Supreme Court

Lord Justice Stephens has been appointed to the UK Supreme Court. Her Majesty The Queen made the appointment on the advice of the Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor, following the recommendations of an independent selection commission.

The Supreme Court has referred the State's appeal against convicted murderer Graham Dwyer’s challenge to the use of his mobile phone data to the European Court of Justice.

The Supreme Court has set out how separated parents exercising joint custody of their children should be treated when applying for social housing assistance in a judgment welcomed by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC). The human rights watchdog exercised its role as amicus curiae

Mr Justice Peter Charleton, the Supreme Court judge who chaired the recent Disclosures Tribunal, has called for a "rebalancing" of the tribunal of inquiry system, warning that their functioning is becoming "close to impossible". The senior judge made the remarks in the 19th Annual John Hume Lecture,

Two of the most prominent women judges in Ireland and Britain addressed a sold-out Belfast event to mark International Women's Day 2019 last week. Lady Arden of the UK Supreme Court and Ms Justice Finlay Geoghegan of the Supreme Court of Ireland addressed judges, barristers, solicitors and academics

The Supreme Court of Ireland launched its inaugural annual report today to coincide with its historic sitting in Galway. The 2018 report reveals that new appeals to the court have increased by nearly a third (30 per cent) since 2016, while waiting times have been slashed from five years to one year.