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A woman who admitted liability and agreed damages at £200,000 for knocking down a school employee while collecting a child on school grounds has failed to prove in the High Court that the South-Eastern Education and Library Board was negligent in its failure to make the road safe for pedestrians. B

District Court proceedings in Dublin are among the slowest in the country, The Irish Times reports. New figures from the Courts Service of Ireland show that Dublin had the longest wait - 26 weeks - from receipt of a criminal summons to a scheduled hearing date.

The Law Reform Commission is seeking views on an issues paper on suspended sentences as part of its fourth programme of law reform. It seeks views on issues concerning both the principles that apply to imposing suspended sentences and the procedures that apply to them.

Most sex offenders in Ireland leave prison without taking part in preventative treatment, according to figures released to The Irish Times. Of the 104 sex offenders released last year, about half took part in the voluntary Building Better Lives (BBL) treatment programme introduced in 2009.

Lord Neuberger The President of the UK Supreme Court has told the government that it must provide greater clarity on how domestic law will develop after Brexit.

John G. Murphy An Enniscorthy-based lawyer has urged farmers and landowners to tread carefully when local authorities seek compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) on their land in order to put in wells.

A barrister has claimed that Article 50 has not been triggered because the UK never made a constitutional decision to leave the UK. David Wolchover said the letter from the UK giving the rest of the EU notice of its intention to leave the bloc was without legal effect.

Teams have been invited to join an annual charity golf tournament sponsored by Cork firm O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors.

Alisha Medford A Glasgow law student has been crowned winner of the Mary From Dungloe competition in its 50th year.

The High Court has refused to grant the wife of a bankrupt an order to cross-examine the official assignee of her husband’s estate, in relation to a mareva injunction against her. Ms Justice Costello found that the woman had failed to establish exceptional circumstances, and stated that there was

Software changes to lower emissions from diesel car engines will likely fall foul of EU law, one Irish lawyer involved in the VW emissions scandal has said. Evan O’Dwyer said the only legal fix would be to ban the affected cars from the road, The Irish Times reports.

Uniformed police officers are set to take part in the Belfast Pride Parade for the first time, sparking political controversy. Human rights lawyer Ciáran Moynagh, organiser of the Lawyers with Pride bloc, told Irish Legal News that he welcomed the PSNI's participation.

Ireland is not ready for the ethical and legal issues thrown up by scientists’ ability to edit human genes, one expert has said. An announcement by US scientists this week that they have modified human embryos to get rid of genetic mutations that cause heart disease is a “game-changer” accordi

Pictured (l-r): Gill Woods and Mary Gavin Dublin-based Hayes Solicitors has welcomed solicitors Gill Woods and Mary Gavin to its employment law team.