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Two lawyers will address a public meeting in Dublin city centre next week which aims to dispel "disinformation and misinformation" about asylum and immigration. Barrister Cathal Malone and solicitor Wendy Lyon are among the speakers at the public townhall event taking place at the Teachers Club, Par

Plans to appoint 20 additional judges on a phased basis have been approved by the government. The appointments represent the second phase of the appointment of 44 additional judges as recommended by the Judicial Planning Working Group in February 2023.

Three former directors of public prosecutions have backed proposals to introduce assisted dying in England and Wales ahead of a vote next month. Sir Max Hill, Dame Alison Saunders and Lord Macdonald of River Glaven have expressed support for the bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adu

Former Trump lawyer and mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani must give his Manhattan penthouse, car and other valuables to election workers he defamed after the 2020 election. He has been ordered to hand over assets to mother and daughter pair Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, including a collection of rare w

Elon Musk is being sued by the production company behind Blade Runner 2049 for allegedly using the film to promote his new "Cybercab". Alcon Entertainment alleges that it turned down a formal request from an event organiser for the use of a still image from the 2017 film, but a virtually identical A

The Supreme Court has made a second reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a case where the UK seeks the extradition of a man accused of committing IRA-related terrorism offences in Northern Ireland. Delivering its judgment, the seven-judge Supreme Court stated: “The

Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) solicitor Chantal Feeney reviews a recent case which highlighted the distinction between misfeasance and non-feasance. In Breda Long v Tipperary County Council, the High Court ruled that the defendant in the case could not be held liable for the injuries that the plaintiff

Former Conservative justice minister David Gauke has been appointed by the UK's Labour government to lead a major sentencing review. The review comes as around 1,100 prisoners are to be released in England and Wales in a bid to ease prison overcrowding.

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has invited members of the public to have their say on ideas and priorities to include in a strategy to help improve the experiences of victims and witnesses when engaging with the criminal justice system. The Department of Justice would like to hear from mem

Belfast-based MSM Law has welcomed Andy Egerton to the firm's criminal defence team. Mr Egerton is a highly-skilled criminal defence solicitor with over 20 years' experience and returns to Northern Ireland following a period working in Merseyside.

The Irish government has been urged to continue its inter-state case in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) as campaigners said Troubles victims had been "betrayed" by the UK government. Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal ruled last month that the controversial Northern Ireland Troubles

Browne Jacobson has appointed two new legal directors and a partner in a significant expansion of its Irish operations. Emma Middleton and Paul Tohill join as legal directors to establish the firm's real estate and construction practices in Ireland respectively.

McCann FitzGerald partners Josh Hogan and Philip Murphy examine a recent English ruling concerning LIBOR's "tough legacy". The English High Court has published a judgment on how a LIBOR-referencing contract should be interpreted now that LIBOR is no longer published as a benchmark rate. The case (St

The Circuit Court has refused an application to transfer a family home into the joint names of spouses where the transferring spouse lacked capacity and has clarified certain of a lawyer’s duties under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. Delivering the lead judgment for the Circu

More than eight in 10 of the top UK-headquartered law firms saw an increase in profit this year, a survey by PwC has found. Of the Top 100, 81 per cent reported increases in profit in the 2024 fiscal year compared to just 56 per cent last year, according to the Big Four firm's annual law firms' surv