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Tom O'Malley BL has been appointed to chair a review of the investigation and prosecution of sexual offences in Ireland. The Government has published the terms of reference for the review announced months ago in the wake of a high-profile rape trial in Belfast.

Judges will decide today whether the "Hooded Men" case should be referred to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for a final ruling. In March, the ECtHR dismissed the Government's application to revise the Ireland v United Kingdom ruling, which found that the Hooded Men w

Tributes have been paid to Professor Marie Cassidy on her imminent retirement as state pathologist after more than fourteen years. Professor Cassidy was appointed deputy state pathologist in January 1998 and succeeded Dr John Harbison as state pathologist six years later.

The last legal challenge to implementing the outcome of the abortion referendum has been dismissed by the Supreme Court, The Irish Times reports. President Michael D. Higgins is now expected to sign the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018 into law early next week.

A dramatic outdoors re-enactment of the 1615 trial of 17 Irishmen accused of being involved in the "Great Northern Plot" captivated passers-by in Derry on Saturday.

Attorney General Séamus Woulfe has encouraged legal professionals to use plain English and avoid "gobbledegook" in speaking to the public, The Irish Times reports. He told a conference organised by the National Adult Literacy Agency in Dublin: "Low literacy levels are much more common than of

Justice Secretary David Gauke has announced proposals for all refurbished and new magistrates' and Crown Court buildings to have separate entrances for complainants and defendants, while court staff will be told to use a "more compassionate" tone with complainants, to indicate their empathy. The pla

Irish revolutionary Roger Casement, the ‘father of 20th-century human rights investigations’, was knighted in 1911 for his investigations into human rights abuses in the Congo and Peru while he worked a British Consul.

The headteacher of a kindergarten has been fired for welcoming children back for the new term with a performance by a pole dancer. Videos on social media showed a dancer in hot pants performing her routine on the pole to loud music as children in marching band uniforms look on, stunned.

Reddy Charlton has announced the promotion of Laura Graham to partner in the firm's employment and regulatory department. Ms Graham joined the firm in 2007 and qualified as a solicitor in 2010.

Belfast firm MKB Law has welcomed William Muir and Conor McCann as trainee solicitors for 2018.

The Law Society of Ireland has announced a new partnership with the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) to create a first-of-its-kind professorship in intellectual property law and copyright. The new IMRO Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Copyright will be a part-time position within the

The High Court in Belfast has held its first hearing to consider the legality of a search and arrest operation targeting Northern Ireland journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney. The legal challenge is being taken by Fine Point Films, the filmmakers behind No Stone Unturned, a recent documenta

A new study by the Central Bank of Ireland has suggested the Irish legal system is to blame for the persistence of long-term mortgage arrears a decade after the financial crisis. The Long-Term Mortgage Arrears in Ireland report by Terry O'Malley compares repossession proceedings in Ireland to other

The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken Kapil Summan, assistant editor of our sister publication Scottish Legal News, reflects on the presumption of innocence in one of the best legal books of modern times.