Ronan Geary and Sharon Burke of RDJ LLP discuss two High Court judgments — in the latter of which they successfully acted for the motioning party — which emphasise the need for parties to make full and proper discovery, and in, particular, outline the importance for parties to litigation
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Northern Ireland’s High Court has found that a failure by police to properly investigate a suspected 1976 murder is potentially a breach of their common law and statutory duty. The court granted judicial review, finding that this question was an important point of public law.
Ireland's first co-ordinated trial of a four-day week has been hailed as "a resounding success in virtually every dimension".
Corporate law firm BHSM LLP has relocated to the third floor of 76 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2, formerly the headquarters of Bord na Móna. Mark Homan, managing partner at BHSM, said: "With thanks to the hard work of the BHSM team, and the ongoing and valued support of our clients, we have o
The Law Society of Ireland has urged the government to commit the "necessary resources" to ensure that planned reforms to the family courts system can be put into practice. The long-awaited Family Courts Bill 2022, which will provide for the establishment of a Family Court as divisions within the ex
The UK’s exit from the EU has plunged Ireland’s all-island energy market into a democratic deficit with decisions on Northern Ireland’s energy supply no longer in the hands of its citizens and government, new research has shown. The cross-border Single Electricity Market (SEM) was
A dimwit has been arrested after attempting to shoplift during a "Shop with a Cop" event with dozens of police officers in attendance. Nearly 40 officers were taking part in the charity event where police officers buy gifts for children from marginalised backgrounds.
The UK government has formally commissioned abortion services in Northern Ireland after the continued failure of the devolved Department of Health to do so. Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris wrote to the Department following the UK government's announcement in October that it would step
Human rights lawyer Noeline Blackwell, the chief executive officer of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC), has been awarded an honorary doctorate in laws by Trinity College Dublin. The citation recognises her work as the head of DRCC as well as her previous role as head of legal rights group FLAC. It a
A merger of Crowley Millar Solicitors LLP and J R Sweeney LLP has taken effect.
Matheson LLP has been named as Ireland's Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer European Awards 2022. The prestigious annual awards, which were presented at a ceremony in London last night, recognise and celebrate excellence across the European legal market, and this year attracted entries from over 120
A&L Goodbody LLP has celebrated a win in the European Competition Team of the Year category at The Lawyer European Awards 2022.
The Circuit Court has dismissed an appeal from a decision by the Data Protection Commission that a verbal disclosure by a barrister regarding a conflict of interest did not breach their GDPR obligations. The appeal was taken by a former client of the barrister who claimed that the disclosure breache
The Law Society of Northern Ireland has welcomed Brian Archer as its president for 2023. Mr Archer is joined in the presidential team by senior vice president Brigid Napier, junior vice president Darren Toombs and chief executive David A. Lavery CB.
Plans to give the District Court jurisdiction over a wide range of family law matters worth up to €1 million are "very likely to cause chaos in the District Court", a family lawyer has warned. Keith Walsh, a prominent family law solicitor in Dublin, told Irish Legal News that changes to the jur

