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Home Secretary Theresa May Ahead of a showdown in the UK's House of Commons next week, Home Secretary Theresa May has made concessions over the so-called "Snoopers’ Charter", including a restriction on the use of mass surveillance.

DAC Beachcroft has established a new relationship with Belfast-based specialist insurance practice McKinty and Wright. The new agreement, taking effect from 1 June, means DAC Beachcroft can offer its clients an advisory network on the ground across all five jurisdictions in the UK and Ireland.

The Northern Ireland High Court has found that an insurance services company was entitled to refuse to indemnify an MLA under an insurance policy, in respect of his liability to pay compensation for a defamatory statement published on his Twitter account on 1 May 2014. It was agreed that the defamat

Colin Foote As an employer, keeping an eye on your staff is vital but you must also stay on the right side of the law. Colin Foote, employment law specialist at Sullivans Law in Belfast, advises how employers can monitor staff without infringing their right to privacy.

UN experts have determined that a woman faced discriminating, inhumane and degrading treatment as a result of Ireland’s legal prohibition of abortion when forced to balance carrying a baby, which would not survive after birth, against seeking an abortion outside of Ireland. Experts from the Geneva

Health Minister Simon Harris The possession of certain new psychoactive substances (NPS) is set to be criminalised on the initiative of Health Minister Simon Harris.

Jonathan Cooper, barrister at Doughty Street Chambers and editor of European Human Rights Law Review The number of reported court cases involving privacy arguments has doubled in the last five years to reach a new high of 58 per year, according to Thomson Reuters.

Melissa Gowan Melissa Gowan, partner at Cantillons Solicitors in Cork, writes on the challenge posed to access to justice by delays in solicitors receiving their fees.

Steven Keenan Belfast firm MKB Law has welcomed solicitor Steven Keenan to their commercial and litigation team.

An Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has stated in an Opinion that a general obligation to retain data imposed by a member state on providers of electronic communication services may be compatible with EU law but that it is imperative that that obligation be circu

Jenny McGeever Dublin firm KOD Lyons has announced the appointment of Jenny McGeever to its criminal litigation and superior courts trial team.

Fifteen solicitor firms received more than €200,000 from the Director of Public Prosecutions last year, the Irish Examiner reports. Figures released by the DPP's office show that 32 solicitors, all based outside Dublin, earned €6.24 million in fees in 2015 - including personal allowance to State

Criminal justice agencies have teamed up to launch a charity fundraising initiative celebrating 60 years of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE). The Northern Ireland Prison Service, Probation Board and Youth Justice Agency will invite prisoners, prison staff, probation officers and youth justice wo

In today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case of J.K. and Others v. Sweden the European Court of Human Rights held, by ten votes to seven, that there would be: a violation of article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights if the ord

Lawyers and security experts yesterday addressed more than 50 IT professionals on the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) at a seminar in Dublin.