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High Court inspectors have found no breaches of company law in their investigation into the business and governance of Independent News & Media (INM). The Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) has published the report of Seán Gillane SC and Richard Fleck CBE, who were appointed as inspect

Irish Legal News presents the first in a new series of articles facilitating dialogue between criminal justice policymakers/practitioners and academic researchers. In today's piece, the Policing Authority poses questions about procedural justice (PJ) to researchers at Maynooth University and Univers

Three Irish barristers will travel to the US this month to help exonerate wrongfully convicted people in Wisconsin and Florida after being awarded scholarships. Simon Wilson BL, Róisín O’Mara BL, and Gemma McLoughlin Burke BL have been named by The Bar of Ireland as the recipient

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by convicted murderer Graham Dwyer in a case concerning the admissibility of evidence which was obtained in breach of EU law. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Maurice Collins said the court had dealt with "materially identical issues" in

William Fry partner Barry Scannell provides a comprehensive guide to the EU's new AI Act. Today, 1 August 2024, marks a watershed moment in the regulation of artificial intelligence as the EU Artificial Intelligence Act officially enters into force.

Gardaí will begin to use body-worn cameras in Limerick in a further expansion of a pilot scheme. The technology has been used in Dublin since early June and will be trialled in Waterford later this year, ahead of a national rollout.

An English lawyer has sworn a courtroom oath on a river instead of a holy book in what is believed to be a legal first. Paul Powlesland, a barrister who founded and chairs the River Roding Trust, made the oath in order to serve as a juror in a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

A&L Goodbody partner Michael Doyle welcomes the first WRC ruling on the right to request remote work. The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 was enacted in April 2023 and provides employees with a right to request remote work.

An Indian couple who worked for several months without receiving pay have been awarded over €45,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). Crushell & Co Solicitors acted for Anoushka Anilkumar Parmar and Tushar Joshi, who took separate claims against Dublin-based technology company Cl

Mason Hayes & Curran partners Gearoid Carey and Gerard Kelly examine a recent English decision concerning what was alleged to be an irrecoverable penalty in a financing agreement. The English Court of Appeal has recently considered the legal effect of a default interest provision in a financing

There are “systemic weaknesses” in the way English juries make decisions and these are likely to be contributing to the conviction of innocent people, failures to convict the guilty, and inequalities, new research warns. The current legal rules involving procedure and evidence are not co

A former chairman of the National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP) has pleaded guilty to company law offences following an investigation by the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA). Dr Andrew Jordan, former chairman and secretary of the now-defunct NAGP, appeared in the Criminal Courts o

Thousands of Yazidi survivors of atrocities by the Islamic State armed group (IS) remain missing, Amnesty International said ahead of the 10-year anniversary of IS’s attack on the Yazidi community in Iraq.

Letterkenny solicitor Annabel Caldwell has established a new firm, Caldwell-McGlynn Legal. The firm offers a wide range of legal services including property, commercial leases, wills and probate.

The ISPCA has urged ministers to abolish the issuing of hare coursing licences and put an end to the "cruel, outdated and barbaric practice". The charity says it believes allowing the practice to continue is incompatible with the animal welfare strategy published by the Department of Agriculture, Fo