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The US government has urged lawyers to volunteer their time to help address the country's post-pandemic housing and evictions crisis. In a statement yesterday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the end of the federal eviction moratorium is expected to result in eviction proceedings spiking to "r

UCC School of Law has paid tribute to retired Circuit Court judge Patrick Moran, who died last week at the age of 78. Judge Moran, who served nearly 25 years on the bench in Cork, was "a great friend to the UCC School of Law", the faculty said in a statement.

Legal academic Samuel Moyn will discuss his new book on US foreign policy with Dr Donna Lyons of Trinity College Dublin School of Law in an online event next week. Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War argues that efforts to make war more "humane" have also made them endle

A new Garda unit dedicated to investigating insurance fraud will be established next month, according to reports. The new Insurance Fraud Coordination Office (IFCO) will be launched in mid-September and put under the control of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB), the Irish Independent

A couple have been ordered to pay over £22,000 to their son after they binned his massive porn collection. An expert in porn valuation told a court that the destroyed collection was probably worth $30,441.54 (around £22,139), MLive.com reports.

Wayne Finn, partner and head of defence litigation at Holmes, examines a recent case involving costs differential letters. In a recent case, defendants issued a costs differential letter to the plaintiff’s solicitors putting them on notice that if the plaintiff failed to achieve an award of da

Barrister Hugh Moulton has been appointed to the management board of North & East Housing Association. Mr Moulton has joined the board along with Rosalind Carroll, who last year became chief executive of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB).

An investigation will take place following the death of a prisoner at HMP Maghaberry. The death, which took place on Saturday 28 August, is "not being treated as Covid-related", the Northern Ireland Prison Service said.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has made a preliminary ruling that workplace rules preventing the wearing of religiously mandated clothing do not of themselves constitute direct discrimination based on religious belief. 

US authorities have awarded over $200 million to the FIFA Foundation in compensation for the losses suffered by FIFA and other football governing bodies as a result of corruption. The money, totalling around $201m, was seized from the bank accounts of former official who were involved in, and then p

Athletes have complained that gold medals handed out at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are falling apart. Chinese athletes Zhu Xueying and Wang Shun said on social media that material was flaking off their medals, The Times reports.

A major insurance company's withdrawal from the professional indemnity insurance (PII) market for smaller law firms could be "yet another casualty of Brexit", a prominent lawyer has said. Keith Walsh, a former president of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association (DSBA) and a current member of the Law

Lawyers for Ian Bailey have rejected a proposal from French president Emmanuel Macron that he should travel to France for a fresh trial on the charge of murdering filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier. The High Court in Dublin last year rejected an application for Mr Bailey to be extradited to France,

Barrister Marguerite Bolger SC has been reportedly been appointed by ministers to lead talks with hospital consultants about the roll-out of Sláintecare. Ms Bolger will chair talks in September aimed at persuading medical specialists who will work exclusively within the new public system to a

Patrick Moran, one of Cork's longest-serving Circuit Court judges, has passed away at the age of 78 following a short illness. Judge Moran retired in 2013 after nearly 25 years on the bench, having been appointed in 1988. He previously practised as a barrister on the western circuit.