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According to Advocate General Wahl, agricultural producer organisations and their associations may be held liable for agreements, decisions or concerted practices contrary to EU law, in particular where concertation on prices or on the quantities placed on the market and exchanges of information occ

Pictured: Rachel Hussey & Kathleen Garrett from Arthur Cox Arthur Cox and ByrneWallace have emerged as the Irish winners at the Chambers Europe Awards 2017 in London.

Staff at Holmes O'Malley Sexton Solicitors are running on Monday and Wednesday evenings after work to train for the HOMS Solicitors Fittest Company Challenge.

China remains the world's top executioner, followed by Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan, new figures from Amnesty International show. At least 1,032 people were executed in 23 countries in 2016. In 2015 Amnesty International recorded 1,634 executions in 25 countries worldwide - a historical spi

Martin Colman Dillon Eustace has announced the appointment of Martin Colman as a partner in its real estate practice.

A 24 year old man who was sentenced to two years and six months' imprisonment for pouring boiling water over his pregnant girlfriend, causing her to spend ten days in hospital needing skin graft surgery, has had his custodial sentence increased to four years on appeal. Delivering the judgment of the

The High Court has been told that Denis O’Brien should not receive any of the estimated €1 million in costs of his failed case against the Dáil and State, The Irish Times reports. Sara Moorhead SC, for the Dáil, said that Mr O’Brien, a “very wealthy man” seeking to have a “chilling eff

Frances Fitzgerald The almost century-old ban on selling alcohol on Good Friday is due to be lifted by next year.

Just over a thousand repossession orders were granted by district courts last year and the number of legal proceedings initiated by banks has dropped by half in the last two years. And, in most cases, judges refused to grant orders.

Pictured at the launch of the Arthur Cox Employment Law Yearbook 2016 are its editors Seamus Given, head of employment law and Niamh Fennelly, associate, along with their colleagues in the Employment Law Group at Arthur Cox.

The company Forge de Laguiole may oppose the registration, at EU level, of the trade mark Laguiole in the area of, inter alia, knives and cutlery but may not oppose the registration of the trade mark Laguiole in areas in which it does not actually pursue a business activity, the Court of Justice of

The company Forge de Laguiole may oppose the registration, at EU level, of the trade mark Laguiole in the area of, inter alia, knives and cutlery but may not oppose the registration of the trade mark Laguiole in areas in which it does not actually pursue a business activity, the Court of Justice of

A doctor who argued that he was unsuccessful in an application for a permanent GP position due to Health Service Executive policies being in breach of EU Directive 93/16/EEC, has had his appeal dismissed by the Supreme Court. The doctor, who has since been successful in obtaining a permanent positio

Mr Justice Peter Kelly The Government is under pressure to loosen its moratorium on judicial appointments after two judges said the current shortage on the bench meant important cases were not being heard, the Irish Independent reports.

Jennifer DeWan Jennifer DeWan looks at how Ireland has failed its Roma immigrants.