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A lawyer in Serbia who was fined for insulting a judge did not suffer a violation of his right to freedom of expression, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. Čedomir Backović was fined 100,000 Serbian dinars, around €910 at the time, after sarcastically referring to a court as compri

Government proposals to allow guardianship rights to be "removed" from a parent convicting of killing the other are unlikely to be constitutionally permissible, a legal academic has warned. Ministers last week published the general scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025, which s

Fee-share law firm Excello Law has expanded into Northern Ireland with the establishment of a new office led by real estate lawyer Gregory Martin. Founded in London in 2009, the firm's latest move follows successful launches in Dubai and the United States earlier this year.

Revolut has been ordered by Lithuania's central bank to pay a €3.5 million fine for deficiencies in its anti-money laundering (AML) processes, its largest financial penalty to date. The Bank of Lithuania, which oversees Revolut's European banking operations alongside the European Central B

Former Law Society of Ireland director Teri Kelly has established a new specialist communications agency, Total Reputation, aimed at law firms north and south of the border. Ms Kelly recently left the Law Society after 11 years as director of representation and member services, during which she spea

Ireland is set to be among the first signatories to a world-first international treaty aiming to protect the profession of lawyer. The Department of Justice is currently analysing the new Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer with a view to Ireland signing it in

A man who brought a religious discrimination claim against the Hilton Belfast hotel with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has agreed to a £10,000 settlement without admission of liability. Jonathan Kerr, who describes himself as a "practising Judaeo-Christian", to

Plans to extend entitlement to paid statutory sick leave from five days to 10 days have been abandoned by the government. The Sick Leave Act 2022 introduced a statutory right to paid sick leave for the first time and was meant to be phased in from 2023 to 2026.

Northern Ireland MPs have backed a call for the UK government to establish an independent public inquiry into the UK's involvement in the Gaza war. An open letter penned by Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labour leader turned independent MP, has been signed by 30 other MPs and five Lords.

Police have seized seven tigers from a septuagenarian who claimed they were his "emotional support animals". Nevada man Karl Mitchell, 71, took the big cats out on walks and allowed members of the public to interact with them, videos he posted to social media show.

A prominent British businessman identified as the subject of allegations of sexual harassment and bullying by a member of the House of Lords, who used parliamentary privilege to circumvent a court injunction, did not suffer a violation of his privacy rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ru

The first major update to the National Planning Framework (NPF) has been agreed by government ministers and will soon be presented to the Oireachtas for approval. The draft revised NPF, which can now be accessed online, is the product of a revision process started in June 2023.

EU commissioner Michael McGrath was welcomed to University College Dublin this week to deliver a guest lecture on the European Commission’s role in upholding the rule of law.

Judge Geoffrey Shannon is to receive one of eight alumni awards to be presented by the University of Galway next month. Previously the government's special rapporteur on child protection from 2006 to 2019, he was appointed as a Circuit Court judge in 2023.

McCann FitzGerald has been recognised as Ireland's law firm of the year and Europe's best financial services regulatory practice at the 2025 IFLR Europe Awards in London. The prestigious awards  celebrate the legal industry’s most innovative work and honours the deals, teams, and firms th