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Magistrates are calling for their retirement age to be raised from 70 to 75 to stem the judicial recruitment crisis, The Times reports. Over the past 10 years, the number of magistrates has halved from roughly 15,000.

A woman who was the foster mother of a baby with serious health issues has had her application for judicial review dismissed in the High Court. The child, who weighed only 720gms at birth, was in the care of the foster mother for over a year when the decision was made to place the child with the cou

Minister Josepha Madigan, a qualified solicitor and family mediator, writes on the case for divorce reform in the State. The courtroom is a barbaric venue in which to pick over the carcass of a failed marriage, said Fiona Shackleton, Paul McCartney's divorce lawyer.

Six solicitors and four barristers have been reappointed to the Personal Insolvency Practitioners Complaints Committee panel for five years. The Department of Justice and Equality wrote to all 18 members of the inaugural panel, established under section 177 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012, to as

Techniques used by police and lawyers to trawl through the phones and private data of rape complainants are to be investigated by a watchdog. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced it will undertake an inquiry into whether data protection rules are being breached within the

The Court of Appeal in London has ruled that Uber drivers should be considered workers, with the right to a guaranteed minimum wage and holiday pay, in a major blow to the gig economy company. The court upheld the previous Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal rulings that Uber had unla

An Irish lawyer who won a silver medal at the Hockey Women's World Cup this year has reflected on balancing her legal and athletic careers in an interview with Mason Hayes & Curran.

Rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding, who were acquitted on counts of rape earlier this year, have had their applications for costs of their defence dismissed in Belfast Crown Court. Emphasising that the myriad of conclusions were for the jury to reach rather than the prosecution, Her Honou

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said he would support removing reference to the time period before a court can grant a divorce from the Constitution altogether, The Times reports. A referendum is expected to take place next year to reform article 41.3.2 of the Constitution, which has remained

A detective found guilty of harassing a State solicitor by sending abusive letters and emails is seeking to have her conviction overturned on grounds that the State retained her data under a "doomed" Irish law. Eve Doherty, 50, was found guilty by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of harassing

Lord Sumption's retirement from the Supreme Court this week has triggered renewed calls for the age at which judges must leave the bench to be raised, The Times reports. Lord Sumption caused a stir after he was elevated to the Supreme Court straight from the bar in 2012.

The lawyer who said he would "take a bullet" for Donald Trump has been jailed for three years after being found guilty of lying to Congress and enabling illegal payments to women who had allegedly had affairs with the US president. Michael Cohen, 52, told the court he undertook the crimes becau

Eversheds Sutherland has announced a new partnership with Sonia O'Sullivan and Olympian David Matthews to support four of Ireland's up-and-coming high-performance athletes. Patience Jumbo-Gula, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sarah Healy and Sophie O'Sullivan will participate in the new Accelerator Academy, whic

Dozens of pairs of designer trainers seized from a convicted gangster are set to be auctioned to raise money for fighting crime. A total of 55 pairs of trainers, together worth almost £20,000, were seized from Isaiah Hanson-Frost, 22, after his arrest.

Stating that "the chilling effect on privacy and the rights of free expression and association by actual, feared and mandatory surveillance cannot be underestimated", Mr Justice Tony O’Connor has found that sections of the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011 are inconsistent with EU la