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The Minister for Justice and Equality must reconsider a family reunification case after the High Court found six key administrative law deficiencies in the decision-making process. Two children, residing in Ethiopia with their elderly father, submitted applications for "join family" visas so that th

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the re-appointment of former partner Daragh O'Shea as a partner in the firm's financial services team. Mr O'Shea returns to the firm, where was appointed partner in 2012, after spending time as legal counsel with Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, a multilat

The Inspector of Prisons, Patricia Gilheaney, has been instructed to carry out an "urgent" investigation into allegations that private conversations between solicitors and prisoners were covertly monitored by gardaí. The allegations are included in a sworn affidavit from a serving prison offi

The Garda Youth Diversion Office (GYDO) faces serious challenges, including a lack of resources, as it awaits the outcome of a major review into thousands of young offenders who faced no action after being found unsuitable for the Diversion Programme. A special review team is currently conducting a

Marie O'Brien, aviation finance partner at A&L Goodbody (ALG), recently moderated an investor panel at the Airfinance Journal Asia Pacific 2018 Conference in Hong Kong. Over 800 global delegates from across the aviation finance industry attended the event with other key speakers from Aviation Ca

Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has been granted permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court in a bid to overturn his convictions in the 1970s for attempting to escape from internment. He has argued that the interim custody order (ICO) made under the Detention of Terrorists (NI) Order

The UK Supreme Court is offering students the opportunity to have a live question and answer session with a justice from their own classroom. These sessions, which will run between the months of January-May 2019, offer students with a keen interest in law a unique chance to meet and speak with a jus

A private members' bill to decriminalise abortion in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be debated at second reading in the House of Commons this afternoon. Over 60 women celebrities from the UK and Ireland have signed an open letter from Amnesty International calling on Prime Minister Theresa

Attorney General Séamus Woulfe SC has warned landlords that they will soon face criminal prosecution if they flout rent pressure zone rules, The Irish Times reports. The senior lawyer addressed a Lawyers Against Homelessness (LAH) event hosted by Constance Cassidy SC in Dublin yesterday.

The UK government's Crown Commercial Services (CCS) has appointed TLT to the full-service lot on its new £320 million wider public sector legal services panel. TLT, which recently completed its full-service offering in Belfast, is one of six firms in the full-service lot that have been appoint

The Department of Justice and Department of Health have published new joint guidance for employers on increasing awareness and responding more effectively to domestic and sexual violence and abuse. The guidance, Developing a Workplace Policy on Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse, was launched in

A "clearly drunken" barrister who subjected a pupil to "excessively physical and unwanted contact" and "uncomfortable, hostile and intimidating statements" at a social event has been fined £1,000. Robert Kearney, who called to the Inner Temple in 1996, was found by a disciplinary tribunal to h

Sir Edward Carson’s controversial role in Irish history and status as a unionist icon has obscured his reputation as one of Ireland’s great legal figures. Born in Dublin in 1854 and graduating from Trinity College with both a BA and an MA, he was called to the Irish Bar at King’s I

Pagans who attempted to worship at Stonehenge have been found guilty of breaking rules restricting their access to the ancient site. Maryam Halcrow, 56, who says she is a witch, Lisa Mead, 52, who identifies as a druid and Angela Grace, 46, entered the circle without reasonable excuse.

A man who was refused permission to land at Dublin Airport based on the finding by an immigration officer that he was coming to Ireland to enter a "marriage of convenience" has been refused all reliefs sought in the High Court. Finding that the Oireachtas clearly contemplated that a search done purs