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The High Court has ordered the surrender of a man who claimed he would be subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment in Northern Ireland's Maghaberry Prison if extradited to face a murder charge. The man, who cannot be named due to a court order, is wanted to face a charge of murdering 30-year-old

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates writes on a recent High Court case on the importance of fair procedures. The issue of fair procedures in disciplinary matters has recently been decided by the High Court in a judgment by Mr Justice Bernard Barton delivered on

More than 80 lawyers and legal academics are among the 1,000 signatories of an open letter calling on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to ensure the rights of Irish citizens in Northern Ireland are protected after Brexit. The letter has been published in a double-page advert in The Irish News today and follow

Lawyers have urged Theresa May and MPs to support the People's Vote on Brexit, arguing in a letter that “democratic government is not frozen in time”. Among the signatories is Sir David Edward, a former Scottish judge and European Court of Justice judge.

British broadcaster Paul Gambaccini has reached a confidential settlement with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) over a dropped investigation into sex abuse allegations against him. Mr Gambaccini was arrested in 2013 as part of Operation Yewtree, the investigation into child sex abuse by British m

Netflix is facing a lawsuit from The Satanic Temple over its alleged use of a copyrighted design of an evil deity. The Satanist organisation claims that the production team behind Netflix's new show, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, used a copyrighted statue of Baphomet as set dressing.

A woman who taught in a grant-aided pre-school in Galway for over 20 years, but was not admitted to the Teachers Superannuation Scheme, has had her award of compensation overturned in the Supreme Court. Finding that the woman was treated less favourably than her comparators, the woman was awarded &e

The Supreme Court will rule in January on a bid by Facebook to halt the referral of 11 questions on EU-US data transfers to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the Irish Independent reports. Following a case management hearing yesterday, the hearing date has been pushed back from Wedn

Ireland's first full-time pro bono associate has said she hopes other firms follow in the footsteps of A&L Goodbody by creating similar roles. Eithne Lynch joined A&L Goodbody from the Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) in early October and now oversees the firm's pro bono programmes and in

A prisoner who spent 50 days on hunger strike in protest of the conditions in which he was kept has been awarded €50,000 in damages by the High Court, The Irish Times reports. Ms Justice Marie Baker said prison authorities had not responded seriously to the situation created by the start of his

Global law firm Kennedys, with offices in Dublin and Belfast, has announced a new partnership with Israeli law firm Zelichov, Ben-Dan & Co. The formal association follows ten years of co-operation with the firm based in Herzliya, Tel Aviv.

American lawyer David Rudolf, whose client Michael Peterson was the focus of the Netflix hit The Staircase, has said mounting interest in crime documentaries and podcasts is helping to hold the criminal justice system to account. Mr Rudolf told Irish Legal News that the interest in the Peterson case

A man who suffered injuries to his shoulder, hip and knee after he tripped at the entrance of where he worked for more than 30 years has been awarded €66,300 in damages by the High Court. The award was made by Mr Justice Denis McDonald in favour of Mr Colie Conneely, who the judge said suffered

Reforms to the law are required to protect victims from online and social media-based abuse, according to a new report by the Law Commission for England and Wales. In its scoping report assessing the state of the law in this area, the commission raises concerns about the lack of coherence in the cur

An adult services centre run by disability charity Enable Ireland has been fitted out with a sensory room after €15,000 was raised by Keating Connolly Sellors Solicitors.