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French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are suing U.S. political commentator Candace Owens for defamation, following repeated claims that the first lady is a man. Their lawyer, Tom Clare, told CNN the lawsuit filed in Delaware is a “last resort” after a year of failed atte

UCD Sutherland School of Law's Dr Niamh Howlin has been awarded a prize for Outstanding Contribution to Legal Scholarship at the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association Law Book Awards. Dr Howlin was awarded the prize on the basis of two books published in 2023 and 2024: Barristers in Ireland: An Evolving

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP has welcomed 15 trainee solicitors to its Harcourt Street offices. 

Court artist Mike O’Donnell has produced the first ever drawing published from the Supreme Court.

Almost 20,000 files relating to alleged sexual offences have been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) over the past decade, yet only a third have resulted in prosecution, newly released figures show. Data provided to The Sunday Times reveal that of the 19,019 sexual offence files submi

Several relatives of the victims of the Creeslough explosion have initiated civil proceedings for personal injury loss and suffering, it has been confirmed. The explosion, which occurred at a service station in the County Donegal village on 7 October 2022, claimed the lives of 10 people. The decease

Northern Ireland personal injury law firm JMK Solicitors has been awarded the Lexcel Quality Mark for its "very high standard" of overall compliance for the eighth consecutive year. The Lexcel scheme, administered by the Law Society of Northern Ireland,  recognises firms which achieve excellenc

A woman who stopped to let a chicken cross the road has been accused of spraying a fellow driver with bear mace after she sped by her and killed the bird. Cynthia Sosa, 38, stopped at an intersection in Key West, Florida, on July 9 to let the chicken cross when another driver honked and passed her,

Simmons & Simmons has announced the expansion of its Dublin office's employment practice through the acquisition of CC Solicitors.  The team at CC Solicitors are leading practitioners and seasoned litigators in employment law, including the founder, Colleen Cleary, who together with Regan O

Wilson Nesbitt has announced that it has raised a total of £5,050 for its Charity of the Year, Dementia NI. Dementia NI is a local charity that aims to empower local people with dementia to live well and drive positive change. The charity promotes the rights of people living with dementia to b

Justice, home affairs and migration minister Jim O’Callaghan has negotiated funding of €2.180 billion under the National Development Plan for major capital projects in the justice sector from 2026-2030.  This is an increase of some €800 million on the previous NDP in 2021.

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The first review of the Civil Legal Aid Scheme since its introduction in 1979 has been published. Publishing both majority and minority reports from the Independent Review Group, the justice, home affairs and migration minister Jim O’Callaghan said: “Access to justice is a fundamental ri

The Children’s Ombudsman has accused the Government of failing child victims of domestic and sexual violence and of treating his office with disrespect, following a dispute over the funding of a monitoring role linked to the State’s flagship domestic abuse strategy. Dr Niall Muldoon said

Bird & Bird has moved to its new Irish headquarters at the top of Grafton St. at 124 St Stephen’s Green, in the heart of Dublin. The firm represents many of the world’s leading brands and launched its Irish operation in mid-2022 as part of a strategy to position the country as a stra