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The Court of Appeal has reduced the sentence for a man found guilty of robbery and vehicle theft after the sentencing judge gave a “clear indication” that he would issue a lenient sentence if the man continued his rehabilitation. Giving judgment in the case, Mr Justice Seamus Woulfe redu

The Court of Justice of the European Court has found in favour of a native Irish speaker who argued that information accompanying veterinary medicinal products failed to comply with a directive that it be in both Irish and English. The court ruled that a Member State court is required to exercise th

A Crown appeal against the Sheriff Appeal Court’s decision to quash the convictions of three men who wore allegedly offensive T-shirts to a football match between Celtic FC and Linfield FC has succeeded in the High Court of Justiciary – Scotland's highest criminal court and fro

Ireland's laws dealing with disputes between workers and management could be deficient and “out of line” with the rest of Europe, according to a trade body. The Brussels European Employee Relations Group (BEERG) has written to Enterprise Minister and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar to

A 69-year-old victim of abuse at an industrial school in Cork is taking the State to court over legal aid provisions and a gagging order that makes it a criminal offence for survivors to reveal the compensation they were awarded under the Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. Tom Cronin has broug

The President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed, has described as "idiotic" suggestions that the court should be stripped of its title and said that downgrading the institution would be an “act of national self-harm”. The UK government has been considering changing the court's name and cut

Grieving families have been left waiting for death certificates as coroners' courts face a significant backlog due to the pandemic, the Irish Examiner reports. The Coroners Society of Ireland agreed that inquests were to be paused in January to abide by public health restrictions, Justice Minister H

The need for clarification of the legislative landscape governing cryptocurrency is one of the world’s worst kept secrets, write Andrew Tzialli and Rachel McCausland. Bitcoin in particular recently earned its place on a global platform by exceeding a $1 trillion market cap and investors (

Calling someone “old-school” is not necessarily ageist, a tribunal has ruled in a dispute involving an employee's preference for uppercase letters. Lydia Roganovic, 50, insisted on publishing social media tags in capital letters when she worked at iplato Healthcare Ltd in London.

Thieves, robbers and burglars will be given GPS tags to track their whereabouts when they are released from prison in order to curb re-offending. Data from tags will let police check details of burglaries against movements of known offenders to determine whether they might be suspects.

A lawyer is facing a bill of more than £50,000 after having lost a court battle in a row over a "lovely thick" laurel hedge, The Times reports. Julia Lofthouse sued Nick Hartley after he told his gardener to thin the hedge that separates their properties in Surrey.

The Court of Appeal has ordered that a defendant in an unjust enrichment claim must make discovery of the price paid to National Asset Loan Management Limited for the plaintiff’s loans. The court determined that the purchase price was a relevant and necessary piece of information to the procee

The Government is to seek to rationalise laws on harassment to prevent offenders from contacting their victims. Department of Justice officials are drafting a new Sexual Offences Bill, due to be published towards the end of the year.

Justice Minister Helen McEntee and Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, have welcomed Ireland’s connection to the Schengen Information System (SIS II). The Schengen Information System is the largest and most widely used IT system for public security in Europe, with 30 countries participating.

Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, the Maples Group's law firm, has announced the promotion of six of its lawyers bringing the total number of senior appointments in the last six months to eight.