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Dame Vera Baird DBE KC has been appointed as interim chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the body which investigates potential miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The CCRC has not had a chairperson since January, when Helen Pitcher KC OBE resigned amid t

The Legal Aid Board welcomed senior legal figures including the attorney general, the justice minister and the chief justice to a two-day staff event in Dublin.

Retirement tributes were paid to Mr Justice Seamus Noonan on his final sitting day in the Court of Appeal on Friday. Mr Justice Noonan graduated from Trinity College Dublin School of Law in 1976 and called to the bar in 1977.

HOMS Assist has promoted Áine McSweeney to of counsel and Cliodhna Finnin to senior solicitor. Ms McSweeney has been a member of the firm since 2004, specialising in personal injury law, medical negligence, product liability, and catastrophic injuries.

Senior Irish legal figures have met with Lord Hermer KC, the attorney general for England and Wales, on his recent visit to Dublin. Ireland's attorney general, Rossa Fanning SC, is said to have spoken with his English counterpart about the UK and Ireland's close geography, shared culture, and joint

Ireland's new police ombudsman has appointed Paul Mageean and John Wadham to develop its human rights framework. Fiosrú was formally established in April under the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024, replacing the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC).

More than a century after his wrongful conviction shook France and laid bare its virulent strains of antisemitism, Alfred Dreyfus may finally receive symbolic redress. French lawmakers have unanimously supported a proposal to posthumously promote the Jewish army captain to brigadier general –

Threats against US judges have surged in 2025, with more than 370 incidents in the first five months alone.

A US state has passed legislation banning weather-modifying "chemtrails", which do not exist. Scientists have long debunked conspiracy theories about chemicals being secretly dispersed in the sky using aircraft.

Northern Ireland's justice minister has been urged to establish and chair a new media safety group following a "sustained campaign of threats and violence" against journalists. A new 106-page report from Amnesty International features interviews with reporters who have been told they will be shot or

Around €1.7 million was paid to hundreds of charities from the court poor box last year, an increase of nearly 60 per cent on the previous year. Under a long-standing practice which has survived repeated government commitments to phase it out, some defendants in criminal trials can avoid a conv

A pilot scheme in Northern Ireland is set to trial the use of AI to deal with more than a quarter of a million claims relating to the underpayment of holiday pay. The Labour Relations Agency (LRA) is currently facing a backlog of more than 250,000 registered cases involving 30,000 anticipated claima

Defamation lawyer Paul Tweed has welcomed a €100,000 award to his client, former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, in his lawsuit against the BBC. Mr Adams, who led the Irish republican party from 1983 to 2018, sued the UK public broadcaster for defamation in the Irish High Court over cla

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Dozens injured by Israeli gunfire as crowds overwhelmed Gaza aid site, UN says

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and justice minister Jim O'Callaghan were welcomed to the official opening of the Data Protection Commission's (DPC) new headquarters in Dublin yesterday. The building project was commenced by the Office of Public Works in May 2023, and has brought together all of the