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Helen Dixon will be appointed as chairperson of an expanded Data Protection Commission (DPC) under new government plans. Ms Dixon, currently the sole commissioner, will be joined by two additional commissioners following a recruitment process which is expected to take around six months.

Lawyers must brace themselves for the advent of online courts where civil disputes are resolved "from desk to desk" without a traditional hearing in which all parties are simultaneously present, a Supreme Court judge has said. Addressing a packed room at the launch of the Corporate and Insolvency Ba

Fake violinists using pre-recorded music to solicit donations on the street have become a "nationwide problem", US police have said. Police forces in Maryland, Connecticut and Michigan are among those which have warned the public to be aware of "scam violin players".

Ireland's former chief justice Frank Clarke and former High Court president Peter Kelly have been sworn in as judges of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts. The virtual swearing-in ceremony was held in the presence of Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler

New reforms to the law on consent, knowledge and belief in rape trials will require that an accused's defence that he believed the complainant was consenting has to be objectively reasonable. The Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022 will amend the fault or mental elemen

Wikipedia is influencing the decision-making of Irish judges, according to ground-breaking new research carried out by academics in the US and Ireland.

Individuals and businesses in England and Wales would be helped to resolve legal disputes through free mediation under new UK government proposals. Ministers have published a blueprint for major reforms to the civil justice system which seeks to save people the cost, time and stress of lengthy court

An Egyptian court has called for a man who murdered a woman for rejecting him to be hanged on live TV. Mohamed Adel, 21, stabbed Nayera Ashraf to death outside Mansoura University in northern Egypt in June.

Average partner pay at Macfarlanes has increased by more than 19 per cent over the past year and now stands at an average of nearly £2.5 million. The firm's revenue in 2020-21 rose by 16.4 per cent to £303.7 million, The Times reports. Profits reached £164.2m, up 15.4 per cent on t

UK, US and Irish newspapers have published obituaries of Lord Trimble, the former law lecturer, barrister, first minister and Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader who died on Monday at the age of 77. "It had been that violence [of the early Troubles], beginning with internment in August 1971, that had

A man accused of torching brand-new vehicles at a car dealership has allegedly told police it was revenge for a dodgy vehicle he bought almost 40 years ago. Dewey R. Fredrick, 79, allegedly used road flares to torch three Jeeps and a Pontiac convertible across two lots owned by O'Daniel in Fort Wayn

The lack of care placements in Ireland, particularly for disabled children, is the dominant theme in the latest volume of reports published by the Child Law Project on cases where the State brought legal action to take children into or keep them in care. The new volume includes 58 District Court cas

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has announced a full investigation into East Cork Oil's proposed acquisition of a Kerry-based fuel distributor. East Cork Oil, one of the largest fuel distributors in Ireland, is seeking to acquire sole control of Misty Lane Holdings, includi

Lavelle Partners has announced the appointment of two new senior associates and a new solicitor as it expands to meet growing demand. The new senior associates are Fiona Roche in the firm's property team and Caitriona Gahan in the probate, wills and estate planning team.

A new portrait of Frances Kyle BL and Averil Deverell BL, the first women to be called to The Bar of Ireland, has been unveiled at the King's Inns. Artist Emma Stroud was commissioned to produce the portrait as part of the "In Plain Sight" initiative jointly launched by the Bar and the King's Inns,