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The eagerly awaited judgment in the case of Owens v Owens was handed down by the Supreme Court yesterday and marks the first time the Court had been asked to rule on the issue of divorce itself, as opposed to financial issues that arise because of divorce, writes Julie Tierney. Mrs Owens filed for d

A severely autistic Dublin man has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of assaulting a judge after a court hearing. Sean Winters, 34, with an address on Grange Road, Baldoyle, had pleaded not guilty to assaulting Judge Miriam Walsh causing her harm at a court in Dublin on December 11, 2

More than 300 rape convictions will be reviewed for possible miscarriages of justice amid concerns that evidence casting doubt on prosecution cases has not been fully disclosed.

A woman who was hit by a car when she was crossing the street in Dublin in 2011 has been awarded €256,039 in the High Court. Describing the woman, who successfully presented her case as a lay litigant in Court, as a ‘woman of extraordinary intelligence and resilience’; Mr Justice Ba

Legal costs of €200,000 can be recovered by the State and Referendum Commission for their successful defence of challenges to the abortion referendum result, President of the High Court, Mr Justice Kelly ruled yesterday. One of the challengers, Joanna Jordan, intends to appeal the outcome, whic

Clearing the criminal records of men convicted of homosexuality must be done on a case-by-case basis, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has said. The Irish Times reports that Mr Flanagan is in the process of developing a law to expunge the criminal records of those convicted of being homosexuals, 25

A difference in the law which means that women are more leniently sentenced than men for incest has been approved by the Cabinet. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan announced that the Government has approved publication of legislation which would bring in a presumptive minimum sentence for repeat sex

A new law will stop the resale of tickets above face value for sporting events and concerts in venues with a capacity greater than 1,000. Business Minister Heather Humphreys has secured Cabinet approval for the move, which comes after a joint bill brought by Fine Gael TD Noel Rock and Stephen Donnel

The Government has approved the appointment of Mr Justice Seán Ryan, former President of the Court of Appeal, as a member of the Tribunal of Inquiry into protected disclosures made under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and certain other matters. In March of this year, Mr Justice Ryan retir

Nestlé's attempts to trademark its four-finger Kit Kat shape have been dismissed by judges in the European Court of Justice, in the latest judgment of a decade-long saga. In a ruling today, the court said the company had failed to show its shape was sufficiently distinctive in all the countri

Via Michael Miller (@nysbapresident): Absolutely spectacular @NYSBA member reception in #Dublin at @TheBarofIreland, preceded by fascinating meeting with Ireland’s Chief Justice the Hon. Mr Frank Clarke. Thank you @TheBarofIreland Chairman @paulmcgarrysc, chair-elect Micheál P. O&rsquo

President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale, has delivered a lecture on the use of empirical research in the justice system. The lecture, entitled "Challenges in the justice system and the contribution of empirical research", was the inaugural Nuffield Foundation Annual Lecture and was delivered on 14

The next Director of Public Prosecutions, Max Hill QC, has promised to “restore public trust in the Crown Prosecution Service” following a series of high-profile disclosure failings leading to collapsed trials. Mr Hill's appointment to the post was announced yesterday by the Attorney Gen

A woman who was sexually abused by her stepfather from the age of four has won a case against the "same roof" rule which denied her the right to compensation. The rule denied payouts to victims who lived in the same home as their attackers before 1979.