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Legislation to make "upskirting" a specific criminal offence in Northern Ireland will be brought before the Assembly early next year, Justice Minister Naomi Long has said. "Subject to Executive approval, I intend to bring forward legislative proposals to make upskirting a specific offence in a Justi

A first-of-its-kind case in Northern Ireland has highlighted a "legal lacuna" in respect of the release of offenders detained under mental health legislation, lawyers have said. Belfast-based Higgins Hollywood Deazley (HHD) Solicitors is involved in a case concerning an offender who was dealt with b

Gardaí have opened an investigation into an alleged racist attack against a PhD researcher at UCD Sutherland School of Law. A video circulated on social media appears to show Xuedan (Shelly) Xiong being pushed by a group of young men into the Royal Canal near Ashtown in Dublin.

Gareth Planck, partner at Eversheds Sutherland, looks at how lockdown has changed offices and working routines. The global pandemic has reshaped how we go about much of our lives. It has of course, also reshaped how many of us work on a day-to-day basis. Kitchen tables and spare bedrooms have become

Law reform can help Ireland respond to the COVID-19 crisis, the Law Reform Commission has said. In a paper presented to a recent joint conference of four neighbouring law reform bodies, the commission said the implementation of various recommendations made over the past decade could help Ireland dea

Staff at JMK Solicitors and CRASH Services have raised £6,000 so far for their 2020 charity partner, Cancer Fund for Children.

Company start-up registrations in Ireland reached a five-year low in the first half of 2020, according to new figures, but there may be signs of a recovery. In January, company start-up registrations exceeded 2,200 in a single month for the first time ever, according to the figures published by CRIF

Italy's Supreme Court has made a landmark decision regarding parent's obligations to financially support their children, following a five year legal battle between a 35-year-old man and his parents. The claimant is a part-time music teacher from Florence who was living with his parents while he was

Nolan Farrell Goff has announced the appointment of two new partners, Valerie Farrell and Brid Cahill. Ms Cahill joined the firm as a legal executive in 2002 and subsequently trained as a solicitor in the firm. She qualified in 2009 and was made an associate last year.

Legislation providing for a range of court reforms to meet the challenges and legal issues of the COVID-19 pandemic has been brought into effect. The Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020, which was signed into law earlier this month, has been commenced with effect from toda

A sitting High Court judge committed a "serious breach of judicial protocol" in the view of the court's then-president, Peter Kelly, new documents reveal. Mr Justice Max Barrett wrote to The Irish Times in May to express his regret that Dublin's Moore Street has become "almost a byword for urban neg

The Policing Authority has raised concerns over the conduct of gardaí at a controversial and high-profile eviction in Dublin last week. Video footage which went viral on social media shows the nine tenants of the property on Berkeley Road in Phibsborough being evicted by private security pers

A freedom of information request by the Irish Independent has revealed that the child and family agency Tusla had 201 recorded data breaches in just over 18 months. The cases were broken down into four risk categories: high risk (23 incidents), medium risk (53), low risk (123), and no risk (2).

Professor Steve Peers of the University of Essex discusses the 'Dublin system' for asylum applications between EU states and the legal issues of the Channel crossings. One key feature of the debate on Channel crossings is the impact of the EU’s ‘Dublin system’, allocating responsib

The European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against Ireland for failing to transpose the revised EU firearms directive into domestic law, according to reports. The directive, originally introduced in 1991 and revised in 2008, was revised again in 2017 in the wake of the terrorist g