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Micheál P. O'Higgins SC, chairman of the Council of The Bar of Ireland, defends the role of defence counsel in road traffic cases in response to an article in The Irish Times. It was claimed in an article in The Irish Times on October 19th that road traffic legislation has been used by defenc

Enda Lavery, solicitor at MTB Solicitors, has been elected chairman of the Belfast Solicitors Association (BSA). He takes over from outgoing chair Steven Keown, director at McCallion Keown Solicitors, who was presented with his BSA past chair's medal on Friday.

UCD Sutherland School of Law has named Vincent Keaveny, partner at DLA Piper, as recipient of the 2018 UCD Alumni Award in Law. The UCD Alumni Awards recognise the outstanding achievements of alumni who "uphold values that UCD holds dear – integrity, excellence, collegiality, engagement, creat

The new chair of the Bar Council of Northern Ireland has emphasised her aim to promote gender equality within the profession in her inaugural speech.

Two men who were wrongly jailed for contempt of court have reached a settlement for damages, the Irish Examiner reports. Joe Doocey and Wayne Nash spent 48 hours in jail in June 2016 after being found in contempt at Athlone District Court.

Alan Desmond, lecturer at Leicester Law School, sets out the legal context to two recent high-profile deportation cases. During the past fortnight, grassroots campaigns against the deportation of two boys from Ireland have made the headlines at home and abroad while shining a light on a serious shor

Alison Saunders, the outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales, has warned that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have the resources to cope with the demands of modern trials. On the eve of her exit from the CPS, whose budget was slashed by a quarter during her leader

Ireland has voted to scrap its constitutional ban on blasphemy just a day after the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that Austria's blasphemy law does not violate freedom of expression. In a referendum on Friday, 65 per cent of Irish voters backed a proposal to remove Article 40.6.1(i) o

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Amnesty International have organised a vigil in protest of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Dublin next Thursday. The candelit vigil outside Saudi Arabia's embassy at 5pm will coincide with the eve of UNESCO International Day to End Impunity for

Procurement Law in Ireland is an indispensable guide to a difficult area of the law, providing clarity and accessibility for those who are approaching the subject for the first time and for those who are involved in public procurement in local authorities, Government departments, utilities and poten

A man named Jerry Anus has been arrested on drug possession charges for the second time in a month. Anus, 39, was pulled over after driving by a police car without dimming his front lights.

The ‘truly exceptional’ personal and family circumstances of a mentally-ill woman have been found to outweigh the public interest in her extradition to the US, where she faces five alleged offences of drug trafficking and money laundering. Finding that the woman’s surrender to the

Complaints against solicitors in Ireland hit a historic low last year, according to the Law Society of Ireland's latest annual report. Just 0.09 per cent of solicitor instructions resulted in complaints in 2017, compared with a high of 14.7 per cent in 1998.

A new report on Ireland's prisons has identified a lack of adequate mental health services, an increasing number of women being detained in prison, and insufficient daily prison staffing levels, resulting in reduced access to educational provision. The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT), publishing the

Dublin solicitors Keith Flynn and Lyndsey Clarke have been struck off the roll of solicitors following findings of professional misconduct, the Irish Independent reports. The pair practised as Keith Flynn & Company in the Capel Building on Mary's Abbey until the practice closed in 2016.