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The High Court has made an order pursuant to the Adoption Act 2010 authorising the adoption of a teenage girl by her foster parent despite opposition from her birth parents. Delivering judgment for the High Court in November, Ms Justice Nuala Jackson reasoned that “while I appreciate that ther

The High Court has accepted an undertaking on behalf of the CEO of the Mater hospital on foot of the hospital’s breach of court orders detaining a woman suffering with an eating disorder. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice David Nolan emphasised: “The purpose of this judg

The High Court has awarded costs against an unsuccessful applicant who refused to withdraw her judicial review proceedings following judgment in the original test case of Bogusas v Minister for Health [2022] IEHC 621. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Garrett Simons observed: &ldquo

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal concerning Mr Justice Charles Meenan’s refusal to recuse himself where fresh allegations of objective bias were made on the basis of his son’s employment in Arthur Cox LLP, the firm on record for the respondents. Delivering judgment for the Supre

Lewis Silkin lawyers Ciara Fulton and Orla Bingham consider the employment law landscape in Northern Ireland. Proposals for the introduction of miscarriage leave and ‘safe leave’ for victims of domestic abuse have recently been announced in Great Britain. These rights have been pending i

Barry Crushell reviews cases testing the relatively new right to request remote working arrangements. The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provision Act 2023 came into effect on 4 April 2024 and originally aimed to increase the participation of women in the labour market and the shared take-up of

Christina Watts marks the 113th anniversary this week of the sinking of RMS Titanic by exploring how intellectual property (IP) helped to shape the legendary vessel's story. I recently had the opportunity to visit the Titanic Wales Exhibition and found myself being filled with a mixture of curiosity

The Supreme Court has clarified the circumstances in which public authorities may owe a duty of care in the exercise of their discretionary statutory powers. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court in April, Mr Justice Brian Murray remarked that “by treating with the plaintiffs as they did,

The Supreme Court has delivered a judgment concerning the rights of victims in proceedings for sexual offences and the impact of the non-disclosure of a particular counselling record on the safety of the appellant’s conviction for sexual assault on a child. Delivering judgment for the Supreme

The Supreme Court has allowed the appeal of a company shareholder and has discharged an injunction secured in 2010 by a receiver in respect of a commercial property in Wexford. Delivering his judgment for the Supreme Court, Chief Justice O’Donnell confirmed that there “is an onus on the

A man who changed his surname as a joke has been refused a British passport until he changes it back. Kenny Fu-Kennard, previously known as Kenny Kennard, was refused a passport by the Home Office on three occasions this year, the Daily Mirror reports.

A conman who impersonated the Duke of Marlborough and accrued bills of over £10,000 has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. Alexander Wood managed to blag his way into top hotels in London by assuming different personae such as a senior member of British Airways staff and, in one instance, the

Police are on the hunt for three people who allegedly fled from a cosmetic surgery clinic without paying a £2,000 bill. The two women and one man had Botox and lip enhancers injected at Persona Cosmetic Medicine Clinic in south-east London.

Lawyers for 50 Cent have told the judge in his bankruptcy case that the rapper is only pretending to be rich in order to be a better role model for his disadvantaged fans. The celebrity, born Curtis Jackson, has debt upwards of $28 million and landed in hot water after the court recently saw recent

Professor Dagmar Schiek has been appointed as the Synnott Family Chair in European Union Law at University College Cork (UCC). The role was created following a €1 million donation from New York lawyer and UCC alumnus Aidan Synnott in 2019, which will also facilitate the creation of a Centre in