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The beneficiary of a patent licence must pay the agreed royalty even if it does not infringe the patented technology, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. Since the royalty constitutes the price to be paid in order to protect the licensee against any infringement proceedings

Tony Blair Following the publication of the Chilcot report, lawyers have been considering the legal options, if any, for prosecuting Tony Blair.

Ronan Reilly Walkers Professional Services will be launched in Ireland this month following a successful global launch last year, the financial services law firm has announced.

Linda Hynes, head of employment at Leman Solicitors The employment team at Dublin-based Leman Solicitors has been listed in the Chambers Europe guide as an emerging presence in the Irish employment law market.

Germany's Justice Minister Heiko Maas Germany's parliament has approved legislation to introduce a wider definition of rape and toughen sanctions for sexual assaults.

The High Court has granted summary judgment in favour of the Collector General for the Revenue Commissioner, who sought a number of reliefs due to the failure of a couple to pay VAT of over €800,000.00. The Commissioner Michael Gladney sought (1) €822,765.41 due by the defendants George Raymond

Legal rights group FLAC has welcomed the new legal support scheme announced by Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald for those in mortgage debt. The scheme, first announced in January 2016, will be run through the Money Advice & Budgeting Service with the Legal Aid Board supplying an external pane

Attorney General Máire Whelan Attorney General Máire Whelan has fought off claims that she has been undermined in her role by Government ministers who will vote for a bill which she said was unconstitutional.

The "circumstances in which it was decided that there was a legal basis for UK military action" in Iraq were "far from satisfactory", according to Sir John Chilcot, who today published the 2.6 million word report following his seven-year inquiry into the Iraq War. The Iraq Inquiry was asked to consi

Two women have won a £47,000 settlement in sex discrimination cases they had taken with the assistance of the Equality Commission of Northern Ireland. The Agri-Food and Bio-Sciences Institute (AFBI) paid out to two women who alleged they were subjected to sex discrimination, sexual harassment and v

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the sole director of a company which failed to provide adequate insurance for its employees was not personally liable in damages to the appellant who suffered an injury while working. The appellant, Mr Campbell, was employed as an apprentice joiner by a company wh

Justice Minister Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has announced the allocation of over £453,000 from the Asset Recovery Community Scheme to projects aimed at tackling crime and the fear of crime.

Civil rights activist Ivan Cooper has been given an honorary law degree by the University of Ulster.

Eight closure orders, two prohibition orders and one improvement order were served on food businesses for breaches of food safety legislation in June, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has reported. Orders under the FSAI Act 1998 and the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations 2010

The High Court has found that a local council breached the constitutional and European Convention rights of a family when it attempted to evict them for building an extension in their attic. John and Gayle Brady are joint tenants of a Wicklow Council house in Bray, where they live with their five ch