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There have been mistakes in calculating the sentences to be served by almost three per cent of prisoners, the Irish Independent reports. The Irish Prison Service (IPS) commissioned a Sentence Calculation Review Programme, which has revealed the mistakes in the period of detention of 46 inmates.

A judge will decide on Monday whether a newspaper editor is responsible for a front page story during the Ana Kriegel murder trial that led to his newspaper being barred from reporting the court proceedings. Associated News (Ireland) Ltd, owners of the Daily Mail newspaper, accepted its responsibili

The long standing test concerning the legal possession of land has been challenged in the landmark case of Thorpe v Frank [2019] EWCA Civ 150, writes Stuart Nevin, associate, A&L Goodbody. The Court of Appeal found that repaving a forecourt was enough to obtain possession in a claim for ‘a

Far greater numbers of prison officers are injured by inmates than was previously thought, a new recording system has shown. Figures from the Irish Prison Service on ‘restraint interventions’ indicate that there were 137 incidents in 2018, as compared to 91 in 2017, when recording of the

Cleaver Fulton Rankin has conducted research into the positive contribution the firm and its employees make in wider society. As a result it has launched its first Responsible Business Report highlighting the firm's commitment to the environment, its clients and the wider community.

Thieves who broke into the cellar of a luxury restaurant in Paris have stolen 150 bottles of wine estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands of euros. Staff at the Maison Rostang restaurant, which has two Michelin stars and is described by the food guide as having a “magnificent” wine l

A man who was awarded €96,403 in personal injury proceedings against Tallaght Hospital has had his award upheld by the Supreme Court. The hospital argued that the claim was statute barred in circumstances where the hospital’s omission to carry out a CT scan occurred in 2007, and the perso

A detective imprisoned for harassing a State solicitor by sending abusive letters and emails has had her sentence suspended. Eve Doherty, 51, had the remainder of her three-year sentence suspended by the Court of Appeal.

New powers have been given to the Residential Tenancies Board to deal with improper conduct by landlords under the Residential Tenancies Act, the Irish Examiner reports. The board can now investigate and sanction landlords directly in cases where residential tenancy law is being breached in respect

Pictured (L-R): Karl Redmond, Jacqueline McAleese, Roger McMillan, and Leigh Linton Carson McDowell has today announced that claims expert Karl Redmond has joined the firm as a consultant in its Dublin office.

The mother of a Co Down schoolboy who died after he was given a combined measles and rubella vaccine has suffered “interminable uncertainty and delay” over a second inquest, a High Court judge has said. Anne Coulter has been waiting for seven years for a new hearing following the death o

The Serious Fraud Office has fined a subsidiary of Serco Group £19.2 million. The SFO announced that a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with Serco Geografix Limited (SGL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Serco Group, has been approved in principle by Mr Justice William Davis.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has opened for business in Belfast. This is the second new office the firm has launched this year, having opened in Paris in January.

Trinity College Dublin has awarded its prestigious Nael G. Bunni Medal to Michael Mulcahy SC at a recent ceremony in the College. The medal was awarded for outstanding course work in the renowned Trinity College Dublin Construction Law and Contract Administration Postgraduate Diploma Course.

Chief Justice Frank Clark delivered a speech at a Lawyers Against Homelessness charity CPD event. He talked about various matters including: keeping up with changes in the law; the number of judges and judicial appointments; court resources and IT; and access to justice.