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Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The Department of Justice has said it will carefully study a "significant" ruling on the compatibility of Ireland's former defamation law with the European Convention on Human Rights.

A Supreme Court judge has called for legislation to clarify the legal position of polygamous families in Ireland, The Irish Times reports. Mr Justice Frank Clarke said "urgent attention" was necessary following a ruling which recognised the validity of the first marriage of a Muslim man who had marr

Staff at Dublin-based firm Leman gathered with their colleagues, friends and clients on the rooftop of the Marker Hotel last night to celebrate the firm's 10th year anniversary.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan, in his first official engagement, has addressed recruit prison officers ahead of their passing out ceremony. Mr Flanagan visited the Irish Prison Service training college in Portlaoise to address 17 recruits, the first of 80 recruit prison officers that will comple

Making available and managing an online platform for sharing copyright-protected works, such as ‘The Pirate Bay’, may constitute an infringement of copyright because the operators of that platform play an essential role in making those works available, the Court of Justice of the European Union

Richard Susskind Law schools in the UK have come under fire from legal technology expert Richard Susskind for continuing to teach law "as it was in the 1970s", Legal Futures reports.

Nicholas Bourne, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth A former law professor has been appointed as parliamentary under-secretary of state for Northern Ireland, replacing Kris Hopkins.

Prime Minister Theresa May Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to shake up the ministerial team at the Foreign Office (FCO) is an opportunity to reset the UK’s priorities abroad, a human rights group has said.

Catherine Deane Catherine Deane of McCann FitzGerald has been named Best in Aviation at the European Women in Business Law Awards.

A man given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to one count of causing grievous bodily harm by driving a motor car without due care and attention has had his application for leave to appeal refused by the Court of Appeal, after it was found the injuries other than the paralysis amounted to â

Charlie Flanagan Charlie Flanagan is Ireland's new Justice Minister following new Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's Cabinet reshuffle.

Attorney General Máire Whelan Several judges applied to fill the Court of Appeal vacancy which is set to be taken up by Attorney General Máire Whelan, The Irish Times reports.

Valerie Gibson Eversheds Sutherland has appointed Valerie Gibson to its financial services disputes and investigations (FSDI) team in Belfast.

Rosie Kinnear Lawyers representing the family of John Patrick Cunningham, who was shot by the British Army in 1974, have launched civil proceedings against British state agencies.

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