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Two leading UK public health organisations have called for the personal possession and use of all illegal drugs to be decriminalised. The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) and the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) have called for a package of measures to move UK drugs strategy away from a "predomi

Seanad Éireann yesterday heard calls for criminal sanctions the possession of illegal drugs for personal use to be eased. Senator Lynn Ruane and Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin submitted amendments to the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 during the committee stage which would have eased criminal

Celebrity solicitor Dr Gerald Kean (pictured) has joked he will have to work into his 90s to pay his debts after losing millions in the 2008 crash. The personal injury solicitor qualified in 1980 and opened his own Dublin practice, Keans Solicitors, in the late '80s.

A judge of the District Court has called on "conscientious whistleblowers" to help prosecute banks which overcharged up to thousands of Irish mortgage-holders. Judge James McNulty, writing in a personal capacity for the Irish Examiner, issued the call after the governor of Ireland's Central Bank sai

The former chief executive of a registered charity in receipt of public funds has lost her case against members of the Public Accounts Committee of Dáil Éireann in the High Court. Citing personal injury and loss of reputation, Ms Angela Kerins sought certain injunctive and declaratory reliefs and

A telephone subscriber’s consent to the publication of his data also covers its use in another member state, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. The highly harmonised regulatory framework makes it possible to ensure throughout the EU the same respect for requirements relating to

Health Minister Simon Harris New legislative measures will allow doctors to admit mistakes or accidents to patients without accepting personal legal liability, The Irish Times reports.

Catherine Byrne The new National Drugs Strategy could outline a proposal to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs for personal use.

President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger In an address delivered at the Northern Ireland Personal Injury Bar’s Inaugural Conference in County Down earlier this month, President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger reflects on shifts in the underlying principles in the law of negligence and t

Professor Eoin O'Dell A digital rights expert has warned that the State could face repercussions if the Data Protection Bill is not amended to explicitly provide for compensation in case of personal data abuse.

A judge has offered inmates less jail time if they undergo vasectomies or use birth control implants. Judge Sam Benningfield in White County, Tennessee told WFTV he was tired of hearing from inmates who said they could not afford child support.

Belfast lawyer Paul Tweed has secured an apology for the Duchess of York over false news stories claiming that she would swap personal details about Princess Diana for cash, The Irish News reports. Mr Tweed (pictured) said his client appreciated the "comprehensive and categoric" retraction and apolo

Facebook has been successful in partially appealing a finding that it had misused private information in relation to the publication of the religion of a plaintiff’s three estranged children. Allowing the appeal, the Court of Appeal held that the publication of the children’s religion was a matt

Martha Spurrier The UK government is breaking the law by collecting the nation's internet activity and phone records and letting public bodies grant themselves access to these personal details with no suspicion of serious crime and no independent sign-off – meaning significant parts of its 'Snoope

Fighter Conor McGregor is facing legal opposition to his attempts to register several trademarks relating to his personal brands. Mr McGregor has been trying to trademark words and phrases related to him to capitalise on his sporting success, The Irish Times reports.