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The taking or sharing of intimate images without consent, otherwise known as image-based sexual abuse, is set to become a criminal offence under a new law approved by the Oireachtas. The Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill was amended last month to include the new offences i

The Workplace Relations Commission has launched a public consultation on the drafting of a new code of practice on the "right to disconnect". The code will set out guidance for employees and employers with regard to best practice and approaches to employee disengagement outside normal working hours.

Legislation modernising investment limited partnerships (ILPs) in Ireland has been approved by the Oireachtas and is due to be signed into law. The Investment Limited Partnership (Amendment) Bill 2020 modernises the Investment Limited Partnership Act 1994 and aligns it with more recent domestic and

Two Irish-born legal academics, Professor Conor Gearty and Professor Alan Dignam, are to be appointed as honorary Queen's Counsel. The pair, both based in London, are among the six honorary QCs named alongside 116 new QCs in the 2020 appointments round.

Tributes have been paid to Cork solicitor Kieran O'Callaghan after he unexpectedly passed away last Thursday. Judge Olann Kelleher led tributes to the late Mr O'Callaghan at Cork District Court, the Irish Examiner reported on Saturday.

Courts considering medical treatment for a child must balance and protect their constitutional rights as a child, with due regard to the rights of their parents, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has reaffirmed. The human rights watchdog has published its legal submissions to the Suprem

Proposed powers that would let HMRC force financial institutions to provide information regarding people's assets without their approval are "flawed", a House of Lords committee has said. In a new report, the Economics Affairs Committee criticised a proposal in the Finance Bill, which will beco

An English judge has awarded a German artist £36,500 in damages after her vehicle was unlawfully sold by Welsh police before she was able to recover it. The Chief Constable of North Wales Police refused to allow Astrid Linse to recover her Mercedes-Benz Unimog truck in 2019, eve

Arthur Cox has joined with The Fostering Network to provide children across Northern Ireland with unique gifts for Christmas. Staff in the law firm's Belfast office will pick out individual presents for 40 children participating in the charity's Step Up Step Down service, where foster carers support

An Irish historian has highlighted the little-known political imprisonment of Irish-American radical Tom Mooney as part of a new lecture series. Maurice J. Casey, the historian-in-residence at EPIC, The Irish Emigration Museum, spoke about Mr Mooney in the third lecture in the museum's Hidden Histor

A soldier in the United States Space Force has been demoted after he abandoned training to buy a PlayStation 5. When contacted by his superior, he replied: “Yolo, PS5 > letters of discipline.”

The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court award for equitable damages in circumstances where the plaintiffs relied on “obviously home-made” documents to support their claim. The court determined that the trial judge had erred by awarding damages in lieu of specific performance, des

Business law firm Flynn O'Driscoll has announced the appointment of Caoimhe Heery as an employment partner in Galway. Ms Heery joins the firm from Ronan Daly Jermyn, where she has served as a senior employment associate for over eight years.

New regulations governing advertising by legal practitioners have been published by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA). The regulator has now assumed responsibility for regulating advertising by both solicitors and barristers. Advertising by solicitors was previously regulated by the Law

Remote hearings are not delivering effective access to justice in Northern Ireland's family courts, research by an Ulster University academic suggests. The new report by Professor Gráinne McKeever on the impact of Covid-19 on the family courts, based on interviews with practitioners and litig