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Disabled people are to be invited to work on a committee to monitor Ireland's implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission will issue invitations to serve on the committee.

A cap on lawyers' fees should be considered, the Chief Justice has said. In an interview with the Irish Independent, Chief Justice Frank Clarke said that the cost of going to court was a barrier to justice and that some people were caught in a "poverty trap" in that they were unable to fund litigati

A tip-line is being launched by the Garda Anti-Corruption Unit to deal with bribery and corruption allegations after fewer complaints than expected were received following its creation last year, The Irish Times reports. Members of the public can leave messages on the line which will then be evaluat

Andy Wightman and others asked the Court of Session to make a judgment that Article 50 can be revoked unilaterally and unconditionally by the UK Parliament. The Court of Session has now agreed to refer this question to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the only court that can decide this matter a

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Edinburgh-headquartered Tesco Bank £16,400,000 for “failing to exercise due skill, care and diligence in protecting its personal current account holders against a cyber attack” following the major assault on its sy

A magistrate who provided a character reference for a defendant in a criminal case in which he was involved has been reprimanded. Zahur Akhtar, of the Black Country Bench, is among seven magistrates and judges to be disciplined or face disqualification in the past month, The Times reports.

A group of people who thought they had survived the Great Tribulation, a period of suffering that Evangelical Christians believe precedes the Second Coming, and who kidnapped their neighbours in order to protect them from demons, were found naked in an SUV they had crashed into a ditch as they attem

A man who was 17-years-old when he was shot in the face while attending a civil rights march in Derry on 30 January 1972 has been awarded £193,000 in compensation. The man was one of 28 innocent people who were shot by soldiers on Bloody Sunday, 13 of whom were killed or mortally wounded and a

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the promotion of senior associate Deirdre Munnelly to partner in the firm's insurance & risk team. Ms Munnelly acts for Irish insurers, UK underwriters and self-insured companies in the defence of public liability, employers liability and other liability cl

Cork solicitors J.W. O'Donovan recently hosted legal colleagues from across the continent at the ADVOC Europe Open Board Meeting.

The solicitor representing the family of Denis Donaldson has criticised the Irish State following the 22nd adjournment of the inquest into his 2006 murder. Ciaran Shiels of Madden & Finucane Solicitors said the family of Mr Donaldson, a former Sinn Féin official and police informant, are

Members of The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee organised a coffee morning and cake competition to raise funds for charity today.

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that the country's controversial identification system – Aadhaar, which means "foundation" – is constitutional, noting that the measures in place to protect data are sufficient and that it is difficult under the scheme to perform surveillance of citiz

The American Bar Association (ABA), which represents over 400,000 attorneys in the United States, has called for an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The US Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday heard testimony from Professor Christ

In Murphy v Attorney General [1982] IR 241, a married couple challenged the constitutionality of ss. 192-198 of the Income Tax Act 1967 which deemed the income of a married woman, living with her husband, be her husband’s income for tax purposes and not her own. The case was supported by the