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The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal brought by a defendant in summary judgment proceedings, stating that she had an arguable defence to the €3.39 million claim. The monies were sought by the plaintiff on the basis of a guarantee provided by the defendant, but the court held that the plain

The High Court in Dublin has granted applications by singer Dana Rosemary Scallon to strike out 10-year-old defamation actions issued against her. Mr Justice Brian O Moore acceded to motions applications made by counsel Eamonn Dornan to strike out the defamation proceedings issued against Ms Sc

A portrait of the late Ms Justice Mella Carroll, the first woman to serve as a High Court judge, has been unveiled by Dublin City University (DCU). Ms Justice Carroll served as the university's chancellor from 2001 and as chair of its governing authority before her untimely passing in 2006.

Criminologist Phil Scraton, professor emeritus at Queen's University Belfast School of Law, has joined a distinguished team of patrons of Include Youth, a rights-based charity working with young people. The team of six patrons, which include some of Northern Ireland's top athletes, will work closely

Global legal business DWF is continuing its partnership with Dublin City University (DCU) to help transform the lives of young people who may believe a third level education is beyond their reach. The Dublin office of DWF is sponsoring the university’s Access Programme, a €20,000 four-yea

The Oireachtas justice committee has recommended the establishment of a special committee to examine the law on assisted dying. The committee has published a report on the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020, which seeks to allow for the provision of assisted dying to qualifying persons with the aim of all

Campaigners have called for a State-run independent complaints mechanism as social media companies fail to protect users from abuse. The joint Oireachtas committee on tourism, culture, arts, sport and media met this week to conduct pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the Online Safety

The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal by a man who claimed that he had received unduly harsh conditions for a suspended sentence for harassment. The appellant had previously received a 30-month sentence with the last 12 months suspended on condition that he refrained from engaging in his job as a

The High Court has quashed a decision by An Bord Pleanála for a safe injection site in Dublin due to a failure to consider the objections of a local primary school. The Board had provided temporary permission of three years for the facility, with a potential review of the development after th

Matthew Howse, partner at Eversheds Sutherland in Belfast, considers whether resort to litigation will become more common again as we move into the post-Covid world. Back in March 2020, the pandemic brought a halt to all but the most urgent legal proceedings in the Northern Irish courts. Courts had

Action is needed to help the Fine Collection and Enforcement Service (FCS) collect unpaid fines and deal with historic debts, according to a new report. An inspection report by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJINI) examined the arrangements in place to take enforcement action whe

The remaining sections of the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 have been enacted. Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Michael McGrath and minister of state Ossian Smyth have announced that the remaining sections of the Act have been commenced, with the exception of subsections (2) and (3) of

Future solicitors have been invited to apply for the Scott Scholarship at DCU School of Law and Government, delivered in association with Arthur Cox. The scholarship, worth a total of €12,000, is named in memory of the late Frank Scott, a partner at Arthur Cox, and supports students who wish to

The High Court has granted an application by Portakabin (Ireland) Limited for the disclosure of the subscriber registration information associated with a Gmail account that was allegedly spreading defamatory material about the company. The court ordered that Google Ireland Limited had to provide the

Plaintiff personal injury firm JMK Solicitors has successfully trialled a new initiative to securely share documents with defendant law firms. The firm's secure document sharing portal aims to create greater efficiencies in the handling of litigation and help to reduce the risks of data breaches.