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Scotland's chief prosecutor, the Lord Advocate, must not be permitted to “mark his own homework” over the botched Rangers fraud probe which has resulted in compensation of more than £20 million paid to the victims of the malicious prosecution, a court has heard. Roddy Dun

A candidate for political office in Japan is conducting his campaign dressed as the Joker. Yuusuke Kawai, who is hoping to become governor of Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, is running as a candidate for the Party to Make All of Chiba a Land of Dreams and Magic, SoraNews24 reports.

The High Court has refused an “innovative motion” to decide EU law points in a planning application despite the court already having quashed the decision on domestic law grounds. In Balscadden Road SAA Residents Association Ltd. v. An Bord Pleanála (No. 1) [2020] IEHC 586, the cou

The European Union is to take legal action today against the UK over its unilateral attempt to change the terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol, RTÉ News reports. The European Commission will issue legal proceedings in a letter to the UK government, after its decision earlier this month to u

Linklaters is planning to open an office in Dublin, The Sunday Times reports. The magic circle firm has 5,300 staff in 30 offices around the world and had revenues of £1.64 billion (€1.9 billion) last year.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has set out concerns that a new law being prepared to build online safety and strengthen media regulation, has no detail on the role or functions of a proposed new Online Safety Commissioner. The Commission has also set out its analysis that the current

A backlog of some 500 laws yet to be translated into Irish will now take until 2024 to finish, Houses of the Oireachtas officials have said. Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh said that Irish had always been seen as an “afterthought”, but said the absence of translation raises

Arthur Cox partner Kevin Langford and associate Ailbhe Moloney explore a recent gender discrimination ruling. In December 2020 an Adjudication Officer of the Workplace Relations Commission (AO) issued his decision in the case of Yvonne O’Rourke v Minister for Defence ADJ-00007375 and DEC-E2020

Lord Neuberger has agreed to remain a judge of Hong Kong's top court for another three years, The Times reports. The former UK Supreme Court president's decision comes amid calls for the judges to step down over Beijing's attacks on democracy in the territory.

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan takes a look at the different kinds of workplace stress. Workplace stress and burnout has always been relevant. Increasingly it is affecting executives, particularly senior executives, managers, professionals, and those in the medical profession particula

Four out of five last-minute legal claims brought by illegal immigrants in an attempt to avoid deportation are eventually rejected, according to the Home Office. An analysis of people detained since 2017 has found more than 70 per cent made new claims or legal appeals days before they were due to be

A politician has been fined €10,000 for offering a wolf's tail as a retirement present. Jean-Marie Bernard, of France's conservative Republican party, said the gift was a “friendly gesture” as well as a political act to support farmers whose livelihoods are endangered by wolves.

The High Court has rejected an applicant’s submissions that he was unlawfully remanded in custody by a Circuit Court judge for a hearing to revoke a suspended sentence. The court considered the terms of s.99(17) of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 as amended and ruled that a court has an inherent

Global law firm Hogan Lovells has expanded into the Irish legal market with the opening of an office in Dublin which will initially focus on financial regulatory and antitrust/competition law advice. London partner Christopher Hutton has relocated to Dublin to take up the role of managing partner of

Justice Minister Helen McEntee will give up the justice portfolio for six months during her maternity leave, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has announced. Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys will be assigned responsibility for the Department of Justice from the beginning of May until the e