Justice Michael Peart failed to reach a consensus. Mr Justice Peart, who retired from the Court of Appeal in 2019, was appointed in February 2021 to chai

Ireland has too many barristers and too few small solicitors' practices, leading to a "broken" system, retired High Court judge Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy has said in a new interview. Ms Justice Murphy was appointed to the High Court in 2014 and retired in March 2023. She previously practised as a ba

Benjamin Netanyahu is to push ahead with the judicial reforms that have plunged Israel into one of its most severe internal crises. His declaration comes after 80,000 people protested in Tel Aviv over the proposed changes.