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If you are in Edinburgh during the Festival be sure to visit the National Gallery’s new Lavery on Location exhibition – a well-curated tour de force of the works of Sir John Lavery, the Irish Impressionist who carved out a distinguished career for himself and became one of Britain’

The monograph The Signature in Law: From the Thirteenth Century to the Facsimile explores the judicial development of the concept of the signature from the 13th century to the age of the facsimile transmission and telex — that is, down to 1990. The concept of the signature is considered in its

Róisín McGrath examines the continuing barriers to abortion access nearly six years after the repeal of the Eighth Amendment. In 2018, Ireland voted by a majority of 66.4 per cent to repeal the Eighth Amendment (Art 40.3.3 Bunreacht na hÉireann), which legalised abortion up to 1

Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC uncovers the grubby and dark reality behind the seven-star image presented by Dubai and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Recently, Roscommon woman Tori Towey returned home to Ireland following a traumatic ordeal in Dubai.

Aisling Muldowney and Aoife Clarke of A&L Goodbody explain the risks of 'employer of record' arrangements in Irish law. We have seen a significant increase in the volume of queries in relation to employers of record arrangements, from both employer of record service providers and end user client

If, as Shakespeare nearly said, some are born lawyers… and some have the law thrust upon them, Flor McCarthy certainly appears to fit the latter. The Clonakilty-based solicitor is managing partner at McCarthy + Co LLP, which was founded by his mother Ann in 1987. Ann had, unusually, re-qualif

Robert Shiels reviews Why War?, a new book by British historian Richard Overy.

Graham Ogilvy tells the story of a remarkable Scottish lawyer who became a reforming lord chancellor, developed the French Riveira and narrowly avoided a damaging sex scandal. The next time you are promenading along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, spare a thought for Henry Peter Brougham, the bri

Simon Donagh BL, chair of the Irish Criminal Bar Association, writes for Irish Legal News on today's withdrawal of services by criminal barristers. Practising in criminal law is an honour and privilege. Whether prosecuting or defending, the work is an important public service.

Robert Shiels reviews Operation Morthor: The Last Great Mystery of the Cold War. On 18 September 1961, a plane transporting Dag Hammarskjöld, then the secretary-general of the United Nations, flew across the Congo on a long route to avoid a vast area that had seceded from the main part of the c

Dear Editor, I am the wife of a defence barrister. I stood on the steps of the Criminal Courts of Justice with barristers on the 2 March 2022, 4 April 2022, 2 May 2023, 14 July 2023 and 3 October 2023.

Matheson partners Davinia Brennan, Anne-Marie Bohan, Carlo Salizzo, Sarah Jayne Hannah and Michael Byrne consider a recent EU court ruling on GDPR compensation claims for "identity theft". The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in joined cases C‑182/22 and C‑189/22, Scalable Capital,

Scottish lawyer Robert Shiels reviews a book on the life of Roger Casement. How do you present a biography of a person in a different age who travelled the world and attained great fame? Any such subject would test even an experienced writer and Sir Roger Casement more so.

The trial in question, of Bruno Dey, opened in Hamburg on 17 October 2019. Dey was charged with his role within the Holocaust. It was alleged that he was involved as an accessory (compared to a perpetrator which is the distinction on which the book focuses) in the murder of 5,230 inmates at Stutthof

Fieldfisher partner Paddy Smyth examines some of the legislation to be brought before the Dáil in the summer term. The week before last marked the beginning of the Dáil's summer term, which offers an opportunity to look ahead to potential legislative developments that may arise with th