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A lawyer who inadvertently broadcast himself having sex with his client to a bemused judge in an online court hearing has been disbarred for life. Héctor Cipriano Paredes Robles, a criminal lawyer in Peru, apparently believed the court was in recess and thought his camera was turned off.

The Court of Appeal has upheld a personal injuries award for a child who suffered lacerations to her hand while ice-skating at a seasonal pop-up ice rink. The child had been awarded €65,000 in the High Court after the judge determined that the ice rink had been overcrowded and poorly supervised

Global law firm DLA Piper has announced the appointment of Eimear O'Brien and Darach Connolly to its litigation and regulatory practice in Dublin. Ms O'Brien has joined the firm from the enforcement division of the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) and is now responsible for managing DLA Piper Ireland&

ByrneWallace LLP has announced the appointment of William Johnston as a consultant in the firm's banking and finance team. A former partner in another large Dublin firm for three decades, Mr Johnston has extensive knowledge, expertise and practice advising on banking, capital markets and financial r

A long-delayed review into the care of vulnerable people in Northern Ireland's prisons is reportedly on track to be completed this summer. The review was first announced in 2016 after a series of deaths in custody and was subsequently passed in December 2018 to the Regulation and Quality Improvement

A new website exploring the use of restorative justice and practices in the Irish criminal justice system has been launched with funding from the Department of Justice. The restorativejustice.ie website has been launched by the Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change (RJS4C) project and hosts the

Human rights campaigners have welcomed the reinstatement of early abortion services by Northern Ireland’s South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. Earlier this month, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) launched legal action against the government over its failure to commis

Solicitors Dame Glenys Stacey and Natalie Prosser have been appointed to leadership roles in the UK's new Office for Environmental Protection (OEP). Dame Glenys will chair the new statutory body, due to be created by the Environment Bill, from 1 February 2021 while Ms Prosser will be its interim chi

A man has been arrested on suspicion of using a radio to give fake air control instructions to passenger jets and helicopters. Police in Berlin raided the home of a 32-year-old following multiple incidents of "dangerous interference in rail, ship and air traffic".

The High Court has refused to grant an interlocutory injunction to allow the Irish Coursing Club (ICC) to hold races during Level 5 lockdown. The court said that it did not have jurisdiction to grant to injunction because the court would be directing the Minister for Health to legislate in prescribe

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has reported a six per cent fall in turnover to €80 million following a year shaped by the Covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis. The firm said demand for its services in the technology, energy and life sciences sectors remained strong, and highlig

Matheson partner Tara Doyle has been elected by her colleagues as the firm's chairperson, becoming the first woman to hold the role.

Judge Eugene Regan has been nominated by Irish government ministers for reappointment to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a further six-year term. Judge Regan has served on the court since 2015 and became, in 2018, the first Irish judge ever to be elected president of a chamber.

Commercial law firm Tughans has topped the Experian M&A and Real Estate Advisor League Table by deal count for a sixth year in a row. Of the 168 deals involving a Northern Ireland firm in 2020, Tughans advised on 49 of them – nearly a third.

London-based barrister Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC, an Irish woman who began her legal career in Dublin, has been appointed as an assistant coroner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The post is a part-time appointment and Ms Gallagher will sit for a number of days each year while maintaining her ful