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A solicitor who successfully brought a case against TV3 for “unintentionally” defaming him in the course of a 9-second broadcast in 2013, has had his award of damages reduced from €140,000 to €36,000 by the Court of Appeal. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court, Mr Justice Gerard

Paul Gallagher SC A former Attorney General has claimed the Government's attitude to the judiciary shares "common themes" with "populist attacks" on the US judiciary.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Court business will commence in the new Drogheda courthouse next month, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is failing to enforce civil injunction orders granted by the Northern Ireland courts, a Belfast-based solicitor has claimed. Solicitor Ciaran O'Hare of McIvor Farrell Solicitors is acting in a judicial review against the PSNI.

Two Assistant Censors at the Irish Film Censor's Office have failed to secure injunctions preventing Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald from dismissing them until High Court proceedings which have been brought have been determined. The applications were brought by Olga Bennett, a former Fianna Fái

Two Assistant Censors at the Irish Film Censor's Office have failed to secure injunctions preventing Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald from dismissing them until High Court proceedings which have been brought have been determined. The applications were brought by Olga Bennett, a former Fianna Fái

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Lawyers acting for UK victims of Libyan-sponsored terrorism have welcomed Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's support for their compensation bid.

Freshfields partner James Smethurst The key for business during the Brexit process is to maintain an uninterrupted service to clients, according to a new report on the legal impact of Brexit on the UK-based financial services sector from a Magic Circle law firm.

A general and absolute prohibition of any advertising for the provision of oral and dental care services is incompatible with EU law but objectives relating to the protection of public health and of the dignity of the profession of dentistry may, nevertheless, justify supervision of the form and man

Maurice Quinlivan Ticket touting will be banned in Ireland under a new private member's bill to debated at the second stage in the Oireachtas this Thursday.

A woman who was denied leave to remain in the UK after overstaying her six-month visa for almost seven years has had her application for judicial review dismissed in the High Court. The woman argued that the Home Office decision maker had erred in not allowing her case to go to a Tribunal, and that

Paul McGarry SC, chair of the Bar Council of Ireland There are opportunities and challenges for the Irish legal profession in the wake of Brexit, Paul McGarry SC, chair of the Bar Council of Ireland, told a Seanad committee yesterday.

Garrett Sheehan Ireland should consider changes to murder sentencing and rape trials, former judge Garrett Sheehan has said.

Gardaí have consistently misunderstood their powers to search suspected dissident republicans without a warrant, according to a ruling in the Special Criminal Court. The court has thrown out evidence in the trial of a man accused of smuggling an IRA communiqué out of Portlaoise Prison because gard

Mortgage approvals in Ireland rose 62 per cent over the year to March 2017, according to new figures from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). The BPFI Mortgage Approvals Report shows 3,218 mortgages were approved per month, on average, over the three months to March.