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Independent News & Media (INM) has been ordered to pay a fine of €111,000 for contempt of court in relation to an Irish Independent article which led to the collapse of a rape trial. The Director of Public Prosecutions launched proceedings for contempt against the publisher and two journali

There were violent scenes requiring the intervention of gardaí and security in the Four Courts yesterday, when the defendant in a defamation action was allegedly attacked and injured by a group of individuals who attended court. The individuals alleged to be involved had attended an action br

Proposals to prevent domestic abusers from cross-examining their victims in the family courts have been put out to consultation by the Department of Justice. The consultation paper, published yesterday, sets out options for legislation including applying a statutory prohibition on cross-examination

Over €1110,000 has been spent on maintenance at the closed Wicklow Courthouse since 2010, according to the Courts Service. Figures released to Wicklow Sinn Féin TD John Brady in a written parliamentary answer show that a total of €111,407 has been spent on maintenance from 2010 to 2

Unexplained wealth orders are likely to be used more frequently in Northern Ireland, particularly in relation to paramilitary matters, a white collar crime lawyer has said. The National Crime Agency (NCA) announced yesterday that it had served an unexplained wealth order on a Northern Ireland woman

Suspected sex offenders should remain anonymous until charged so long as they have a reputation to protect, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland QC has said. The new Lord Chancellor, who backed a campaign by Sir Cliff Richard and Paul Gambaccini to impose a ban on revealing the names of people arrested

Retired solicitor Nicholas Comyn, a lawyer at Ronan Daly Jermyn for over four decades, has been elected president of the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). He was elected to fill the highest office in Irish rugby after a long and distinguished contribution to the game as a player, referee and admini

The sister of murder victim Irene White has launched a lawsuit against her late sister's estranged husband in connection with her estate. Anne Delcassian, represented by solicitor Kevin Winters of KRW Law, initiated High Court proceedings against Alan White last week, the Irish Independent reports.

A man charged with car theft was arrested again after allegedly showing up to court in another stolen car. The 34-year-old was arrested just after attending court in a town near Adelaide, Australia on a charge of illegally using a motor vehicle.

BT has lost an appeal against the finding that it was liable for disability discrimination for failing to make reasonable adjustments in its recruitment process for a man with Asperger’s Syndrome. Finding that there was no error in the reasoning or in the fact finding of the Industrial Tribuna

Accountant Sarah-Jane O'Keeffe has become the first woman in Ireland to be appointed as an examiner, just one day after a High Court judge made a significant appeal for gender balance. Ms O'Keeffe, who works for Baker Tilly, was appointed by Trim Circuit Court as interim examiner to the Eastern Seab

Solicitor John Wadham has been appointed as human rights advisor to the Northern Ireland Policing Board. Mr Wadham met the Board's chair Anne Connolly and vice chair Deborah Watters for the first time yesterday.

DWF Group plc, with offices in Belfast and Dublin, saw revenue growth of 15 per cent in a "milestone year" which saw it become the largest listed full service legal business on the London Stock Exchange. In an inaugural results statement, the group said revenue was up by 15 per cent, or 12.5 per cen

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) appeared before the Supreme Court yesterday in the landmark Artur Celmer case concerning the European Arrest Warrants system and the right to a fair trial. The commission, in its now-published legal submissions, has sought to assist the court by

Professor R. Daniel Kelemen, professor of political science and law and Jean Monnet chair in European Union politics at Rutgers University, writes on the change of leadership in the UK and the EU. The incoming President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the new Prime Minister of th