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A long-delayed review of Ireland's ban on buying sex is to be published shortly, according to reports. Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 included a clause requiring an independent review to be prepared and published within three years of the controversial law coming into operatio

DWF Belfast has raised £3,500 for the law firm's charitable arm at its annual fundraising quiz night. The event at the Black Box Belfast brought together a full house, including teams from banks, property agents and insurance brokers from across Northern Ireland.

Three Irish trainee solicitors have won a prize at the prestigious InterNational Academy of Dispute Resolution (INADR) 2025 mediation competition in Tbilisi, Georgia. DLA Piper's Gráinne Ní Fhrighil, William Fry's Kate Lyttle and Dillon Eustace's Cian McAllister were named as Best Clie

A man who claimed he needed a £26,000 per year meal allowance as part of his divorce settlement from his multimillionaire wife because he cannot even make an omelette has been instructed by a judge to learn how to cook. Mr Justice Francis in the High Court told Simon Entwistle, a City trader,

Legal aid should be recognised as part of the welfare system and funded accordingly, the Bar of Northern Ireland has said. In its submission to Northern Ireland's budget consultation, the Bar says there is a "strong argument" for transferring the funding of legal aid to the category of "annually man

The Department of Transport has launched a public consultation on proposals to ratify the Work in Fishing Convention and its implementation in Irish law. The Work in Fishing Convention was agreed at the International Labour Conference in 2007.

Organisations which support victims of crime have been awarded just under €4 million in government funding. The funding has been allocated to 10 national victim support organisations, including general victims support organisations, specialist organisations, and services in support of victims o

BHSM LLP has appointed Keith Doyle as partner in the firm's commercial real estate department. Mr Doyle joined the firm in 2021 as a senior associate, having previously spent a number of years in the commercial real estate department of a major Dublin law firm.

A video game company is facing EU enforcement action for allegedly pressuring children to buy virtual currency. The enforcement action taken by the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network and co-ordinated by the European Commission follows a complaint to a Swedish watchdog concerning the game

The Trump administration is facing legal action after publishing sensitive personal information about hundreds of people involved in investigating the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. Newly-declassified files include the unredacted social security numbers of hundreds of congressional staffers,

The Hibernian Law Journal has again extended its submission deadline for inclusion in Volume 24. The new submission deadline is Monday 14 April 2025.

One in every two people who have reported domestic abuse to An Garda Síochána are dissatisfied with their overall experience, according to a new report. The Garda Inspectorate yesterday published a report on the force's approach to prevention, protection, prosecution and victim support

A proposed constitutional amendment would remove religious and gendered language from the judicial oath of office. Barry Ward SC, a barrister and a Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire, yesterday presented the Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Judicial Oath of Office) Bill 2025 to the D&a

A complaint has been filed with Norway's data protection authority on behalf of a man who was falsely described by ChatGPT as having murdered his two children. European privacy campaign group noyb is acting on behalf of Arve Hjalmar Holmen, who says he tried to find out what information ChatGPT coul

Mediator Academy and the Law Society of Ireland announce the launch of the Certificate in Mediator Training 2025, a fully online programme which will be delivered through the Law Society’s Diploma Centre. The programme consists of four Modules of self-directed, interactive online learning alon