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A formal mechanism is to be created to allow the media to access information held in court records, in order to enable fair and accurate reporting of court proceedings. The press currently has no formal way of accessing written legal submissions relied upon in legal proceedings. Rather, journalists

Sir James Munby, outgoing President of the Family Division, has highlighted concerns about access to the family courts and described as "woefully inadequate" help for litigants who are forced to represent themselves as a result of cuts to legal aid. On his final day in office last week, Sir James sa

The Courts Service of Ireland has about €4.5 million in stocks in companies that produce and sell tobacco products. The holdings relate specifically to the investment of Court Funds, held by the courts on behalf of wards of courts and others.

Proceedings in the High Court brought by a law firm against three solicitors who resigned from the business last month have been settled. Augustus Cullen Law and Cullen Solicitors Services Limited brought an action against Gillian O'Connor, Michael Boylan, and their firm Michael Boylan Litigation La

A Scottish law firm has confirmed the beginning of legal action against the Scottish Football Association (SFA) on behalf of its clients "abused by paedophiles employed in Scottish football". Correspondence has today been sent to the association containing details of the civil claims.

The murder in Belgrade of the lawyer who represented Slobodan Milosevic at The Hague has led to a strike by criminal defence practitioners in Serbia. Dragoslav Ognjanovic, 57, was shot dead near his home in the city on Saturday, while his son was wounded.

The High Court has found that a company which bought loans which were originally facilitated by Anglo Irish Bank in the early 2000s, appointed a receiver in February 2016 before it had taken the benefit of security interest in October 2016, by which it was entitled to so appoint. Awarding €20,0

A new type of sexual offence is being considered as part of a change to the legal regime on rape. The Law Reform Commission is looking at a separate offence, provisionally described as “gross negligence rape”, which would be applicable where an accused held an honest but unreasonabl

Carson McDowell has announced eight internal promotions, adding one senior associate and seven new associates to the team.

Ronan Daly Jermyn has announced that Simon Lynch has joined the firm as a partner in its Property and Real Estate Finance practice in Dublin. Mr Lynch has over a decade of experience advising developers, lenders and equity investors in all aspects of financing, secured lending and property investmen

A judge has criticised the absence of legislation allowing courts to make detention orders for people who self-harm, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Judge Barney McElholm made the comments after a police officer explained that a 37-year-old woman from Londonderry had been arrested after having been r

Fourteen fresh cases involving women who have been affected by a controversy in which they received false negative smear tests have been lodged at the High Court over the past month, The Irish Times reports. Most cases allege that quicker detections or warnings of cancer could have resulted in earli

A barber in Dublin has been ordered to pay €5,000 to a transgender man after refusing to cut his hair, thejournal.ie reports. Lee McLoughlin said he was "absolutely thrilled" following the ruling of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

An inquiry into alleged regulatory breaches at Quinn Insurance Limited (QIL) is to be conducted by retired High Court judge Iarfhlaith O’Neill, barrister Ita Mangan and John Cashin, former in-house lawyer at Zurich Insurance, the Irish Independent reports. The inquiry into QIL, which went into