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Alain Spilliaert Lawyers for murdered French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier have ruled out the possibility of Irish citizen Ian Bailey testifying by video link in his French trial for her murder, The Irish Times reports.

Property developers who borrowed €3,896,000 from Anglo Irish Bank in 2005, have been unsuccessful in challenging the summary judgment sought by Promontoria, which acquired the loan from National Asset Management Ltd in 2017. The primary defence submitted on behalf of one of the defendants was that

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has told newly-qualified solicitors that "government is responding" to the needs of a new generation.

Ireland is set to pick up more legal business from financial services companies after Brexit following a boost from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). The association has agreed that its members may consider Irish law as an option for drawing up documentation for contracts a

The Libel Reform Campaign has said it hopes to see libel reform in Northern Ireland "in the next couple of years" following a conference in Belfast. Mike Nesbitt, former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, has promised to bring forward a private member's bill in the Northern Ireland Assembly once a

Emily Logan The Court of Appeal has ruled that section 15(3) of the Mental Health Act 2001 is unconstitutional, but has suspended its formal declaration of unconstitutionality for a period of six months.

Mr Justice Michael Peart The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision allowing the State deport a man allegedly involved with Islamic terrorists to Jordan in 2016.

Órfhlaith Begley Carrickmore solicitor Órfhlaith Begley has been elected the new Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone in yesterday's by-election.

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has apparently survived a rebrand that saw the Scotland Office and Wales Office renamed. The UK government departments for Scotland and Wales will now be known as the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.

Students from Queen's University Belfast bested Ulster University opponents at a moot held before UK Supreme Court justices.

Mairead Enright The Irish Women Lawyers Association (IWLA) has organised an information seminar in advance of the referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment.

A couple who fraudulently claimed over £140,000 in benefits since 1990 have lost their appeal to the UK Supreme Court, which delivered its judgment sitting in Belfast. It was submitted on behalf of the appellants that confiscation orders made pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 did not apply

Pictured (l-r): David Stanton, Charlie Flanagan and Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan paid tribute to his predecessor, Frances Fitzgerald, as the Domestic Violence Bill 2017 completed its journey through both houses of the Oireachtas.

Sabine Walsh The Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII) has welcomed the approval of a mediated settlement involving a Sligo schoolboy with cerebral palsy who sued the HSE over the circumstances of his birth.

Business Minister Heather Humphreys Only one asylum seeker has applied for an employment permit since the absolute ban on employing asylum seekers was struck down by the Supreme Court in February.