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Thousands of pieces of obsolete legislation have been repealed in the latest milestone for the modernisation of the State's statute book. The Statute Law Revision Act 2024 repeals more than 3,000 instruments enacted between 1821 and 1861, as well as all secondary legislation enacted before 1821 that

A man returning home from his allotment became the victim of police stupidity after he was arrested by armed police when a member of the public mistook his gardening tools for weapons. Manchester man Samuel Rowe, 35, is mulling legal action after accepting a caution from Greater Manchester Police fo

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are suing U.S. political commentator Candace Owens for defamation, following repeated claims that the first lady is a man. Their lawyer, Tom Clare, told CNN the lawsuit filed in Delaware is a “last resort” after a year of failed atte

UCD Sutherland School of Law's Dr Niamh Howlin has been awarded a prize for Outstanding Contribution to Legal Scholarship at the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association Law Book Awards. Dr Howlin was awarded the prize on the basis of two books published in 2023 and 2024: Barristers in Ireland: An Evolving

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP has welcomed 15 trainee solicitors to its Harcourt Street offices. 

Court artist Mike O’Donnell has produced the first ever drawing published from the Supreme Court.

Northern Ireland’s Crown Court has acquitted three defendants of charges relating to alleged misconduct in public office arising from an investigation into NAMA’s Project Eagle ​Delivering judgment for the Crown Court, His Honour Judge Gordon Kerr was satisfied that although Mr Bryson

Almost 20,000 files relating to alleged sexual offences have been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) over the past decade, yet only a third have resulted in prosecution, newly released figures show. Data provided to The Sunday Times reveal that of the 19,019 sexual offence files submi

The Supreme Court has determined that PIAB authorisation is not required prior to issuing proceedings claiming solely for emotional distress, upset and anxiety as those are not ‘personal injury’ claims Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Brian Murray remarked that plain

Several relatives of the victims of the Creeslough explosion have initiated civil proceedings for personal injury loss and suffering, it has been confirmed. The explosion, which occurred at a service station in the County Donegal village on 7 October 2022, claimed the lives of 10 people. The decease

Northern Ireland personal injury law firm JMK Solicitors has been awarded the Lexcel Quality Mark for its "very high standard" of overall compliance for the eighth consecutive year. The Lexcel scheme, administered by the Law Society of Northern Ireland,  recognises firms which achieve excellenc

A woman who stopped to let a chicken cross the road has been accused of spraying a fellow driver with bear mace after she sped by her and killed the bird. Cynthia Sosa, 38, stopped at an intersection in Key West, Florida, on July 9 to let the chicken cross when another driver honked and passed her,

From Dublin to Dundee and Belfast to Birmingham, the labouring poor of 19th century Britain and Ireland had to contend with the widespread scourge of child-stripping – the theft of their children’s clothing by heartless thieves who faced the full rigour of the law when apprehended. Local

Simmons & Simmons has announced the expansion of its Dublin office's employment practice through the acquisition of CC Solicitors.  The team at CC Solicitors are leading practitioners and seasoned litigators in employment law, including the founder, Colleen Cleary, who together with Regan O

Alastair Tibbs reviews Netflix's new documentary on the Grenfell Tower fire. In the early hours of 14 June 2017, the London sky was ignited. What started as a spark from a faulty fridge soon became the blaze that claimed the lives of 72 men, women and children. It was, however, a perfect storm of ne