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The Government has announced the nomination of Garret Simons SC for appointment to the High Court, as well as solicitors James McCourt and John Hughes to the Circuit Court and District Court respectively. The vacancy in the High Court arises from the retirement of Mr Justice Paul Butler today, while

The processing time for criminal cases before the Northern Ireland courts has slowly begun to decline from its 2016/17 peak, new figures reveal. The latest figures published by the Department of Justice show that the median time for a case to be disposed at all courts was 162 days in 2017/18.

The High Court has referred a case to the Law Society of Ireland for investigation where a bank-appointed receiver obtained orders giving them vacant possession of a property occupied by a family. In a judgment, Mr Justice Tony O'Connor made the referral after the court was told that "a solicitor" c

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has joined an important case concerning the extradition of a Polish national in light of Poland's latest judicial reforms as an amicus curiae. The High Court yesterday granted leave to the human rights commission to become formally involved in t

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said he will bring proposals to Cabinet in "a matter of weeks" on gathering data on sexual abuse and violence in Ireland. Mr Flanagan told the Seanad he is developing proposals informed by the scoping group set up last year to consider the availability of data a

Connacht Rugby has renewed its partnership with Ronan Daly Jermyn, the club's long-standing official legal advisor. Padraic Brennan, partner in charge of the law firm's Galway office, said: "Our firm has a long history with Connacht Rugby and we look forward to working alongside them as they continu

Staff at Leman Solicitors have presented a cheque for nearly €22,000 to the Marie Keating Foundation after raising cash in a gruelling charity race.

A data breach at Facebook which affected 50 million accounts, including five million European ones, is to be investigated by the EU. The Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC), the lead supervisory authority for the social media giant in the EU, is taking in information to determine the basis for a

Almost £2 million of criminal assets were seized in Northern Ireland in 2017/18, according to the Organised Crime Task Force's (OCTF) latest annual report. Compared with last year, the seizure of illegal drugs is up by almost 24 per cent and the number of organised crime groups (OCGs) dismantl

A man has been jailed for three years and fined over £1 million for overharvesting sea cucumbers. Hoon Namkoong, 62, failed to report nearly 115,000 kilograms of sea cucumbers which he bought between 2014 and 2016.

A woman who worked nearly 60 hours per week, as evidenced by emails sent outside of her contracted hours of 40 hours per week, has been awarded €7,500 in compensation. Agreeing with the Workplace Relations Commission's finding that the employer was in breach of the Organisation of Working Time

Munster law firm BDM Boylan has announced the appointment of Colm Manning as partner and head of the firm's commercial department. Mr Manning is a specialist commercial lawyer with a Masters in Corporate and Commercial Law from UCD Sutherland School of Law.

Former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, will be joining the University of Glasgow as a professor of children, law and religion. Born in Belfast, Professor McAleese is the eldest of nine children and grew up in Ardoyne, a sectarian flashpoint where she experienced first-hand the violence of

The Ministry of Defence has agreed to pay a combined £700,000 in compensation to the the families of two men shot dead on Bloody Sunday in 1972. The family of Gerard McKinney, shot dead at 35, will receive £625,000 in compensation, while the family of Michael McDaid, killed at 20, will r