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Legislation providing for a clear, statutory definition of perjury has cleared the Oireachtas and will now go to the president for his signature. The Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018 provides for a maximum penalty on summary conviction of a Class B fine and/or a term of impr

The Department for Infrastructure has confirmed it will not appeal a Court of Appeal ruling that it broke EU competition rules in the awarding of contracts for road resurfacing. Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon told MLAs yesterday that the Department had considered "whether parts of the judgme

An independent employment law review group, modelled on the Company Law Review Group (CLRG), is set to be established to shape the formulation of employment policy and legislation. Taoiseach Micheál Martin told TDs yesterday that the CLRG "has proven to be very effective in the area of ongoin

Temporary entry and transit visa restrictions that came into effect at the end of January have been lifted. The decision will benefit travellers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Suriname and Uruguay.

A united Ireland could continue to have two distinct legal systems, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has suggested. Delivering the opening speech to his party's ard fheis yesterday, the Fine Gael leader said: "I believe in the unification of our island and I believe it can happen in my lifetime."

Gareth Planck, partner at Eversheds Sutherland, considers the commercial property landscape in Northern Ireland. The reopening of our economy and society across these islands is extremely positive and welcome news as we seek to return to some form of normality. Recovery and rebuild will be the watch

Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important issue for business leaders in the commercial property sector, a new survey by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP suggests. The business law firm surveyed nearly 200 agents, developers and property managers at its recent "Greening of Real Estate" webinar

The Scottish government has confirmed judges will be forced to register their financial interests. While judges must declare relevant interests in a case before them they are not required to register them before a case arises, unlike the practice in some other jurisdictions.

Thousands of judgments from the English and Welsh courts will be made available online for free through The National Archives, the UK government announced this morning. There is currently no single comprehensive archive of court judgments, though a wide selection are published by the British and Iri

A motorist caught driving with 99 licence suspensions has been arrested. Police in the state of New York pulled over Gilbert Cantres, 55, on Tuesday morning after he made a turn without indicating.

The Supreme Court has rejected a motion brought by an appellant to set aside a previous refusal of an application for leave to appeal. The appellant had claimed that new information had emerged which tended to show that the Minister for Education and Skills had breached the obligation for transparen

There are circumstances in which data protection watchdogs in the EU can bring a company to court over GDPR breaches despite not being the lead supervisory authority under the 'one-stop shop' rule, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. The complex judgment, handed down by the

A private member's bill to ban the use of non-disclosure agreements to cover up sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace has won unanimous support in the Seanad. The Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021, introduced by Senator Lynn Ruane, would amend the

Economy Minister Paul Frew was last night facing cross-party calls for parental bereavement leave and pay legislation to be extended to couples following a miscarriage. The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill yesterday cleared the second stage in Stormont unopposed and will now proceed to comm

A new online probate portal, which aims to simplify the application process for people dealing with a person’s estate after their death, has gone live. The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunal Service (NICTS) developed the new online service as part of its modernisation programme and launched