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A young man who says he overslept and missed jury duty was sent to jail for 10 days by a furious judge. Deandre Somerville, 21, was summoned to his own court hearing after failing to show up for the civil trial where he was supposed to be a juror.

An EU citizen minor has “sufficient resources” not to become an unreasonable burden on the social assistance system of the host member state even if their resources are derived from income obtained from unlawful employment, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. In

The establishment of the new Judicial Council must be "legally robust" and shouldn't be rushed, the Chief Justice, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, has said. Legislation to establish the new body was passed by the Oireachtas in July, and the Government is aiming to complete its rollout by the end of the yea

Sexual offence laws in Ireland have not "kept pace with developments in online technology and the almost universal use of internet-enabled devices", a legal expert on rape and sexual assault has said. Caroline Counihan BL, legal director at Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI), gave evidence to the Oi

The first strategic housing development in Limerick has been refused planning permission on environmental grounds. An Bord Pleanála said it was not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the development of student and build-to-rent apartments at Punches Cross would not have a "significant neg

A number of former judges have condemned the suggestion endorsed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson that judicial candidates be vetted by Parliament in a US-style process, our sister publication Scottish Legal News reports. The suggestion in the House of Commons last week by the Attorney General Geoffr

The UK and the US have signed a bilateral agreement allowing their respective law enforcement agencies to directly demand electronic data relating to serious crime from tech companies in the other jurisdiction. The world-first UK-US Bilateral Data Access Agreement was signed by Home Secretary Priti

More than 10,000 people living in Great Britain and Northern Ireland have applied for an Irish passport every month this year so far, new figures show. A total of 85,517 passport applications were received in the eight months to 31 August 2019, including 36,274 from Great Britain and 49,243 from Nor

The UN high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, has met with human rights chiefs in Dublin with discuss the impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement.

Diversity in the aviation industry has increased slightly over the past year, but women, LGBT people and ethnic minorities are still struggling to progress to leadership positions, according to Mason Hayes & Curran. The law firm has published the results of its fourth annual Gender & Diversi

The Irish higher education and research system is in a state of "national crisis", a senior academic has warned in a speech delivered as part of the Eversheds Sutherland expert policy series. Professor Hugh Brady, former president of UCD and current vice-chancellor and president of the University of

In March 1817, Peter Blake brought Mary Wilkins to Court seeking compensation for breaking a promise of marriage. Mary Wilkins was a wealthy woman in her sixties, whose husband had died over 40 years earlier, leaving her the bulk of his fortune. 

Scots lawyer and author Willie McIntyre was highly impressed with Scottish advocate Stephen O'Rourke's debut novel. I was fortunate enough to be sent an advance reader copy of Stephen O’Rourke’s historical novel, The Crown Agent, which I raced through one Sunday afternoon recently; it&r

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The former head of a global law firm has been jailed for a month after paying to rig his daughter's college entrance exam. Gordon Caplan, 53, who resigned as co-chairman of Willkie, Farr and Gallagher after his arrest, is the latest parent convicted in the college admissions bribery scandal sweeping