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A woman who taught in a grant-aided pre-school in Galway for over 20 years, but was not admitted to the Teachers Superannuation Scheme, has had her award of compensation overturned in the Supreme Court. Finding that the woman was treated less favourably than her comparators, the woman was awarded &e

The Supreme Court will rule in January on a bid by Facebook to halt the referral of 11 questions on EU-US data transfers to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the Irish Independent reports. Following a case management hearing yesterday, the hearing date has been pushed back from Wedn

Ireland's first full-time pro bono associate has said she hopes other firms follow in the footsteps of A&L Goodbody by creating similar roles. Eithne Lynch joined A&L Goodbody from the Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) in early October and now oversees the firm's pro bono programmes and in

A prisoner who spent 50 days on hunger strike in protest of the conditions in which he was kept has been awarded €50,000 in damages by the High Court, The Irish Times reports. Ms Justice Marie Baker said prison authorities had not responded seriously to the situation created by the start of his

Global law firm Kennedys, with offices in Dublin and Belfast, has announced a new partnership with Israeli law firm Zelichov, Ben-Dan & Co. The formal association follows ten years of co-operation with the firm based in Herzliya, Tel Aviv.

American lawyer David Rudolf, whose client Michael Peterson was the focus of the Netflix hit The Staircase, has said mounting interest in crime documentaries and podcasts is helping to hold the criminal justice system to account. Mr Rudolf told Irish Legal News that the interest in the Peterson case

A man who suffered injuries to his shoulder, hip and knee after he tripped at the entrance of where he worked for more than 30 years has been awarded €66,300 in damages by the High Court. The award was made by Mr Justice Denis McDonald in favour of Mr Colie Conneely, who the judge said suffered

Reforms to the law are required to protect victims from online and social media-based abuse, according to a new report by the Law Commission for England and Wales. In its scoping report assessing the state of the law in this area, the commission raises concerns about the lack of coherence in the cur

An adult services centre run by disability charity Enable Ireland has been fitted out with a sensory room after €15,000 was raised by Keating Connolly Sellors Solicitors.

During the United Irishman Rebellion of 1798, one of the forms of torture used by the British on suspected Irish rebels – or Croppies – was pitchcapping. Victims were subjected to "caps" full of boiling tar, or "pitch", and gunpowder, forced on their heads and set alight. If the victims

A man who was shot by his Rottweiler has said he's long forgiven the offending dog. Harold Gilligan, 74, was left with three broken ribs, an injured lung and a broken collarbone after his dog Charlie caught the trigger of his gun with his claw.

A man who was thrown off a horse while he was working at a farm in Cork has been awarded €77,345 in the High Court. Finding that the employer was liable for the accident due to his decision to park his tractor in a location which was likely to spook the horses when they rode past it, Mr Justice

Belfast firm Davidson McDonnell has announced the appointment of solicitor Ben Fraser to the firm's commercial property team. Prior to relocating to Northern Ireland, Mr Fraser trained and qualified with international law firm DLA Piper in England.

A leading lawyer has raised doubts over whether a bill aimed at creating a statutory offence of perjury is likely to deter false insurance claims and reduce premiums, The Times reports. Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh introduced the Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018 as a private

A landmark judgment by the Court of Appeal could see hundreds of homeowners face renewed threat of repossession, The Irish Times reports. The court has ruled that a man fighting a possession order is not entitled to challenge the registration of a "vulture fund" as the owner of a charge on his home.