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The Court of Appeal has overturned the finding of the High Court that the directors of a liquidated company were personally liable to a creditor pursuant to s. 297A of the Companies Act 1963. Justice Hogan stated that it was not enough to show that the directors were aware that the loss might have o

Jack Chambers Fianna Fáil is considering proposals to reform drugs laws so that people caught with small amounts of illegal drugs may be able to receive treatment in lieu of criminal prosecution.

The Department of Justice has launched a consultation on the statutory “age of digital consent” to be applied in Ireland as part of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Article 8 of the GDPR provides that, in the case of information society services offered directly to a child, pare

Charlie Flanagan The Government has reaffirmed its support for Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa, whose mass trial in Egypt has been adjourned again.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Guerin Report into the handling of allegations of Garda misconduct contained conclusions that that were damaging to the former Minister for Justice and Equality, Mr Alan Shatter, and that the defective procedure adopted in publishing the report amounted to a br

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a farmer who acted as a guarantor for his brother’s loan has an arguable defence against the bank which is seeking judgment against him for over €170,000 – therefore the case must be given a full hearing. The bank had sought a summary judgment, but Mr Justice

Pictured (l-r): Eithne Lynch and Rachel Power of PILA; and Mary Brassil and Adam Finlay, partners at McCann FitzGerald McCann FitzGerald and the Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) have launched a handbook on data protection for NGOs and community organisations.

Lord Justice Gillen Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has said it will consider how to fund Lord Justice Gillen's recommendations for civil and family justice reforms over the coming months.

Pictured (l-r): Declan Harmon, Alan Bailey and Katherine McVeigh A homelessness charity has benefited from €1,200 raised by King's Inns students at their Christmas carol concert.

Striking Out, Ireland's first home-grown legal TV drama in years, premiered on RTÉ One on Sunday 1 January 2017 - so you'd be forgiven for missing it amid the New Year festivities.

A Syrian refugee in Germany, falsely reported in a Facebook post as having set fire to a man in Berlin, is suing the company for spreading the claims. Anas Modamani became known on social media after taking a selfie with Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2015.

A father is pressing fraud charges against his teenage daughter after she used his credit card to buy a plane ticket to visit her boyfriend in Germany. The love-lorn teenager was hauled off the flight before it departed when the father got a call from his bank about possible fraudulent charges from

Pictured (l-r): Sarah Field, Stephen O'Flynn and Mary Hassan Dublin firm KOD Lyons has welcomed trainees Sarah Field, Stephen O'Flynn and Mary Hassan to its team.

Representatives from the Law Societies in each of the four legal jurisdictions in the UK and Ireland met in Belfast today.

The European Court of Justice could be asked to rule on issues concerning companies transferring data from Europe to the US in a landmark case before the Dublin courts. The Data Protection Commissioner will ask the Commercial Court to refer the question to Strasbourg following a complaint by Austria