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Families of those killed in the 1994 RAF Chinook crash are seeking judicial review of the UK government's refusal to hold a public inquiry into the disaster. A total of 29 senior security personnel died when the helicopter went down on the Mull of Kintyre en route from Northern Ireland to Scotland.

Tributes have been paid to human rights lawyer Professor Conor Gearty KC following his sudden passing at the age of 67. Professor Gearty, who was born in Ireland and studied law at University College Dublin before moving to England in the 1980s, was a widely-respected scholar as well as a pract

The High Court has refused leave to enforce the decision of an adjudicator on the basis that the dispute was not a “payment dispute” and so the adjudicator did not have jurisdiction under the Construction Contracts Act 2013. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Garrett Simo

Intellectual property firm PURDYLUCEY has moved to a new Dublin city centre office amid a period of growth. The firm has also unveiled refreshed branding and a new website alongside the move to Ely Place earlier this year.

Fieldfisher has appointed Dermot McEvoy as a partner in its Dublin litigation and dispute resolution practice. Mr McEvoy joins the firm from Eversheds Sutherland, bringing over 30 years of experience in construction and infrastructure disputes, commercial litigation, and alternative dispute resoluti

McCann FitzGerald LLP has appointed Mairéad Cullen as the firm's first chief technology officer. Ms Cullen joins the firm with more than 30 years' experience in technology leadership, including her most recent role as chief information officer (CIO) and executive team member at Vodafone Irela

A nightmare neighbour has been arrested and charged after allegedly tunnelling into an adjacent home following a dispute. Police in the Canadian city of Calgary said the bizarre incidents followed weeks of intensifying conflict between neighbours on two floors of an apartment building.

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South Africa's constitutional court has ruled against a law barring husbands from taking their wives' surnames. The apartheid-era legislation was ruled unconstitutional for discriminating on the basis of gender, South African newspaper The Citizen reports.

Albania has appointed an AI chatbot as a government minister who it says will be "free of corruption". "Diella" — meaning "Sun" in Albanian — has been put in charge of public procurement, The Guardian reports.

Ireland must "accelerate" the implementation of a landmark 2020 review of the administration of justice to remain economically competitive, a new action plan says. The government this week published its new action plan on competitiveness and productivity, which was promised in the programme for gove

Thousands of Dublin Airport car park customers are to receive refunds after being overcharged by more than €25,000, following action by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). The CCPC intervention followed consumer complaints to its helpline about pricing during 'flash sales

A first-year law student at Dublin City University (DCU) has won an essay competition held to mark the 50th anniversary of the Law Reform Commission. Ella Santoro won first place in the competition with an essay arguing in favour of an increase in the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Irelan

Irish language group Conradh na Gaeilge has applied for leave to formally intervene in a legal challenge to the erection of dual-language signage at Grand Central Station in Belfast. The group, which is separately bringing judicial review proceedings over the Northern Ireland Executive and communiti

Solicitor Paul Mageean is to serve a third three-year term as chief parole commissioner for Northern Ireland. Parole commissioners help to make decisions on the release or otherwise of those serving extended or indeterminate sentences and in relation to the revocation of licences and recall to priso