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An increased volume of complaints were handled by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), Helen Dixon, last year, according to her third annual report since taking office.

The King’s Inns Law Review (KILR) is currently accepting submissions of articles, case notes or commentaries for its seventh volume. A prize will be awarded for the best article published in Volume VII, which invites submissions until 1 June 2017 on topics that "in some way critically analyse wher

Paul McGarry SC, chair of the Bar Council of Ireland There are opportunities and challenges for the Irish legal profession in the wake of Brexit, Paul McGarry SC, chair of the Bar Council of Ireland, told a Seanad committee yesterday.

Dara Murphy The General Scheme of a bill to enforce the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Directive has been published.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald A review of Ireland's probate system is underway in a bid to eliminate a backlog and to reduce waiting times for grant of probate applications.

A woman who was awarded a lump sum of €3.8 million, in addition to substantial property and monthly payments of €20,000, has had her case dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Delivering the judgment of the Court, Ms Justice Irvine held that the personal and financial misconduct of the woman’s ex-

Paschal Donohoe Government plans to require Irish passport and driving license applicants to hold a public services card have been criticised by civil rights groups.

Solicitors should be obliged to inform their clients about Press Council of Ireland mechanisms to resolve press complaints before taking court action, press ombudsman Peter Feeney has said. Mr Feeney (pictured) has said that the measures could be one of a series of steps taken to reduce the "inflate

Joanne O'Sullivan Kennedys Law has named experienced healthcare specialist Joanne O'Sullivan as a new partner in the firm's Dublin office.

In its Chamber judgment in the case of Trabajo Rueda v Spain the European Court of Human Rights held, by six votes to one, that there had been: a violation of article 8 (right to respect for private life) of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case concerned the seizure of Mr Trabajo Ruedaâ

Richard Martin Law firms will be "unrecognisable" to us within a decade due to technological advances, the managing partner of Cork-based firm Ronan Daly Jermyn (RDJ) has said.

The charges against one of seven men on trial for falsely imprisoning former Tánaiste Joan Burton and her adviser at an anti-water charges protest have been dropped. On day 27 of the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court trial yesterday, Judge Melanie Greally told the jury she would be discharging Ken Purc

The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) has said reports that a pregnant child was detained under the Mental Health Act after seeking an abortion show that Ireland's laws are not fit for purpose. The latest tranche of reports published by the Child Care Law Reporting Project includes the case of a young

Imelda McMillan The Law Society of Northern Ireland's Mentoring Programme continues to go from strength to strength as it enters its fourth successful year.

Niamh Laverty Niamh Laverty, associate solicitor at Tughans in Belfast, writes on the danger of side letters in lease agreements.