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Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has secured Cabinet approval for new legislation which would make it easier to sack civil servants, the Irish Independent reports.

A total of 11 questions will be referred to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) on the validity under EU law of EU-US data transfers by Facebook, the Irish Examiner reports. The High Court agreed last October to a request from the Data Protection Commissioner to make the referral following a compl

A radical feminist was warned by a judge in court yesterday to use the pronoun “she” in reference to a transgender defendant, The Daily Telegraph reports. Maria Maclachlan, 61, was giving evidence against Tara Wolf, 26, whom she alleges tried to attack her at a rally.

A 53 year-old man who practised as a solicitor for nearly 15 years, has been struck off the Roll of Solicitors for serious serial acts of dishonesty. The man had issued false certificates of earnings for his sister to enable her to secure a mortgage, and had also given multiple undertakings to banks

Pictured (left-right, top-bottom): Sarah Keenan, Joshua Zell and Brian Conroy, and Ultán Anderson, Jill Quigley and Arnab Mishra Leman Solicitors has announced a series of promotions and appointments at associate, trainee and management level.

John S. Kiernan The New York City Bar Association (NYCBA) has called on the UK government to allocate funding for legacy inquests in Northern Ireland in a letter sent to British leaders on the twentieth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

France has ratified Protocol No.16 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which allows the highest courts of the member states of the Council of Europe to request the court to give advisory opinions on questions of principle relating to the interpretation or application of the rights and freedo

Northern Ireland saw amongst the strongest pick-ups in house prices across the UK in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest RICS and Ulster Bank UK Residential Market Survey. However, newly agreed sales and demand for property in the form of new buyer enquiries are both easing, with

A renowned judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa will address a major conference on public litigation in Belfast this summer. Mr Edwin Cameron is widely recognised for his HIV/AIDS and gay rights activism, and has received many awards — including from The Bar of England and Wales — f

The second edition of Dr Albert Keating's The Law of Wills has been published by Clarus Press. The book has been updated to reflect changes to the law, such as the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010, Charities Act 2

The UCD Student Legal Service (UCD SLS) has launched an updated volume looking at the 80-year history of the Irish Constitution.

Pictured (l-r): Susan Cavanagh, Account Executive, Willis Towers Watson; Seamus Carroll, Head of the Data Protection Unit, Department of Justice and Equality; Michelle Ryan, Solicitor, Ronan Daly Jermyn; and JP Gilmartin, Partner, Ronan Daly Jermyn Ronan Daly Jermyn has hosted a joint seminar on the

A woman given nearly £10 million after she split from her husband has had her maintenance brought to an end by senior judges, The Brief reports. Kim Waggott, 49, was told by appeal judges to get a job if she needs more money.

A Ukrainian man who had his application for a residence card refused by the Secretary of State, has succeeded in his application for judicial review of the impugned decision. Making an order quashing the decision, Justice McCloskey found that the Secretary of State had made no attempt to engage with

Sabine Walsh The Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII) has welcomed figures showing that the vast majority of complaints to the Financial Services Ombudsman (FSO) last year were resolved through mediation.