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Legislation reforming the oversight of the Defence Forces could be referred to the Supreme Court over concerns about its constitutionality.

A&L Goodbody is to train new board members for arts organisations in partnership with Arts & Business NI. The law firm's Northern Ireland office is a sponsor of A&B NI's boardroom leadership programme, which brings together individuals of all ages, abilities and backgrounds who are inter

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has cleared Maxol's proposed purchase of Naas Fuels, which owns seven service stations in the Leinster region. The proposed purchase was notified to the CCPC in December 2023. The CCPC determined in April 2024 that a full investigation was re

A battle between Greek and Mayan gods has begun in the Mexican courts. Lawyers acting for indigenous Mayan groups have taken legal action seeking the removal of a 10-foot statue of Poseidon erected on a beach near Progreso, Yucatan.

Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is breaching the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) by allowing anyone to buy a "blue checkmark" previously reserved for notable figures, the European Commission has said. Following an in-depth investigation, the Commission has informed X of its pr

For a second time this month, criminal barristers across the State have withdrawn their services as part of The Bar of Ireland's campaign for fee restoration. Protests took place this morning at the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin as well as courthouses in Cork, Limerick, Castlebar and Galway.

Julie Galbraith has taken over the leadership of Eversheds Sutherland LLP's Irish employment practice. Ms Galbraith succeeds Joanne Hyde, who has led the team since 2010 — the same year Ms Galbraith joined the firm as a trainee solicitor.

Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal has given the UK government up to six weeks to decide how to deliver a human rights compliant investigation of the 1998 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. The UK Supreme Court previously ruled in February 2019 that the state had failed to deliver an Article

Ireland will ratify the Hague Convention on the Protection of Adults in September, the government has announced. The instrument of ratification was deposited at the end of May but the government did not announce the move until today. Emma Slattery BL previously wrote about the ratification for Irish

A senator's proposal to impose strict age verification requirements on pornographic websites is likely incompatible with EU law, the government has said. Senator Rónán Mullen's Protection of Children (Online Age Verification) Bill passed second stage in the Seanad yesterday and will mo

Ireland is to follow Northern Ireland in introducing a ban on XL Bully dogs. New regulations will prohibit the importing, breeding, selling and re-homing of XL Bullies from 1 October 2024 and it will become illegal to own an XL Bully without a certificate of exemption after 1 February 2025.

Apple is now legally required to provide rival mobile wallet providers with access to the contactless payment function on iPhones. The European Commission has made commitments offered by Apple legally binding under EU antitrust rules.

A tourist threatened by a blowtorch-wielding "pirate" was unexpectedly rescued by two naked men. Nudists Pete Sferra and Lloyd Fishback were taking a clothes-free stroll through the Castro neighbourhood of San Francisco when they spotted the person they described as a "crazy kind of pirate guy".

An English pupil barrister who swore throughout an ethics exam has been fined £500 (around €600). Jack Henry Sadler told the Bar Standards Board (BSB) that he was unaware — despite being told — that he could be heard and was being recorded during the professional ethics assess

The Chief State Solicitor's Office (CSSO) has welcomed five new trainee solicitors this month.