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The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) held 2,000 fewer adjudication hearings last year than it otherwise would have due to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to its annual report for 2020, the WRC held 1,899 adjudication hearings last year, 1,609 of which were face-to-face and 290 which were virtua

People working with children or vulnerable adults could have to undergo re-vetting every three years under a proposed strengthening of the Garda vetting system. Justice Minister Helen McEntee today announced the establishment of an interdepartmental group to review Garda vetting arrangements and leg

Hundreds of previous convictions for selling sex are set to be expunged under a new government initiative. Justice Minister Helen McEntee yesterday announced that those convicted of offences abolished under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 would benefit from new legislation expunging thei

An Irish barrister has helped to secure justice for dozens of former UK subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted over a 15-year period. Tim Moloney QC represented the majority of the former subpostmasters who have had long-standing convictions quashed at the Court of Appeal in London.

A redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes should be established to run in parallel with a public inquiry, the Northern Ireland Executive has been told. Jon McCourt, chairperson of victims' group Survivors North West, told an event organised by Amnesty International and Ulster Universit

Lawyers for a former British soldier charged with the attempted murder of a 27-year-old man in 1974 have launched a bid to bring a claim for discriminatory treatment to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Dennis Hutchings, who served in the British Army for 26 years, is being prosecuted for

Controversial new EU copyright rules will help help close the "value gap" between content creators and online service providers, an expert in IP law has said. Marking World Intellectual Property Day, Dr Mark Hyland, the IMRO adjunct professor of IP law at the Law Society of Ireland, said Article 17

Canada's top court has ruled that the US-based Sinixt nation's ancestral land rights survived the migration of their members south in the 19th century, the National Post reports. The court found for Rick Desautel, a descendent of the Sinixt who lives in Washington state. He was charged in 2010 with

A judge accused of selling judicial favours to the mafia had tens of thousands of euros stashed in his electrical sockets, Italian police have said. Judge Giuseppe De Benedictis was found to have around €60,000 (£52,000) in plastic bags stuffed behind his power switches, The Times reports

The High Court has ruled that a hotel is not covered for losses from the Covid-19 pandemic under a policy of insurance. The court was asked to interpret an AXA policy which provided certain indemnities for closures resulting from specified diseases and sanitary requirements. The plaintiff also argue

New personal injury guidelines coming into effect tomorrow will give insurers too much of an advantage over claimants, the Law Society of Ireland has said. "The pendulum has swung too far in favour of the insurance industry," Law Society president James Cahill said today as he called for the balance

Compensation claims by gardaí for injuries sustained in the line of duty will be brought within the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) process under new legislation. Gardaí currently have to apply for authorisation from the Department of Justice to seek compensation in the High

Thousands of people in Ireland will have their immigration status regularised under a proposed scheme announced this afternoon. Under the proposals set out by Justice Minister Helen McEntee, those who have been in the State for four years without a valid immigration permission will be able to apply

The families of five people shot and killed on Bloody Sunday have been granted leave for a judicial review of the decision not to prosecute former British soldiers for murder. The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) announced in 2019 that one former British soldier would be charged with two murders and

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