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Northern Ireland’s High Court has refused an application for judicial review where it was alleged that a same-sex couple suffered discrimination after being denied access to a publicly-funded IVF scheme. The court found that the criteria for obtaining access to the scheme were rational and pro

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has submitted a draft decision in an inquiry into Yahoo! EMEA Limited to other concerned supervisory authorities across the EU.

Youth diversion projects for under-18s could be extended to young adults aged up to 24 years old under proposals explored in a new government report. A discussion paper published to coincide with a one-day conference on youth justice at Croke Park suggests establishing a system similar to the Garda

Belfast-based MKB Law has appointed Gavin Coyle as a solicitor in the firm's litigation and dispute resolution department. Mr Coyle has 10 years of experience in both High Court and County Court matters and is dual qualified in England and Wales and Northern Ireland.

Lawyers Against Homelessness is hosting its eighth CPD conference in support of the Capuchin Day Centre this Thursday. The collaborative initiative between barristers and solicitors has raised over €185,000 through CPD events for the Capuchin Day Centre since it was established in late 2017.

Irish business group ISME will pay €75,000 to Limerick solicitor Gerard O'Neill as part of a settlement ending defamation proceedings he launched two years ago. Mr O'Neill, founder and principal of O’Neill & Co Solicitors, launched proceedings in the High Court in July 2020 after ISME

Legal advice and legal representation should be provided to people struggling with consumer debt, legal rights group FLAC has said. The fourth and final paper in FLAC's "Pillar to Post" series on consumer debt issues is due to be published this evening.

Northern Ireland personal injury firm JMK Solicitors has grown its headcount by 20 per cent since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, the firm has announced. Despite the impact of the pandemic on businesses across the world, the firm added staff across all teams, including legal adviso

Lawyers Against Homelessness has raised more than €220,000 in support of the Capuchin Day Centre, organisers said following their ninth CPD event. Yesterday's event — the latest in a series of fundraising CPD events hosted since late 2017 — focused on personal injury and employment

In a landmark judgment this week, the European Court of Justice put in doubt public access to information about company ownership. The court ruled on Tuesday that the unfettered right of public access to the personal information of the individuals who ultimately own or control companies incorporated

Facebook owner Meta has been fined €265 million by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC). Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL), data controller of the Facebook social media network, has also been made subject to a range of corrective measures.

Youth justice minister James Browne has invited proposals from community and youth service organisations to establish new youth diversion projects (YDPs) in South Monaghan, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, South and East Co. Wicklow and West Cork. YDPs work with young people at risk of crime and anti-social b

Facebook owner Meta is set to be told it cannot force users of its services to agree to personalised ads in what privacy campaigners have said will be a "huge blow to Meta's profits in the EU". The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) yesterday said it had adopted three binding decisions addressing

The late Supreme Court judge, Séamus Henchy, was born in County Clare 105 years ago this week to Patrick and Margaret Henchy who ran a shop in Corofin.

A senior Irish lawyer has criticised a European court ruling restricting access to information about company ownership on privacy grounds as "a gift to money launderers and their credulous allies". Paul Egan SC, a senior consultant at Mason Hayes & Curran LLP and chair of the government's Compan