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Austria's Supreme Court has ruled that a Turkish man, who is anonymous, gave up his right to Austrian nationality when he registered to vote in Turkey, setting a precedent for 20,000 naturalised Turks to be deprived of Austrian citizenship. The right-wing Freedom Party, which is in control of the in

Students have been given a list of offensive costumes they have been told not to wear for Halloween, including cowboy outfits. Also in the list of proscribed dress, issued by Kent University's student union, are the clothes of priests, nuns, Nazis, Crusaders, ISIS bombers, Native Americans, Israeli

The mother of Patrick Pearse Jordan, who was 22 years old when he was fatally shot by a member the RUC in Belfast in 1992, has lost an appeal against the refusal to grant leave to apply for judicial review of the latest inquest into his death. Dismissing all six grounds for judicial review which wer

Carson McDowell has announced the expansion of its litigation practice with the merger of defence insurance litigation specialists Francis J Irvine Solicitors into the business. Two lawyers specialising in defence insurance litigation, Aidan Murray and Christopher Walls, have joined Carson McDowell

New Circuit Court rules coming into effect tomorrow will make receipt of court documents by email easier. Family lawyer Keith Walsh, a member of the Circuit Court Rules Committee, explained that the revised rules "provide that a solicitor acting for a plaintiff or a plaintiff suing in person, where

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has been granted leave from the High Court to join as amicus curiae a case centred on human trafficking and other severe forms of labour exploitation on the Irish fishing fleet. The case centres on the request from the International Transport Worker's F

A workshop in Dublin is set to consider the extent to which language and translation may affect the work of Advocates General (AGs) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Dr Karen McAuliffe of the University of Birmingham, principal investigator on the European Research Council-funded

O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors recently acted on behalf of a receiver on the €15 million sale by NAMA of a prime Cork Docklands site. Aeibhin Cahalan, partner in the firm's real estate team, led on the sale, which involved the transfer of the entire Docklands site to a sole purchaser for developmen

DCU Law Society has welcomed four new members to its committee following a successful EGM.

Clare Curran, partner and head of the matrimonial department at Worthingtons Solicitors in Belfast, writes on how divorce awards are determined. One aspect of divorce that surprises many clients when they come to discuss a marriage breakdown is how bad behaviour on the part of their spouse, perhaps

The Law Commission in England and Wales has been asked to consider whether misandry (hatred of men) should be brought under hate crime legislation. The UK government has expanded the remit of the review launched last month in response to calls to consider making misogyny a hate crime.

A Northern Ireland man has been hospitalised after he allegedly tried to steal a diamond ring – by swallowing it. Ian Campbell, 54 from Newry, is accused of gulping down the £30,000 gem in a jewellery shop after he initially tried to leave with it clenched in his fist.

In response to three questions referred to the High Court in relation to the admissibility of an involuntary statement made pursuant to s. 107(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1961, Mr Justice Donald Binchy has concluded that a statement made by an accused person in response to a demand made by a garda pu

Tralee firm Pierse McCarthy Lucey Solicitors has appointed Alex Hoffman to the firm as an associate solicitor, TraleeToday.ie reports. Mr Hoffman graduated from the University of Limerick in 2003 and qualified as a solicitor in 2006.