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Marcus Binney, executive president of SAVE Heritage experts and lawyers have expressed their opposition to plans approved last month to add a lecture theatre to the Inner Temple Library.

A driver in Switzerland who killed a woman who had lain on the motorway in order to commit suicide has been convicted of negligent homicide. The man was convicted this week in a court in Biel-Seeland, which said he was driving at such a speed that he would have been unable to see an obstacle in the

A handyman who spent three months in prison has been released after it was discovered the cocaine he was apparently in possession of was plaster. Karlos Cashe was pulled over by a police officer who said they noticed white powder in his car. The handyman said it was simply dry wall residue.

of the possibility of JM suffering either a respiratory or clinical deterioration. Should either or both of those events happen, the court is asked to make an order which would permit, but not compel, JM’s treating doctors, in the exercise of their clinical judgment, to withhold an increase in hi

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan called for an "appropriately respectful" debate on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill as he moved it in the Dáil for second stage debate last night. The Government has been caught in an escalating row with the judiciary over the bill, which provides for the

Only 48 per cent of Irish judges believe all appointments to the bench over the past two years were made on merit, according to research published in a new European report. The European Network of Councils for the Judiciary surveyed 60 of Ireland's 168 judges for its latest Report on Independence, A

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will seek approval to convene an inter-departmental working group to examine the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on asylum seekers' right to work. In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court found the absolute prohibition on asylum seekers looking for employmen

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) will not publish any further crime figures until a Garda review into the accuracy of homicide figures is complete, The Irish Times reports. It is the second time the CSO has suspended the publication of the quarterly statistical publication and the first since con

Richard Grogan Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates writes on constructive dismissal.

Lord Toulson, former Justice of the UK Supreme Court, passed away during a medical operation last night.

DLA Piper was among victims of a global cyber attack this week in which the perpetrators demanded a ransom in bitcoins to release data locked by a software worm. DLA Piper is the largest law firm in the world by revenue, posting £1.5 billion last year. The firm has more than 1,000 partners, of whic

Successful applicants to the 2017 Engage and Educate Fund were presented with their awards by Education Minister Richard Bruton yesterday.

Niamh Laverty Niamh Laverty, associate solicitor at Tughans in Belfast, writes on the danger of side letters in lease agreements.

Plans for the transformation of Belfast’s iconic Crumlin Road Courthouse into a £25 million luxury hotel will go on public display next month. The Signature Living Group will host pre-application events at Crumlin Road Gaol on Monday 17 July and Thursday 17 August from 10am-8pm, the Belfast Teleg

The police officer who was match commander during the 1989 Hillsborough disaster faces 95 charges of manslaughter. Former Ch Supt David Duckenfield, as well as five other senior figures, will be prosecuted the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.