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Charles Walker OBE MP A new and effective "sifting committee" should be set up to determine which proposed pieces of delegated legislation need detailed scrutiny by MPs as EU law is transferred into UK law, a House of Commons select committee has said in a new report.

The Health and Safety Lawyers Association of Ireland (HSLAI) will hold its 2017 annual conference in Dublin next Thursday. Delegates at the 90-minute event are set to be addressed by Madeleine Abas, partner at specialist UK health and safety law firm OsborneAbasHunt, as well as Irish barrister Ronan

Lady Hale A survey of English barristers has found overwhelming opposition to President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale's proposal to involve politicians in the selection of senior judges.

Public health minister Aileen Campbell Women from Northern Ireland can now access abortion services free of charge through Scotland’s NHS.

Millions of documents held by organisations including offshore law firm Appleby have been stolen in what has been dubbed the Paradise Papers leak. The firm said in a statement that its computers were hacked by an intruder “who deployed the tactics of a professional hacker and covered his/her track

Volkswagen is facing two new major lawsuits in Germany over the 2015 emissions scandal, according to German media reports. This week, US law firm Hausfeld is set to file a claim for €250 million on behalf of around 15,000 Volkswagen car owners, Sunday tabloid Bild am Sonntag reports.

A man who spent two decades fighting a wrongful criminal conviction now recognised as caused by a typist's error has still received no compensation from the State, the Irish Examiner reports. Stephen Murphy was convicted in 1996 of offences committed when he was not present after a typist mistakenly

Two objectors who unsuccessfully applied to the High Court for judicial review of the decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for an Apple Data Centre in Athenry, have been refused leave to appeal. Rejecting all proposed points, Mr Justice McDermott held that the applicants sought

Eamonn Barnes Tributes have been paid to Eamonn Barnes, Ireland's first Director of Public Prosecutions, who has passed away at the age of 83.

Evan O'Dwyer A solicitor has claimed the absence from Irish law of class action lawsuits is an obstacle to justice for victims of the tracker mortgage scandal.

The High Court has struck down rules which mean a solicitor can receive no additional payment for representing more than one of multiple co-accused persons, The Irish Times reports. Ms Justice Marie Baker found that the effect of article 3.1.g of the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) (Amendment) Regulati

Ministers are set to agree that asylum seekers who spend more than nine months waiting for a decision on their international protection application will gain the right to work, The Irish Times reports. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will bring a memo to Cabinet next week, proposing renewable six-

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan A draft bill to overhaul anti-corruption laws has been published by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan.

Northern Ireland's Director of Public Prosecutions has confirmed that women who disclose a previously unreported rape to tax authorities risk prosecution, The Guardian reports. Charities raised concern this year that women could fall foul of section 5(1) of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 19

Matheson supported the Federation of International Banks in Ireland's (FIBI) annual lunch in Dublin yesterday evening.