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Her Majesty The Queen has approved the appointment of Sir Andrew McFarlane as President of the Family Division. He will take up the presidency after Sir James Munby retires in July this year. Sir Andrew was called to the bar in 1977 and took silk in 1998. He was appointed a Recorder in 1995, a Deput

A report published by Privacy International (PI) has identified "alarming weaknesses" in the oversight arrangements intended to govern the sharing of intelligence between state intelligence agencies. 'Secret Global Surveillance Networks: Intelligence Sharing Between Governments and the Need for Safe

An employee who fractured his wrist and elbow while using the toilet at the Tesco warehouse in Dublin has been awarded €65,000 in the High Court. Finding that Tesco was liable for the man’s injuries, Mr Justice Anthony Barr found that the floor was in a dangerous and unsafe condition due to the

International law firm Maples and Calder has announced the recent appointment of two new partners and a new head of litigation in Dublin. Robin McDonnell, a partner since 2010, has been appointed head of the commercial litigation and dispute resolution group in Dublin.

The retired Court of Appeal judge Sir John Gillen has been appointed to lead an independent review of the arrangements to deliver justice in serious sexual offence cases. Sir Gillen previously carried out the judge-led review of Northern Ireland's civil and family justice systems.

Liam Herrick The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has voiced "serious concern" for freedom of expression and association in Ireland following the removal of a mural at the behest of the Charities Regulator.

The House of Lords last night voted by a majority of 71 to keep the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights after the UK leaves the European Union. Peers voted by 316 to 245 in favour of retaining the Charter after Brexit.

A person tortured in the past in their country of origin is eligible for subsidiary protection if they face a real risk of being intentionally deprived in that country of appropriate physical and psychological health care, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. The UK Supreme C

Charlene Dempsey HHD Solicitors secured the release of an EU national who was unlawfully detained at Belfast Ferry Port and transferred to Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in Scotland.

Probation officers in England and Wales will no longer recommend suspended sentences out of concern that they are being misued, The Guardian reports. In a leaked letter addressed to judges, magistrates and probation officers, Lord Justice Treacy, chairman of the Sentencing Council, said suspended se

The President of the UK Supreme Court, Lady Hale, has called for the introduction of no-fault divorce in England and Wales, The Times reports. At a conference for family law specialists in Bristol, Lady Hale addressed critics who claim that no-fault divorce will undermine marriages.

The European Commission has published its proposals for new EU-wide standards for the protection of whistleblowers who report breaches of EU law. The proposal for a Directive on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law establishes safe channels for reporting both within an organi

A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that a monkey does not have legal standing to lodge a copyright claim against a nature photographer because he is not a person. In 2011, British photographer David Slater was taking photos in Tangkoko reserve in Indonesia when crested macaque Naruto

The High Court has ruled that two emails which were sent by a journalist to the newsdesk at the Irish Daily Star, described as earlier drafts of an article which is now the subject of defamation proceedings, are covered by journalistic privilege. Accepting evidence on behalf of the newspaper which s

Pictured (l-r): DWF Dublin partners Louis Burke, Nina Gaston, Michael Neary, Lorna McAuliffe, Ross Little, Eimear Collins and Garret Monaghan International legal business DWF has celebrated its fifth consecutive year in practice in Ireland and a recent period of accelerated growth.