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The High Court has made no order as to costs in a judicial review which was rendered moot by Dublin City Council’s offer of social housing to a mother and child following their institution of proceedings. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Cian Ferriter emphasised: "The applica

New research into Ireland's homebuying process has concluded that the process is marked by auctions that induce overbidding, widespread misunderstanding of rights and responsibilities, and increasing delays after sales are agreed. The research from the ESRI’s Behavioural Research Unit, funded

An accelerated review of legal aid reform will take place in Northern Ireland following a breakthrough in talks between justice minister Naomi Long and striking criminal barristers. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) began a withdrawal of services from all legally-aided Crown Court cases at the star

A local authority is recruiting a team of professional sniffers to help identify businesses producing bad smells. Brendola, a small town of around 4,000 people in northern Italy, is putting together a team of six "odour evaluators" following complaints from local residents about bad smells, The Guar

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP has congratulated nine newly-qualified solicitors on their appointment as associates following the completion of their traineeships with the firm. Shauna Farrell, Elizabeth Mahon, Marcus Dunne, Dylan Duke, Conor Henry, Patrick Carty, Lauren Diggins, Vanisha Finlay and Ruair

Galway-based O'Donnell Waters Solicitors LLP has appointed Isabelle O’Donnell and Esther O’Donnell as partners. The daughters of managing partner Gerard O’Donnell, the pair represent the third generation of the O’Donnell family to practice law in Galway City spanning almost 9

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) may take Dublin Airport's 32 million passenger cap into account when allocating take-off and landing slots, an Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has said. Advocate General Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona yesterday gave his opinion on questions

Richard Hammond, appointed as one of Ireland's first Senior Counsel solicitors by the government on 1 September 2020, practices as a partner at Hammond Good LLP, Solicitors & Notaries Public, in Mallow, County Cork. A dedicated succession law specialist with expertise in professional regulation,

Legislation proposing significant reforms to sentencing is set to be introduced to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Sentencing Bill has been developed separately from a wide-ranging sentencing review announced by justice minister Naomi Long in January, which is ongoing.

Northern Ireland commercial law firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has once again achieved the internationally recognised Investors in People (IIP) accreditation. The IIP standard sets the benchmark for effective leadership, support, and development of people to deliver sustainable results.

William Fry partners Jason Milne and Michelle Martin examine a Supreme Court ruling which clarifies planning bodies' climate duties and limits the decisive impact of s.15 on individual development decisions. The Supreme Court in the Coolglass case upheld the High Court's decision to quash the r

Robert Shiels reviews a new book on the rediscovery of a forgotten Nazi crime. The Einstein murders were listed as number 2,550 of the total of 5,884 incidents in the Atlas of Nazi and Fascist Massacres in Italy. The place of the crimes was the Villa Il Focardo, 15 miles southeast of Florence, in 19

Mahbooba Faiz, an Afghan-born lawyer based in Ireland, uncovers the detail of the Taliban's new diktat on criminal procedure. After nearly four years of legislative opacity and rule by decree, on 4 January 2026, the Taliban issued a new legal document in Pashto language titled the “Criminal Pr

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has dismissed appeals by the parents of a child who was left near death as a result of non-accidental injuries. Delivering judgment for Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal, Lady Chief Justice Siobhan Keegan highlighted: “This decision will provide

The UK's proscription of direct action protest group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism legislation was unlawful, the High Court in London has ruled. In a major blow to the government, three judges today found that the "nature and scale" of the group's activities had "not yet reached the level, s