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Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates writes on a case concerning maternity leave. The case EDA1919, being G4S Secure Solutions (Ireland) Limited and Kelly, is a decision of the Labour Court of 12th June 2019.

Via @UKSupremeCourt: "The Supreme Court’s historic first sitting in Wales is now complete. It has been a wonderful week, particularly as so many people were able to come and observe the court in action. We’re off back to London now but thank you for all the hospitality Cardiff. Until ne

Dublin firm Reddy Charlton has raised over €4,000 for international charity Sightsavers, enough to fund 129 sight-saving operations.

Belfast solicitor Peter McGettrick has appealed to colleagues to help him raise money for a pilot mediation service in Uganda. Mr McGettrick and his partner, Nicki Clarke, have launched a JustGiving page aiming to raise £2,500 to support the work of the Justice and Peace Commission.

Complaints of sexual harassment by solicitors in England and Wales rose sharply in 2017/18 off the back of the #MeToo movement, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said. The regulator's Upholding Professional Standards 2017/18 report reveals that it received 70 complaints about sexual hara

On 25 October 1920, Terence MacSwiney died in London’s Brixton Prison after 74 days on hunger strike. MacSwiney was a republican poet and a playwright who was elected as MP for Mid-Cork in the 1918 general election, and one of the many TDs marked as ‘fé ghlas ag Gallaibh’ (i

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UK: Priti Patel's record on human rights prompts 'extreme concern' | The Guardian

A defendant had his mouth taped shut on a judge's orders after repeatedly interrupting his sentencing hearing. The tape was only removed after the man's lawyer suggested he could simply be removed from the courtroom instead.

A man who was convicted of cultivating over one hundred cannabis plants in the attic of his home in Tipperary has lost an appeal against the severity of the five-year sentence imposed upon him by Clonmel Circuit Court. Finding no error in principle with the sentence, Ms Justice Máire Whelan s

Dozens of appeals which may not have been heard until 2020 or 2021 have been brought forward as early as October in anticipation of the expansion of the Court of Appeal. Priority cases were given new dates at a special callover in the Court of Appeal this morning.

Legislation providing for the phased introduction of eight additional weeks of unpaid parental leave has been brought into force. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan yesterday signed the commencement order for the Parental Leave (Amendment) Act 2019, which was originally introduced as a private member

A defendant in an insurance claim has become the first person to deliver evidence by video link to the newly-refurbished Mullingar Court. Natalie Crooks, represented by BLM, was allowed to give evidence to the court from the law firm's London office due to her childcare commitments.

Embassies cannot rely on diplomatic immunity to prevent workers from bringing claims under Irish employment law, the Labour Court has said. The Labour Court has determined that an academic adviser working at the Kuwaiti Cultural Office in Dublin may bring an unfair dismissal case which the Workplace

The Hibernian Law Journal launched its 18th Volume at a special ceremony held in the Blue Room at the Law Society of Ireland and attended by members of the judiciary, academia and the wider legal community.

The Standards in Public Office Commission has called for a "full legislative review" of electoral legislation to ensure it is fit for the 21st century. The ethics watchdog warned that the Electoral Act 1997 is "now over 20 years old and requires modernisation".