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The UK's justice secretary Dominic Raab has unveiled a planned overhaul of the Human Rights Act. Speaking to The Telegraph, Mr Raab said the European Court of Human Rights was imposing too many "obligations on the state" as opposed to defending individuals from "undue interference".

Boutique human rights law firm Abbey Law has announced the appointment of Evelyn Larney as a partner. Ms Larney, who has over 11 years' experience as a solicitor specialising in immigration, international protection, and human rights law, joins existing partners Elizabeth Mitrow and Wendy Lyon, who

A&L Goodbody LLP has announced the appointment of five new partners and one new of counsel across its Dublin and Belfast offices. The new Dublin-based partners are finance lawyer Michelle Daly and corporate and M&A lawyers Deirdre Geraghty, Laura Kennedy and Eugenée Mulhern.

The Courts Service has published its ICT strategy for the next three years, identifying six key themes and 42 actions to help make access to justice "easier, quicker and more cost effective". The 58-page document identifies six key themes and 42 actions, targeting improvements across external facing

Professor Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and adjunct professor of climate justice at Trinity College Dublin, has been announced as the keynote speaker at the Law Society of Northern Ireland's annual dinner. The annual dinner will take place at the Culloden Estate and Spa on Thursday 25 N

Four talented young musicians have been selected to join the innovative Accelerator Academy run by Eversheds Sutherland Ireland in partnership with the Royal Irish Academy of Music.

A discrimination case taken by a woman of Romani heritage against An Garda Síochána has been settled before the Circuit Court. Professor Ethel Brooks, represented by legal rights group FLAC, launched the case on foot of an interaction with a garda at Dublin Airport in August 2017.

Most personal injury claimants are no longer accepting awards by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) following the introduction of the Judicial Council's new personal injury guidelines, new figures show. A new report from PIAB shows that award levels have declined by 40 per cent on average

The US Supreme Court has introduced a new rule to prevent male justices from interrupting their female counterparts during oral arguments. Justice Sonia Sotomayor revealed the change at an event at New York University’s law school on Wednesday. Justices will now be allocated a time for uninter

A man who helped another repair a bicycle realised that the stranger had stolen it – from him. Glasgow man John Devlin, 64, helped Paul Hartey fix the handlebars on the stolen bike before he realised it was his own that had been stolen by Hartley earlier in the day.

Boudica was last night acquitted at the UK Supreme Court of committing terrorist acts involving the death of some 80,000 civilians and the sacking of three cities. A 50-strong jury, by a margin of 10 to one, accepted that the queen of the British Iceni tribe had acted in self-defence against &l

The High Court has held that an executor of a will was entitled to his costs after a plaintiff brought legal proceedings seeking his removal. The plaintiff had claimed that the defendant, who was a solicitor, had delayed in administering the estate and had failed to properly manage the assets. On th

A long-awaited report on defamation law reform will be published by the end of October, justice minister Heather Humphreys has said. Mrs Humphreys told a briefing in Dublin that publishing the report could be one of her last acts as justice minster before Helen McEntee returns from maternity leave,

Two lawyers at McCann FitzGerald have been recognised at the Lexology Client Choice Awards 2021 for a second time. Real estate partner Jennifer Halpin was awarded with the Client Choice Award 2021 in Ireland’s real estate category.

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland failed to comply with his statutory duties to "expeditiously" provide women in Northern Ireland with access to high-quality abortion and post-abortion services for over a year, the High Court has ruled. In a case brought by the Northern Ireland Human Right