Retired judge Mr Justice Bryan McMahon will examine the impact of direct provision on asylum seekers at the Law Society of Ireland's annual human rights conference tomorrow. The former High Court judge, who chairs the working group on direct provision and the protection process, joins a range of not
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Maynooth University Department of Law is hosting a series of events to mark the department's 10th anniversary. The youngest law school in Ireland kicked off celebrations this week and events have been scheduled until the end of November.
Concerns have been raised about the possibility of delays to the work of the new €1.25 billion Land Development Agency (LDA) because of EU state aid rules. Confidential legal advice drawn up by a Dáil legal adviser for the Oireachtas housing committee, seen by The Irish Times, warns that
The Law Society of Northern Ireland hosted an early morning pilates class yesterday to mark World Mental Health Day.
A solicitor who had sex with a drunk junior colleague, which a tribunal found he did not initiate, has been fined £35,000 and ordered to pay £200,000 in costs amid calls his case be referred to the police. Ryan Beckwith, 41, a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, brought the profes
The European Union should support and assist the process of Irish unity, according to a new report by legal academic Professor Colin Harvey and barrister Mark Bassett. The independent legal and academic report was commissioned by the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) group in the Euro
The implications of Brexit for asylum policy and for vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers in Europe have been highlighted in a new Lords committee report. The most significant implication of UK withdrawal from the EU’s Dublin System – which determines responsibility for asylum applicat
Social media is replete with various examples of quackery; from detox teas and bee-sting facials, to more sinister bleach therapies and cancer cures. Far from being a novel issue, quackery in Ireland has a long history, and many of us who have grown up in rural areas have heard stories of people who
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Scotland's national rugby team is considering "legal options" to ensure its World Cup game against host Japan goes ahead in spite of a looming typhoon. Two games have already been cancelled in anticipation of Super Typhoon Hagibis, which is expected to hit Japan this weekend.
Coolmore Stud has been granted an order striking out a defamation claim brought by a former employee who wrote a book about the famous thoroughbred farm after he retired in 2015. Coolmore Stud wrote letters to retailers and distributors of the book after it was published, threatening legal action if
Belfast firm Millar McCall Wylie has announced the appointment of Michael Wilson as a real estate associate. Mr Wilson joins the commercial property team from an international law firm, advising in areas such as acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant law and property finance.
The €1 million funding boost for the Legal Aid Board is not enough to allow for a "meaningful review" of the civil legal aid scheme, legal rights group FLAC has warned. The Board has been allocated €42.2 million in Budget 2020, which includes an increase of €1 million on the previous
Ireland's top in-house legal counsel for 2019 have been named in a new list launched by The Legal 500 at the Dublin offices of Matheson.
A free employment law advice clinic for women has been set up by the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) in partnership with Community Law & Mediation (CLM). The new Dublin-based clinic, funded by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC), will take place on a monthly basis f