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An Garda Síochána has spent more than €525,000 on its legal representation in commissions of investigation over the past two years, the Sunday Independent reports. The force spent €237,555 employing seven lawyers over two years as part of the O'Higgins Commission, which investigated allegation

Damien Harris A member of the Labour Party in Northern Ireland has threatened his party with legal action over its continued refusal to stand candidates in elections in Northern Ireland.

Emil Kurbedinov Crimean Tatar lawyer Emil Kurbedinov has been awarded a top international prize for human rights activists at an event in Dublin.

Paul Tweed Belfast lawyer Paul Tweed is representing Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams as he seeks an injunction in the Dublin courts to force the BBC to remove an episode of Spotlight from its website.

Deirdre McIlvenna and Alma O'Sullivan Two finance experts have been promoted to partners in Maples and Calder's Dublin office as part of a tranche of promotions across the firm's global offices.

Joanne O'Sullivan Kennedys Law has named experienced healthcare specialist Joanne O'Sullivan as a new partner in the firm's Dublin office.

Julie Huddleston International law firm DWF has appointed partner Julie Huddleston to its banking team in Belfast.

The Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland has been successful in its appeal to the Supreme Court, which found that any claims against the liquidated insurer, Setanta, must be covered by the State’s Insurance Compensation Fund. Delivering the judgment of the 5:2 majority, Justice O’Donnell found th

Solicitors should be obliged to inform their clients about Press Council of Ireland mechanisms to resolve press complaints before taking court action, press ombudsman Peter Feeney has said. Mr Feeney (pictured) has said that the measures could be one of a series of steps taken to reduce the "inflate

A peer in the UK's House of Lords has said it is "surprising and regrettable" that crimes abolished in England in 1967 continue to exist in Ireland. Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC, an accomplished barrister who became a peer in 1993, submitted a letter to The Irish Times in wake of a Supreme Court rul

The launch of a statutory registration scheme for providers of publicly-funded legal services must be pushed back further than September 2017, The Bar of Northern Ireland has said. In its response to the Department of Justice's consultation on the scheme, The Bar said the latest consultation documen

Ireland's housing legislation "does not adequately consider the individual rights and welfare of children", the Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, has said. It follows reports that 12 families were directed to Garda stations no Tuesday night because no emergency accommodation was available.

Lawyers for the Director of Public Prosecutions have sought access for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to transcripts of the Seán FitzPatrick trial. The trial collapsed earlier this week after 127 days when Judge John Aylmer heavily criticised the ODCE investigation and directed

The Courts Service of Ireland has denied the secondment of court researchers to the Garda whistleblower inquiry will cause administrative strain. Two judicial researchers in the Supreme Court have been assigned to the inquiry chaired by Mr Justice Peter Charleton.

Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin QC will intervene in a High Court case over legal recognition of humanist weddings. Model Laura Lacole and footballer Eunan O’Kane are seeking to challenge laws by which couples wishing to have a humanist ceremony must also have a separate civil regi