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The High Court has rejected an application to amend a case stated from the Tax Appeal Commissioners on a point of law. The application sought to introduce further questions of law regarding the jurisdiction of the Commissioner and his conduct in proceedings. Delivering judgment in the case, Ms Justi

Emergency legislation allowing for Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) hearings to continue to take place in light of the Zalewski judgment will come forward "in the next couple of weeks", Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said. The landmark Supreme Court judgment in Zalewski, handed down in April,

Tom O’Malley SC explains his interest in sexual offending and the background to his appointment as chair of the review of protections for vulnerable witnesses in the investigation and prosecution of sexual offences. It all started one miserable winter’s evening in the mid-1980s at Yale L

The Court of Appeal has made a differential costs order against a plaintiff in personal injuries proceedings after her award was substantially reduced on appeal. Further, the court ordered the plaintiff to pay the defendants’ costs of the appeal as well. The plaintiff had previously received &

Major reforms may be required before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) can resume hearing cases in the aftermath of a landmark Supreme Court ruling, a leading employment lawyer has warned. Speaking to Irish Legal News this morning, Dublin solicitor Richard Grogan said it could take months bef

The draft heads of legislation providing for the "most wide-ranging and coherent reform of policing in a generation" have been published. Justice Minister Helen McEntee yesterday published the general scheme of the landmark Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill.

Agencies tackling economic crime and corruption will gain the same surveillance powers as gardaí and Revenue Commissioners under legislation to be developed by the end of the year. The extension of powers under the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 to other "appropriate bodies" forms p

The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in a significant ruling relating to the administration of justice in the State. It was held that the WRC process was not unconstitutional due to the lack of an appeal to the courts. Although the cour

Plans to modernise the civil and family justice system over the next year have been set out by Justice Minister Naomi Long. Speaking in Stormont this morning, Mrs Long said she would take forward changes before the next election to make the civil and family justice system "more accessible for citize

Ireland's former director of public prosecutions James Hamilton has cleared Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of breaching the ministerial code. Mr Hamilton, who headed Ireland's prosecution service from 1999 to 2011, has served as the Scottish government's independent adviser on the ministeri

The Supreme Court has confirmed the proper legal test when an appellate court is considering admitting new evidence or argument on appeal. Delivering the judgment in the case, Mr Justice John MacMenamin held that a more flexible approach needs to be taken by an appellate court when considering new i

The President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed, has described as "idiotic" suggestions that the court should be stripped of its title and said that downgrading the institution would be an “act of national self-harm”. The UK government has been considering changing the court's name and cut

The High Court has refused an “innovative motion” to decide EU law points in a planning application despite the court already having quashed the decision on domestic law grounds. In Balscadden Road SAA Residents Association Ltd. v. An Bord Pleanála (No. 1) [2020] IEHC 586, the cou

The UK government's review of the Human Rights Act "presents significant potential risks to stability and peace in Northern Ireland", experts at Queen's University Belfast have said. In a 19-page submission, QUB Human Rights Centre said the review is "widely perceived here as the latest in a long li

Women and families affected by mother and baby homes should play a key role in drafting a new law to provide dignified burials for victims left in mass graves, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said. The rights watchdog has provided an Oireachtas committee with 25 specific recommend