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The High Court has determined that a mother had wrongfully removed her two children to Ireland and ordered that they should be returned to Sweden under the Hague Convention. The eldest child claimed that she would self-harm if she was returned to Sweden but the court held that there were not strong

As a colleague once observed to her, Sinéad Corcoran is rather more than just a lawyer. “I think by that he meant the skill set that I've brought to the organisation — and it’s what any good lawyer brings to their client,” she says. “You're much more than simply

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by the DPP against a sentence of three years and three months' imprisonment for a young woman convicted of gross negligence manslaughter of her infant child. The final three years of the sentence were suspended by the trial judge and the DPP argued that th

The High Court has refused an application for protective costs orders brought by two disabled individuals seeking a further year of education from the Minister for Education. Both applicants had applied for an extra year of special schooling in order to make up for the significant amount of time mis

The Court of Appeal has upheld the validity of injunctions which were obtained by Wilson’s Hospital School to restrain a former teacher, Mr Enoch Burke, from attending the school premises. Delivering the main judgment in the case, Mr Justice George Birmingham held that both the interim and int

A Deputy Judge of the High Court of England and Wales has granted permission for a Ukrainian father to withdraw an application under the Hague Convention of 1980 under which he sought the return of his two children to Kyiv. Applicant NW had remained in Ukraine under the requirements of martial law w

The High Court has held that the parents of a child who was awaiting a decision on his international protection status did not have the right to work in the State while the application was being processed. It was said that the child had the right to access the labour market and that this could be ef

Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal has dismissed all grounds of appeal brought by a 62-year-old veteran involved in making and distributing indecent images of children. The man had been sentenced to 20 months' imprisonment in relation to 37 criminal counts following an investigation involving over 1

More than nine in 10 property professionals believe that streamlining planning would have the biggest impact on boosting housing supply in Ireland, according to a survey by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran — but only four per cent feel that a new government would have the most signif

Sean O'Reilly and Michael O'Halloran of RDJ LLP provide a comprehensive overview of the Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022. The Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022 will, if enacted, “establish a screening mechanism for third country investment into Ireland for the

Northern Ireland’s High Court has rejected a decision of the Department of Justice (DoJ) to refuse compensation for miscarriage of justice where the applicant, Gerry Adams, was improperly interned in 1973. The applicant challenged the 2021 DoJ decision which found that Adams was not eligible f

Morgiane Noel explores the ethical issues arising from the use of artificial intelligence in the criminal justice system. Artificial intelligence (AI) has become such a part of our daily lives that it’s hard to avoid — even if we might not recognise it. While ChatGPT and the use of algor

The High Court has held that a previous jurisdiction for the detention of wards of court did not survive the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. As such, it was held that the proper legal basis for a detention order relied on the inherent jurisdiction of the court. Deli

On 8 September, Mr Justice Mark Heslin committed Enoch Burke to prison for his failure to comply with a court order restraining him from trespassing at Wilson’s Hospital School. Although Mr Burke had been ordered to stay away from his former place of work since September 2022, a permanent inj

The High Court this month made an order for the indefinite detention of Enoch Burke after finding him in contempt of a court order. Delivering an ex tempore judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Mark Heslin noted that court orders are not an “à la carte menu” and that a party su