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Former Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC has threatened to rebel in a crucial government vote after calling it "unconscionable" for the UK to break its treaty commitment to the EU. Last week, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis told MPs that provisions in the Internal Market Bill would "break in

Barrister Peter Coll QC is leading the investigation into Belfast City Council's handling of the controversial cremation of Bobby Storey, according to reports. Mr Coll had earlier been named as the council's preferred choice late last month, but the council has only now confirmed that he has been ap

Professor Conor Gearty explores the background to the UK government's threat to depart from its long-standing advocacy of ‘the rule of law’ in international affairs. The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 declared itself a measure ‘to implement, and make other provision

Paul McGarry SC explores the opportunities for Irish lawyers following the UK's exit from the EU. The sabre-rattling by the UK government over the Northern Ireland Protocol has again brought the debate about the future arrangements between the EU and the UK into sharp focus. But no matter what happe

European law firm GSK Stockmann has become a new sponsor of the DCU Brexit Institute. The DCU Brexit Institute has increasingly pivoted towards work on European affairs in recent years, including by leading major projects on the future of Europe funded by the European Commission and the German Minis

Niamh O'Shea, partner at Maples and Calder LLP, has been recognised as a "Rising Star" at the European Women in Business Law Awards 2020, which happened virtually last week. Ms O'Shea, who is based at the firm's Dublin office, joined the firm's graduate programme as a trainee in 2008. She qualified

The quantification of damages in the wrongful prosecution of Rangers F.C. administrators will not be affected by causation, counsel for Scotland's Lord Advocate has said. Gerry Moynihan QC told Lord Tyre in the Outer House of the Court of Session on Friday that causation would not affect how much Da

A police officer who stopped and searched a black man on the sole basis of the smell of cannabis has been rapped by a watchdog. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) upheld the complaint from Emmanuel Arthur, who was searched in London in November 2019 under section 23 of the Misuse of Dr

A court has ruled that a woman who lived and travelled alone without her father's permission had “the right to choose where to live”. A three-year legal battle came to an end after a judge ruled that Mariam al-Otaibi, 32, had committed no crime by moving to Riyadh, against her family's w

The embittered love child of the former Belgian king who abdicated in 2013 is suing for the right to use the royal title of princess. Albert II, now 86, finally admitted earlier this year, after a court-ordered DNA test, that Delphine Boël is his daughter.

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has announced the appointment of Conall Geraghty as partner in its corporate team. Mr Geraghty helps Irish and international business through the complete corporate life cycle from establishment, to investment and exit.

The Bar of Northern Ireland has reaffirmed its commitment to the maintenance of the rule of law in a short statement issued in the wake of the UK government's U-turn on Brexit. Earlier this week, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis told MPs that provisions in the Internal Market Bill would "bre

New adult safeguarding legislation to help protect care home residents and other vulnerable members of society is set to be brought to Stormont under plans announced yesterday. Health Minister Robin Swann pledged to bring forward the new Adult Safeguarding Bill in response to the first report&n

A coalition of 80 academics has called on the government to repeal a law criminalising the purchase of sex in Ireland as soon as possible in order to protect sex workers from violence. In a joint submission to the Department of Justice's ongoing review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences)

Arthur Cox has been named the best Irish law firm at this year's Women in Business Law Awards Europe. Partners Maura McLaughlin and Deirdre O'Mahony won individual recognition alongside three other accolades for the firm at yesterday's virtual awards ceremony.