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The lawyer who said he would "take a bullet" for Donald Trump has been jailed for three years after being found guilty of lying to Congress and enabling illegal payments to women who had allegedly had affairs with the US president. Michael Cohen, 52, told the court he undertook the crimes becau

Lord Sumption's retirement from the Supreme Court this week has triggered renewed calls for the age at which judges must leave the bench to be raised, The Times reports. Lord Sumption caused a stir after he was elevated to the Supreme Court straight from the bar in 2012.

Rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding, who were acquitted on counts of rape earlier this year, have had their applications for costs of their defence dismissed in Belfast Crown Court. Emphasising that the myriad of conclusions were for the jury to reach rather than the prosecution, Her Honou

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said he would support removing reference to the time period before a court can grant a divorce from the Constitution altogether, The Times reports. A referendum is expected to take place next year to reform article 41.3.2 of the Constitution, which has remained

Techniques used by police and lawyers to trawl through the phones and private data of rape complainants are to be investigated by a watchdog. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced it will undertake an inquiry into whether data protection rules are being breached within the

Michelle Cronin, solicitor at Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT), sets out the significance of the newly-commenced Domestic Violence Act 2018. The Domestic Violence Act 2018 came into effect on 1st January 2019 and has been welcomed by those who assist victims of domestic violence.

Barristers John Jordan SC and Alexander Owens SC have been nominated by the Government for appointment to the High Court. They will fill the vacancies created following the elevation of Ms Justice Caroline Costello and Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy to the Court of Appeal last November.

Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems has lodged complaints against eight online streaming services in relation to alleged "structural violations" of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Non-profit organisation NOYB (None Of Your Business), said it filed a complaint with Austria's D

Belfast firm Tughans has announced the appointment of Laura Connor and Dearbhla Lavery as associate solicitors in the firm's defence litigation team. Ms Connor will work for a wide variety of insurance clients on personal injury, commercial disputes and medical negligence claims.

Prison authorities cited the GDPR when refusing to tell a solicitor why his client had been placed in a special observation cell, The Irish Times reports. The decision to place the prisoner in the padded cell just before Christmas is currently subject to a judicial review before the High Court.

LK Shields has announced the appointment of Einde O'Donnell as an associate solicitor in the firm's employment, pensions and employee benefits team. Mr O'Donnell, a specialist employment law solicitor with extensive litigation experience, will be based in the firm's Dublin office.

Dublin firm Richard Grogan & Associates has announced the promotion of Michelle Loughnane to partner. Ms Loughnane and principal solicitor Richard Grogan are now jointly developing a new reputation and crisis management practice within the firm, which specialises in employment law and personal i

Ireland will remain the "fraud tourism" capital of Europe because there are no "credible repercussions" for those caught making fraudulent injury claims, defence litigation solicitor Sarah Dick has claimed. Ms Dick, based in the Dublin office of insurance law specialists BLM, highlighted figures sho

Specialist employment law practice CC Solicitors has announced the appointment of Regan O'Driscoll as partner in the firm. The move comes four years after Ms O'Driscoll joined the Dublin-based firm, having previously trained and qualified in a large commercial law firm and then spent two years in th

A man who argued that a resulting or constructive trust arose due to his payment of his son’s premium for a mortgage protection policy, which remained unassigned after the property they bought together was re-mortgaged, has lost his claim against his son’s estate. Expressing regret that