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Plans to overhaul Ireland's "antiquated" licensing laws will be considered by the Oireachtas justice committee today. The committee will this afternoon begin pre-legislative scrutiny on the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022, which will bring Ireland’s patchwork of more than 100 licensing laws, some da

Elton John's half-brother tried and failed to bring an enormous trident spear to his court appearance for possessing magic mushrooms. Geoff Dwight, 56, from Ruthin in north Wales, brought the long pole-shaped item to Llandudno Magistrates Court last week but was prevented by security guards from bri

Abraham Lincoln said a good settlement is better than a good lawsuit, and if you are a solicitor or barrister you’ll know that you are obliged to to try to pursue the former, and only resort to the latter if settlement can’t be reached. But why leave it at that?

Proposed UK government amendments to its controversial Troubles bill do not address concerns raised by victims and human rights campaigners and some of them "would actually make the bill worse", according to a new analysis. The Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) and academic colleagues

A decision to label a children's book depicting same-sex relationships as harmful to young children violated the author's right to free speech, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

Legislation introducing a soft opt-out system of consent for organ donation is set to be debated in the Dáil this afternoon. The Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill includes provisions around organ donation and transplantation, post-mort

Irish business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has reported an eight per cent increase in revenue to €106 million in 2022. The firm — the only major Irish law firm to publish its financial results — said work for both domestic and international clients grew, mirroring the overall

Belfast-based MKB Law has appointed Céadhra Cummings as a solicitor in the firm's family law department. Ms Cummings advises on a variety of family law matters such as divorce, separation, domestic violence, children’s contact, public law care orders and financial settlements.

People injured by e-bikes and e-scooters should be entitled to compensation from the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (MIBI), a prominent personal injury solicitor has said. Liam Moloney, managing partner of Kildare firm Moloney & Co Solicitors and vice-president of the Pan European Organisatio

Global legal business DWF has named five new directors, two new senior associates and three new associates in its Belfast office. Real estate lawyers Kathleen Gillespie and Tomás McLaughlin, dispute resolution lawyer Michelle Cully and defence healthcare lawyer Laura Menary have been promoted

Dr John Stannard, a senior lecturer at Queen's University Belfast School of Law, has been awarded an awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list for services to legal education. Born in East Anglia and brought up and educated in the north of England, Dr Stannard read law at the University of Oxford

A special hour-long programme about the UK government's use of torture against the so-called "Hooded Men" is to be broadcast by the BBC tonight. Hooded Men – Britain's Torture Playbook, to be aired on BBC One in Northern Ireland tonight at 10.40pm, "reveals the full horror of one of the darkes

A government failure to appoint more members to the board of An Bord Pleanála is leading to a "planning meltdown" with some developers jumping the gun instead of waiting for the outcomes of appeals, an environmental charity has warned. A month ago, the planning body warned that its capacity a

WhatsApp has said it will appeal a decision by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) to impose a €5.5 million fine for forcing users to consent to the processing of their personal data for service improvement and security. A spokesperson for the messaging platform, which is already challen

The rights of children in Northern Ireland have regressed, according to three reports produced by the Children's Law Centre and submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The reports, produced in consultation with a wide range of NGOs and over 1,000 children, highlight significant gap