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A leading criminal barrister has warned that Ireland could face a legal challenge over its implementation of an EU Directive on the right to information in criminal proceedings. Jane McGowan, chair of the Irish Criminal Bar Association (ICBA), told a recent conference that the 2012 Directive gives s

Proposals backed by a senior European politician to ban anonymity on social media could have an adverse impact on people living under repressive regimes, media lawyers in Ireland have warned. German politician Manfred Weber, the frontrunner for next president of the European Commission, told a TV de

The General Court of the EU has confirmed that registration of the mark ‘NEYMAR’ by a third party is invalid. In December 2012, Mr Carlos Moreira, residing in Guimarães (Portugal), filed an application with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) for registration o

EU member states can not place their own conditions on the registration of lawyers from another member state and must apply the principle of proportionality to conditions on their ability to practise, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. The court delivered its judgment yeste

The Oireachtas will be asked to approve Ireland's participation in a new EU regulation governing Eurojust following its approval by the Government. The 2018 Regulation, which will come into effect from 12 December 2019, replaces the existing 2002 Council Decision governing the operation of Eurojust

The frontrunner for next president of the European Commission has called for financial penalties for EU member states which fail to protect the rule of law. German politician Manfred Weber is the Spitzenkandidat (lead candidate) of the European People's Party (EPP), the centre-right bloc which inclu

A new centralised unit for the service of EU documents across the whole country has been established in Castlebar. A unit in the new Courts Service Centralised Office, located in Castlebar Courthouse, will facilitate the service of documents relating to cases where one of the parties is based in ano

EU member states have two years to implement controversial new copyright laws following their adoption by the EU Council of Ministers. Ireland and the UK were among the 19 member states who voted in favour of the adoption of the EU Copyright Directive at yesterday's meeting, with just six countries

Professor Tobias Lock of Maynooth University Department of Law has been appointed constitutional advisor to a Scottish Parliament committee. The one-year appointment will see him support the work of the devolved legislature's culture, tourism, Europe and external affairs committee in all constitutio

Representatives of the top courts in each of the 28 EU member states visited Dublin this week for a two-day seminar. The Association of Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union (ACA-Europe) seminar was hosted by the Supreme Court of Ireland and its president,

The European Parliament has voted to approve a controversial new copyright directive which critics say will limit freedom of expression online. MEPs adopted the directive in plenary by 348 votes in favour, 274 against and 36 abstentions, marking the end of a legislative process that began three year

The European Commission has imposed a €1.49 billion fine on search giant Google for breaching EU antitrust rules. In a decision yesterday, the Commission found that Google had abused its dominant position in the online search advertising intermediation market by imposing restrictive clauses in

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has affirmed that EU member states can, where certain conditions are met, remove citizenship from dual nationals even if that would lead to them losing their EU citizenship status. European judges said EU law does not preclude the loss of nationality

The King's Inns held a conference this week on career opportunities for law graduates as lawyer–linguists in the EU.

Two key European Parliament committees have selected Romanian judge Laura Codruţa Kövesi as their top choice for the inaugural European chief prosecutor. The new European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) is expected to be operational by the end of 2020 and will be in charge of investigating,