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A Nigerian national who had a deportation order made against him after being convicted of offences of dishonesty, including fraud, has won an appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales against the Upper Tribunal’s dismissal of his case. Appellant AEB argued that the UT had misdirected

Government proposals to reform the inspection of prisons will not allow Ireland to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT), the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said. The rights body will become the co-ordinating national preventative mechanism (NPM) u

Doug McMahon, partner at McCann FitzGerald, examines the tightening regulation of businesses' environmental claims in Ireland and across Europe. As consumers become increasingly well-informed about environmentally friendly practices and causes, brands must ensure that any sustainability claims made

Jason O'Sullivan, principal and founder of J.O.S Solicitors, urges the government to take action in the wake of scrutiny of RTÉ's employment practices. The national broadcaster Raidió Teilfís Éireann (RTÉ) continues to face ongoing scrutiny and criticism of its wel

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal where a father claimed that a contact order for his children was "unworkable" and costly. The court found that the trial judge had not erred in making the order. This case involved three appeals, which are part of a long-running family

The new Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA), empowered to crack down on corporate wrongdoing, has been formally established from today. The statutory independent agency, created under the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021, is charged with investigating and prosecuting breac

The landmark Supreme Court judgment in the Zalewski case led to delays in almost 400 cases before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) last year, according to a new report. The WRC's annual report for 2021 notes that nearly 400 hearings were postponed and/or adjourned and held aside in the perio

Justice Minister Helen McEntee has received Government approval to publish the General Scheme of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill. The Bill will provide for the designation of National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) that will act as national inspection bodies of places of detention in the St

Ciara Dowd BL examines the government's proposed changes to Ireland's landmark new capacity legislation. The deadline for the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 has been set for this summer. However, it is due some significant amendments.

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has refused leave to apply for judicial review to a landfill company which was served with an abatement notice for causing an emission nuisance. The appellant failed to convince the court that the statutory appeals scheme was inadequate. The applicant, owner

The High Court has ruled that a licensing authority may not limit the temporal scope of a five-year taxi licence based on the immigration status of a foreign driver. The court made this ruling in a context where a foreign taxi driver was granted a licence for four months while his immigration appeal

In a written judgment delivered on the 7th of February 2022, Holland J explained why he granted summary judgment to the sum of €567,540.12 against the defendants in Allied Irish Banks Plc v Kharwar Wasim and Saher Khawar [2022] IEHC 62 (hereinafter Kharwar). His reasons can be summarised in thr

The Court of Appeal has held that the suspension of a consultant by the HSE should be lifted despite the fact that there was an ongoing investigation into alleged misconduct. The consultant had previously performed experiments on five women during hysteroscopy procedures without their knowledge or c

In pursuing a career as a lawyer, Diego Gallagher, now senior solicitor at the Child and Family Agency (Tusla) in Dublin, was following in his father’s footsteps. His dad Brian Gallagher had his own law firm, Gallagher Shatter, with Alan Shatter – a former minister for justice – an

A new legal framework for environmental governance and accountability in Northern Ireland following Brexit has been introduced. The Environment (2021 Act) (Commencement and Saving Provision) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 places statutory duties on DAERA to publish an Environmental Improvement Plan (