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The new Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Marie Anderson, has formally taken up her role with a promise to build on the independence of the organisation and ensure the investigation of complaints meets modern Ombudsman standards. Ms Anderson, a solicitor by profession, is the fourth person to h

Plans to extend abortion access and same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland have been approved by the House of Lords, following revisions to the process and timetable. MPs voted last week to amend the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill to include provisions on abortion and marriage which will

The superior courts recognise that recent challenges to the interpretation of drink driving legislation contain many arguments that have the appearance of being "cynical", according to a senior judge. Giving judgment on a drink driver's claim that he had the "right to be informed" that breathalyser

The Queen should be kept out of the Brexit controversy with the establishment of an inner privy council to advise her on proroguing Parliament, Lord Sumption has said. Writing for The Times, the retired UK Supreme Court justice said that the legal challenge to stop Boris Johnson from suspending Parl

Mark O'Shaughnessy, partner in the litigation and dispute resolution team at ByrneWallace, writes on defamation and social media. 68% of Irish businesses have a social media account. Multiple tweets and Facebook posts are published by and about these businesses on a daily basis.

The Irish Government has confirmed it will oppose an EU proposal to end daylight savings time across the member states. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan announced the decision following a Cabinet meeting yesterday, which considered the findings of an interdepartmental steering group and a public co

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates clarifies some key points on the law of disability discrimination. The issue of disability discrimination arose in a case of Houses of the Oireachtas and Thomas Hickey EDA1918, where the Labour Court addressed this issue.

The Honorable Society of King's Inns has congratulated dozens of students on graduating from the Diploma in Legal Studies this week.

Changes to the way Companies House collects data on directors is severely hampering the ability of investigative and business journalists to hold businesses to account and expose frauds and crooks, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has said. Company directors are no longer required to provider

Ireland's food safety watchdog has recalled a batch of CBD oil that was found to be psychoactive. CBD oil – short for cannabidiol oil – can be legally sold in Ireland despite being derived from cannabis, as it does not contain the plant's psychoactive component, THC (tetrahydrocannabinol

The Supreme Court has overturned a finding that a significant proportion of discovery sought by a man in personal injury proceedings against the Minister for Defence was premature. Finding that the State had failed to discharge its onus to demonstrate that alternative procedural measures could achie

Mr Justice Michael Twomey will launch the 18th Volume of the Hibernian Law Journal at the Law Society of Ireland next week. The High Court judge, who has served as the Journal's judge-in-residence since last October, will chair the launch on Tuesday 23 July in the Blue Room at Blackhall Place.

Law firm TLT has reported a seven per cent rise in turnover from £82 million in 2017/18 to £87.6 million this year, representing an increase of nearly 50 per cent over the last five years. The firm said its financial performance this year has been underpinned by success in several of its

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will today seek Cabinet approval to oppose plans to end daylight savings time across the European Union, according to reports. Mr Flanagan will tell his Government colleagues that the move could lead to Northern Ireland and the Republic being in different time zones

The son and daughter of a man who was murdered in Co Tipperary in 2011 have launched personal injury proceedings against his convicted killer in the High Court. Patrick Quirke, 50, was jailed in May after jurors at the Central Criminal Court found him guilty of the murder of Bobby Ryan, 52, by a maj