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The UK's exit from the EU will have many implications for Irish businesses and one which is not receiving huge media coverage is the area of cross-border litigation, writes Caroline Meaney. We currently benefit from harmonised rules in cross border disputes and proceedings within the EU. Bi-Lateral

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Pinsent Masons has announced its acquisition of Brook Graham, a Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) consulting company, for an undisclosed fee. The acquisition will enable Brook Graham, which specialises in the strategic management of D&I in global companies, to expand into new sectors and terr

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Jail terms for terrorism offences could be significantly increased, the UK's Prime Minister Theresa May has said. Speaking after attacks in London on Saturday night which saw seven killed and 48 injured, Mrs May (pictured) said the changing threat means "we need to review Britain's counterterrorism

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The number of trademark applications for hashtags increased worldwide by 64 per cent last year, according to new research by CompuMark. Since the first application to trademark a hashtag was filed in 2010, there have been over 5,000 such applications, including 2,200 in 2016 alone.

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Deputy President of the UK Supreme Court, Lady Hale (pictured), has said judges should not be reluctant to allow children to give evidence in family law cases, The Irish Times reports. Lady Hale told an international congress on children’s rights in Dublin on Monday that children are people with t

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Legal service prices in Ireland have risen by more than 10 per cent in the past three years, a new report from the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) has revealed. The NCC's Costs of Doing Business in Ireland 2017 report notes that while the price of legal services "dipped for a brief period in

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Darragh Mackin The solicitor acting for four victims of convicted Waterford paedophile Bill Kenneally has welcomed the appointment of retired Circuit Court judge Barry Hickson to an inquiry into An Garda Síochána’s handling of the investigation.

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Lawyers for the Minister for Justice have said they are not trying to “usurp” the Irish courts by asking the High Court to refer a Supreme Court decision to the European Court of Justice. The assertion came a day after the Minister for Justice was accused of insulting the Irish courts by seeking

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The European Court of Human Rights has announced the start of a new procedure allowing for more detailed reasoning to be given when a judge declares an application inadmissible. Since Protocol No 14 came into force in 2010, a single judge has been able to declare an application inadmissible.

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