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A man who was unanimously convicted by a jury on two counts of false imprisonment has had his conviction quashed in the Court of Appeal. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court, Mr Justice Alan Mahon ruled that the trial judge should have discharged the jury after a witness inadvertently di

Paul McGarry SC Paul McGarry SC, chair of the Council of The Bar of Ireland, has robustly defended his opposition to the proposed lay majority on the new judicial appointments commission.

The Government has approved the establishment of a Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald (pictured) has announced. In making the announcement, the Government also reaffirmed the need for the extensive reform programme already underway within An Garda S�

Businesses need to keep ahead of employment law developments and have "greater respect" for statutory dispute bodies, employment law expert Kieran Mulvey has said. Mr Mulvey, former head of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), spoke at an employment law event hosted by Dublin-based law firm Phi

Les Allamby The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has welcomed the progress made to transfer responsibility for the provision of education at Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre from the Department of Justice to the Department of Education.

Gerlind Wisskirchen New labour and employment legislation is “urgently needed” before the impending AI revolution, including in the area of liability for autonomous cars, according to a report by the International Bar Association (IBA).

Darragh Mackin An urgent inquiry must be held into An Garda Síochána's handling of the investigation into convicted Waterford paedophile Bill Kenneally, the solicitor for four survivors of his abuse has said.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny Taoiseach Enda Kenny has sent an urgent letter to Egyptian President Abdel el-Sisi to request the release of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa from jail on humanitarian grounds.

One in four legal firms in Great Britain suffered a cyber-attack or fraud-related loss in the last year, according to a new report published by NatWest. According to the bank's 2017 Legal Benchmarking Report, 24 per cent of firms were affected - of which 16 per cent were small firms, 31 per cent wer

A businessman convicted of tax fraud in the UK has lost a challenge to the European Arrest Warrant for his surrender to the UK authorities. Delivering the judgment of the seven-judge Supreme Court, Mr Justice Donal O’Donnell rejected the argument that the absence of a “statutory legal aid scheme

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has "no decided view" on whether gambling debts should be made enforceable in the Irish courts.

Josepha Madigan A referendum should be held to modify Ireland's Constitution to allow quicker divorces, Fine Gael TD Josepha Madigan has said.

A cap on mortgage rates could "limit competition in the market for principal dwelling house mortgage loans", the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has said. The watchdog has set out its concerns in a submission to the Oireachtas finance committee, which is currently considering t

A lawyer in the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has said he is "heartened" by public support for the service despite recent allegations of bias in its decision-making. Senior assistant director Stephen Herron told BBC News: "The PPS director is on the record about the impact that such allegations f

Steven Agnew There should be "an element of independent arbitration" in a reformed Petition of Concern in the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Green Party in Northern Ireland has said.