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The High Court has asked the European Court of Justice to rule on the validity under EU law of EU-US data transfers by Facebook. The Data Protection Commissioner requested the referral following a complaint by Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems about Facebook’s use of so-called standard contr

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The legal regulator has submitted a report to Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan on its public consultation on allowing barristers to accept instructions from non-solicitors.

Alyson Kilpatrick The Northern Ireland Policing Board has been unable to renew the appointment of its human rights adviser because of the collapse of devolution, The Irish News reports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdyea7Ty4yg Matheson has published a video interview with EU Commissioner Phil Hogan as part of its Beyond Brexit video series.

The President, Deputy President and three new justices were sworn into the UK Supreme Court this week, marking the beginning of the new legal year: Lady Hale of Richmond as President; Lord Mance as Deputy President; Lady Black of Derwent as Justice; Lord Lloyd-Jones as Justice and Lord Briggs of We

Bill Holohan Legislation to promote the use of mediation as an alternative to court proceedings has been signed into law by President Michael D. Higgins.

Charges against ten of the 11 Jobstown water charge protesters have been formally dropped. Cheers broke out and air horns sounded in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yesterday after Judge Melanie Greally formally discharged all but one of the remaining Jobstown accused.

Attorney General John Larkin Attorney General John Larkin has published a call for applications for the job of Director of Public Prosecutions, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

James MacGuill Gardaí are investigating an petrol bomb attack against solicitor firm MacGuill & Company.

The total cost and number of legal actions against the state is rising relentlessly according to the latest figures from the Comptroller and Auditor General. The accounts for the State Claims Agency reveal that, at the end of 2016, the estimated cost of outstanding compensation claims against the St

The cash-strapped Department of Justice spent nearly €4 million renting a building in Dublin that it never used – and could never use because it lacked the required planning permission. The annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General for 2016 reveals that a building on Wolfe Tone Street

Tributes have been paid to Stephen Davis, the governor of controversial Maghaberry Prison who has died after a short illness. Mr Davis, joined the Northern Ireland Prison Service in 1985, initially serving as assistant governor of Crumlin Road Gaol.

Leona Rankin Certain provisions of the Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 have come into force which will see changes to our current whistleblowing provisions under the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, Leona Rankin writes.

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A man who drove into a crowd of people while on his way home from an Orange Order parade, has been given a two year custodial sentence, to serve one in custody and one on licence. Judge Patricia Smyth stated that continuing to drive after striking several pedestrians was an aggravating factor in the