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A leading criminal barrister has warned that Ireland could face a legal challenge over its implementation of an EU Directive on the right to information in criminal proceedings. Jane McGowan, chair of the Irish Criminal Bar Association (ICBA), told a recent conference that the 2012 Directive gives s

Only seven per cent of offenders who refuse to pay court fines face a sanction, according to new figures. According to Courts Service correspondence released to the Irish Examiner under Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation, 34,767 enforcement notices involving 25,474 people have been issued in r

A criminal investigation into two Northern Ireland journalists who won a judicial review in connection with police raids on their homes and office has been dropped. Journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were arrested and questioned by police in August 2018, shortly after the release of their

Struck-off solicitor Michael Lynn has lost his latest legal challenge ahead of a trial next year for alleged theft of almost €30 million. Mr Lynn, 50, is due to stand trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court next year on 21 counts of stealing the money from seven financial institutions.

The Christian Brothers will receive substantially less in legal fees relating to the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse than sought, the Taxing Master has ruled. In the last substantial ruling on legal costs relating to the commission, which published its final report a decade ago, Taxing Master

A detective found guilty of harassing a State solicitor by sending abusive letters and emails has lost an appeal against her conviction. Eve Doherty, 50, was found guilty by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of harassing State solicitor Elizabeth Howlin between September 2011 and March 2013. M

All PSNI custody suites are set to have on-site nurses by next September, bringing Northern Ireland in line with most UK police forces. The first phase of the new embedded service, costing around £500,000, was implemented at Musgrave Station in Belfast in October.

Staff at Hayes Solicitors took part in the Vhi Women's Mini Marathon on Sunday to raise funds for two Irish charities.

DWF Dublin welcomed key retail industry stakeholders to an event focusing on how to protect their brands following Ireland's first major trademark law reform in over 20 years. The event also explored how retailers can navigate brand protection strategies, defamation claims, privilege and Brexit.

Photographs by transition year students at CBS Westland Row have been exhibited by global law firm Walkers after running a photography competition for a second year. Walkers staff, family members, and students from local schools in the Dublin Docklands were eligible to enter the "Walkers Stories fro

A judge in Turkey who criticised a female lawyer over the length of her skirt has been suspended, The Independent reports. Mehmet Yoylu complained that lawyer Tugce Cetin’s skirt was higher than the regulated 15cm above the knees and wanted to refer her to the bar association.

Authorities in Uganda have cracked down on the consumption and sale of alcohol in plastic sachets as a public health measure. The government ban was introduced two years ago, but small packets of spirits were still common in the African country until 1 June.

Three men who were charged with the murder of a man in Carrickfergus have been found not guilty of all charges against them. Concluding that he could not find the men guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, Mr Justice Gerry McAlinden described the self-styled paramilitary organisations to which the men we

A&L Goodbody (ALG) has announced the appointment of 11 new partners, 27 new associates and three of counsel across the firm's Dublin, Belfast and London offices. The partner appointments – eight in Dublin and three in Belfast – are the largest number of partner appointments ALG

Lawyers for a convicted child rapist have told a High Court judge that rape victims are subject to criminal prosecution if they publish their own identity. Last March, a jury convicted a 41-year-old Wicklow man of repeated sexual attacks on a neighbouring child when she was aged approximately nine.