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The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, has called for a major investment in the IT systems of the Irish courts as he marked the opening of the new legal year. Announcing for the first time that the Supreme Court would become an "e-court" - with online filing of appeals and submission

Ireland's most senior judge has said unclear legislation at both an Irish and European level is leading to significant court delays, the Irish Independent reports. The Chief Justice, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, told RTÉ's Today with Sean O'Rourke that he "wouldn't mind more plain English" i

The number of complaints to the Office of the Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland more than halved over the past year, according to its latest annual report. A total of 1,953 complaints were received from prisoners in 2017/18, a 55 per cent decrease on the previous year.

Judges and other experts are set to discuss reform of the family law system at the Legal Aid Board's annual conference in Dublin tomorrow. Speakers at the annual conference include members of the judiciary, the Law Society of Ireland, senior representatives of key Government departments, civil socie

Mr Justice McCloskey is set to address Northern Ireland's first immigration law conference in Belfast this November. The judge joins Professor Colin Harvey from Queen's University Belfast on the platform at the event organised by the Immigration Practitioners' Group NI.

Lord Wilson, a justice of the Supreme Court, returned to Northwestern University in Chicago this week to urge US law students to "strive tirelessly" to secure the protection and development of human rights. His speech, titled Our Human Rights: A Joint Effort?, looked at the "historical development"

Leading experts in children's rights attended the launch of a new access to justice initiative by the Children's Rights Alliance (CRA) on Monday. The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, joined Professor Geoffrey Shannon, special rapporteur on child protection, at the event in the Four

Complainants in rape cases in some parts of England are being asked to hand over massive amounts of personal information in order to progress police investigations into their allegations, The Guardian reports. Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt, lead for adult sexual offences at the National Polic

A restaurant is under investigation over its practice of giving lobsters marijuana to relax them before they're killed and cooked. Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound owner, Charlotte Gill, who is a licensed medical marijuana giver in Maine, cannot currently serve her "smoked" lobster mea

A husband and wife who sought orders of certiorari of International Protection Appeals Tribunal decisions, have had their applications dismissed in the High Court. Describing the husband’s "highly improbable" story of his escape from custody in Ukraine as "cliff-hangingly filmic", Mr Justice

DWF has announced the appointment of construction partner Chris Wheeler to its Dublin office. Mr Wheeler will work with both the energy and commercial property teams while leading the growth of DWF's construction offering in Ireland.

Callan Tansey has announced plans to pilot pre-action protocols in partnership with the Medical Protection Society (MPS) to help keep medical cases out of the Irish courts. The law firm said the use of pre-action protocols, which set out the requirements that parties to a claim must comply with befo

Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, chair of the Personal Injuries Commission (PIC), has told the Sunday Business Post he is surprised by the Law Society of Ireland's response to its latest report on personal injury awards. The second and final report of the Personal Injuries Commission was given a "ca

The High Court in Belfast has begun hearing three test cases for damages brought on behalf of people who were shot or wounded on Bloody Sunday. Three of 21 civil actions brought by Madden & Finucane Solicitors against the Ministry of Defence were selected as test writs and are being heard now.

The holding of children in single separation at Oberstown Children Detention Campus is set to be scrutinised by the Irish courts for the second time in two years. A 15-year-old boy who alleges that he was unlawfully held in solitary confinement has launched a judicial review in the High Court, The T