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New legislation to let people access medical cannabis on a limited basis over the next five years has been signed into law by Health Minister Simon Harris. Mr Harris said the programme would permit “compassionate access to cannabis for medical reasons” in situations in which more convent

The law firm Arthur Cox has chosen Geoff Moore, a senior partner in the firm’s corporate department, as its next managing partner. Mr Moore will lead the firm for the next four years. He will take office on 1 November, succeeding Brian O’Gorman who will return to full-time practice as a

William Fry has announced the addition of corporate partner, Paul White to its San Francisco office. Mr White has significant experience advising on a wide range of transactional corporate matters for public and private companies, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventu

The Central Bank of Ireland has fined J.P. Morgan Administration Services (Ireland) Limited (JPMAS) €1.6 million in respect of regulatory breaches relating to the outsourcing of fund administration activities. The firm admitted to three breaches of the Outsourcing Requirements and one breach of

There was a fall in re-offending rates of eight percentage points between 2008 and 2012, a new report shows. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan welcomed the publication of the CSO Probation Service Recidivism Report for 2011 and 2012. The report shows re-offending by those sentenced to probation

Northern Ireland has seen the largest increase in business insolvencies in the UK since the Brexit vote, a new report has found. The study by credit check specialist Creditsafe, reveals that the number of firms that have gone bust since the referendum has risen by 115.3 per cent on an annual basis.

The Law Society of Ireland was honoured to welcome Judge Craig D. Hannah of the Opioid Intervention Court to Blackhall Place for the annual Human Rights Lecture on 12 June.

UK government talks on how to deal with problems of evidence disclosure have excluded victims of miscarriages of justice, according to a campaigner. Liam Allan was on bail for two years after he was wrongly charged with rape and sexual assault, The Times reports.

On BBC Radio 4's Law in Action this week, Joshua Rozenberg looks at the topic of rape myths and juries. Do jurors believe in rape myths? A coalition campaigning to end violence against women said a third of people questioned in an opinion poll thought that sex without consent was

A woman who was refused refugee status and declared ineligible for subsidiary protection has lost an application for judicial review of an International Protection Appeals Tribunal decision. Finding that the risk of prosecution for “irregular exit” from Algeria did not amo

Politicians have criticised the Government for signing off on salary increases for the country's top judges. Opposition TDs said the increases come at a time when members of the Defence Forces are being denied pay rises, along with thousands of hospital support staff.

In excess of €5.6m was returned to the Exchequer as a result of Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) actions in 2018, which also included the seizure of cryptocurrency Ethereum – a worldwide first – according to a new report. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan laid CAB's 2018 Annual Report b

As part of that smear campaign, Mr Rattle claims that both he and several investors with his firm have received messages, correspondence and packages containing false allegations about him and August Equity. Aodhan O Faolain, Ireland International News Agency Ltd.

Olivia O'Kane explains why journalists must be able to protect the identities of their sources In recent years, through confidential sources journalists have exposed many scandals such as the MPs expenses, the phone hacking, financial and banking impropriety, mistreatment of elderly or vulnerable pa