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Law lecturer Dr Susan Leahy, co-author of Sexual Offending in Ireland: Laws, Procedures and Punishment, writes for Irish Legal News on the conduct of rape and sexual assault trials in Ireland. In light of the publicity surrounding a recent Cork rape trial where details of a complainant’s under

A barrister has warned that insurance company plans to popularise "dashcams" in Ireland may fall foul of EU data protection rules. William Bulman BL told the Irish Independent that the indefinite storage of footage recorded from a car dashboard could breach the EU General Data Protection Regulation

The UK Supreme Court has refused the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union permission to appeal against interlocutors of the Inner House of the Court of Session in the Article 50 case. President of the court, Lady Hale, Deputy President Lord Reed and Lord Hodge set out the reasons f

Draft legislation to provide redress to victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse has been published for consultation. A redress scheme was one of the key recommendations of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry conducted by Sir Anthony Hart.

Belfast solicitor Pauline Morgan, partner at Haugheys Solicitors, has passed away. Mrs Brown, née Morgan, was a trained mediator and became partner at Haugheys on the Upper Lisburn Road in 2003.

A senior judge has warned that too few people are qualifying as criminal lawyers, The Brief reports.

A small village of just 120 people has slapped over 58,000 drivers with speeding tickets in just the 10 days after installing traffic cameras. Temporary cameras were installed in Acquetico, an Italian village on the border with France, after locals complained about cars speeding through.

A man who sought to set aside the judgment and order of the Court of Appeal, alleging that Senior Counsel for the receiver misled the Court in relation to the admission of new evidence granted in an earlier hearing, has had his application refused by the Court of Appeal. Stating that it was regretta

Dublin firms McDowell Purcell has welcomed two new partners to the team following a merger with Barry Doyle and Co. The deal will see solicitors Alan Doyle and Maeve Larkin from the specialist environmental and planning law practice join McDowell Purcell as partners.

Beauchamps has announced a new three-year partnership with the National Centre for Family Business at Dublin City University (DCU). The law firm will join existing partners AIB and PwC, who have supported the centre since 2015.

The High Court has ordered the surrender of Polish man Artur Celmer to face trial in Poland despite finding "generalised and systemic" violations to the independence of Poland's judiciary. Polish authorities had sought the surrender of Mr Celmer, 31, to face trial in his native Poland on drugs

EU citizens who are unwelcome in the UK could be banned from Ireland to prevent them crossing the border into Northern Ireland, according to a report in The Irish Times. Security sources told the newspaper that Government officials are working on a mechanism to prevent EU citizens using Ireland to "

Ronan Daly Jermyn is advising a UK-based company on its move into Ireland through the acquisition of the former Coca-Cola bottling plant in Cork. Future Generation aims to transform the disused site into a flagship 600-bed student accommodation scheme.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will bring proposals to Cabinet by the end of the month on a new two-year study on sexual abuse and violence in Ireland. It follows a recommendation from a scoping group set up last year to consider the availability of data on sexual abuse and Ireland following the

Law programmes at University College Dublin are among the best in the world, according to the latest Times Higher Education subject rankings. Now placed 47th globally, UCD Sutherland School of Law is one of the top destinations globally for those looking to study law.