Search:

The Dublin Solicitors Bar Association (DSBA) has named the nominees for its annual Law Book of the Year awards. The winners will be announced at the Association's black tie Midsummer Gala Dinner in the Conrad Hotel on Friday 23 June.

This year's winners of the HOMS Fittest Company Challenge have been presented with their trophies at a prize-giving event at HOMS Solicitors offices in Limerick.

A senior Indian judge has come under fire after suggesting that peacocks follow "life-long celibacy". Judge Mahesh Sharma of the Rajasthan High Court said the peacock's purported "pious" celibacy was why it is India's national bird.

An asylum seeker who was precluded from taking up an offer of employment, has been successful in the Supreme Court, which found that the absolute prohibition on employment in section 9(4) of the Refugee Act 1996 was unconstitutional. Overturning the findings of the High Court and Court of Appeal, Mr

Below, we reproduce, in full, the Department of Justice and Equality's statement on yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on asylum seekers. This is clearly an important judgement which may have significant implications for our asylum process.

Wendy Lyon Irish legislators will be forced to revisit Ireland's asylum laws less than two years after the International Protection Act was passed, following yesterday's landmark Supreme Court ruling.

Shane Ross The Judicial Appointments Bill will have "an enormous impact on the confidence that people have in the system of appointing judges in this country", Shane Ross has said.

Dublin firm LK Shields has announced the appointment of Peter Bolger as Head of Intellectual Property, Technology and Privacy.

Richard Grogan Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates Solicitors writes on the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act.

UK visa applicants will be forced to pay to contact the UK Visas and Immigration service by email, the Home Office has announced. The fee changes come as private company Sitel UK takes over customer service enquiries for the government service.

According to Advocate General Bot, a non-EU national may benefit from a right of residence in the member state in which his EU citizen family member resided before acquiring the nationality of that member state and developing a family life there. In order to guarantee the effectiveness of the rights

Lord Neuberger President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, has called for the compulsory judicial retirement age of 70 to be abolished.

Vanessa Davies Research has found only a small number of barristers want to change their business model or the way they receive instructions.

Staff at HOMS Solicitors took part in a mock trial organised by Transition Year students at Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh in Limerick.

A man has been convicted of defamation for liking Facebook posts. The unnamed 45-year-old man was convicted in a Swiss court on Monday after liking several Facebook posts in 2015 which accused the CEO of an animal rights group of racism and anti-Semitism.