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Two complaints made against barristers were upheld by a professional conduct body in 2016, The Irish Independent reports. The Barristers’ Professional Conduct Tribunal received 33 complaints, its annual report reveals, with a further 14 carried on from the previous year.

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A man who defrauded a foreign student after she was duped into renting a non-existent room may perform community service in lieu of a prison sentence. Ashley Lucas (36) of Hayworth Rise, Ongar, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one count of money laundering, which involved se

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The effectiveness of UK sanctions will be undermined unless the UK can quickly agree arrangements for future sanctions policy co-operation with the EU, the EU External Affairs Sub-Committee has stated in a new report. Without this, the UK could be left with the choice of imposing less effective unil

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Plans for a new court to adjudicate on trade disputes with the EU are being drawn up by UK governmentministers in an attempt to resolve a dispute with Brussels over the role of the European Court of Justice after Brexit. Whitehall is reported as favouring a model under which the UK and EU would have

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According to UK government data published this week, there has been a 64 per cent overall increase in the number of employment tribunals in the two months since fees were abolished. Tribunal fees were introduced four years ago but were abolished in July this year following a Supreme Court ruling tha

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Ken Murphy, Director General of the Law Society of Ireland, used an appearance on RTE’s Claire Byrne Live on Monday night to call on the Irish Government to tear up the Road Traffic Acts and start again, during a segment that also highlighted the current state of the District Courts system – a s

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In a case of QFF Distribution Ltd and Keith O’Reilly being PWT1728, the Labour Court had to deal with the issue of an underpayment of wages. The employee sought an extension of time. One of the grounds of the extension of time was that the matter was under an internal appeal. The Labour Court held

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State Authorities have lost an appeal against an order of certiorari, quashing a determination of the Sea Fisheries Authority, which had held that a fishing company had seriously infringed the regime established under the Common Fisheries Policy. In accordance with a companion case in which it was f

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State Authorities have lost an appeal against an order of certiorari, quashing a determination of the Sea Fisheries Authority, which had held that a fishing company had seriously infringed the regime established under the Common Fisheries Policy. In accordance with a companion case in which it was f

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