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The Irish courts saw an increase in defamation and personal injury cases last year, amid a decline in divorce applications and possession orders. Over 655,000 new matters were introduced to the courts last year in total, including a 16 per cent increase in new appeals to the Supreme Court.

The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, has called on parliamentarians to write laws with "greater clarity" on their meaning. He issued the "cry" for clarity while speaking at the launch of the Courts Service of Ireland annual report yesterday, according to The Irish Times.

The partners at Cork firm McCullagh Wall Solicitors have gone separate ways and established two new law firms, Harry McCullagh Solicitors and Regan Wall Solicitors. Harry McCullagh, who founded and managed his own practice prior to setting up McCullagh Wall with Adrian Wall, is continuing to practic

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has published legislation to repeal the offence of publication or utterance of blasphemous matter from Article 40 of the Constitution.

Karen Bradley Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley has set out plans to legislate for key public appointments if the Northern Ireland Executive is not restored by the autumn.

Lady Hale The text of Lady Hale's speech delivered in Edinburgh in June has been published.

Legal changes aimed at criminalising assistance to irregular migrants – meant to deter human trafficking – must not imperil human rights, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) has said. The CCBE said in a statement that it "wishes to express its utmost concern regarding the rest

Gideon Benaim British singer Sir Cliff Richard has won a major privacy lawsuit against the BBC over its coverage of a police investigation into him.

Legal professionals and human rights activists are set to take part in a wide-reaching discussion on the future of policing hosted by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) in Dublin tonight. "Rights-based Policing: visions for change from the community" has been organised two months ahead of

Paul Hardy Five women who are the daughters of hereditary peers are taking the UK to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) over their ineligibility to stand for election to the House of Lords.

A man who broke into his neighbour’s home in Sneem, Co Kerry, and violently raped her has lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence. The man was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment, which he said was “out of kilter” with other cases involving “one off incidents of sexual offendin

Harry Fehily Limerick-based HOMS Solicitors has announced plans to expand into Cork for the first time.

Leeanne Armstrong UK firm TLT has announced its expansion into employment law following the appointment of Leeanne Armstrong as a legal director in Belfast.

US investment banking giant Bank of America Merrill Lynch has applied to the High Court for permission to merge one of its UK based subsidiaries with a related Irish firm due to Brexit. The group seeks to merge Bank of America Merrill Lynch International DAC, with a registered office in Leopardstown

The lead pro-Brexit campaign group Vote Leave has been fined £61,000 and referred to police by the UK's elections watchdog for breaking electoral laws on campaign spending. The Electoral Commission today published the conclusions of its investigation into the spending of Vote Leave and other campai