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A two-year strategy aimed at delivering a "joined-up criminal justice system" in Ireland has been developed and published for the first time. The first-ever criminal justice sectoral strategy builds on the work of the criminal justice strategic committee, which was established on an ad hoc basis in

The Law Society of Ireland has issued a warning to solicitors over a fake email purporting to come from the Law Society. The email, which some solicitors received on Friday, purports to contain a "February Round-up from Representation and Member Services", but was not sent by the Law Society and doe

Proposed measures to reduce the cost of civil litigation in Ireland could backfire and result in "severe restrictions on access to justice for ordinary citizens", the Bar Council and the Law Society have warned. In a joint submission to economic consultants Indecon, the professional bodies said the

Barrister and historian Ruth Cannon BL will speak on the history of women in the Four Courts on Wednesday at the first in-person event hosted by the Irish Women Lawyers Association (IWLA) since 2019. The event in the Law Society's lecture theatre, running from 6.30pm to 9.30pm, will form part of the

Global legal business DWF has announced the appointment of Órlaith Molloy as a partner in its real estate team in Dublin. Ms Molloy previously served as a real estate partner at Arthur Cox, which she joined eight years ago. She specialises in high value commercial real estate acting for inves

The citizens' assembly on drug use has been pushed back until early 2023, the government has announced. Taoiseach Micheál Martin told the Dáil last month that the citizens' assembly, which some hope will pave a way to drug decriminalisation in Ireland, would take place in "the latter p

A government review has failed to establish how often non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are used in settlements following sexual harassment allegations brought within Irish workplaces. The #MeToo movement which exploded in 2017 shone a spotlight on the use of NDAs in sexual harassment allegations, as

A record-breaking cache of weapons seized by Spanish police and believed to be linked to terrorism were just movie props, it has emerged. Police believed they had successfully traced the weapons used in a 2014 attack on a Jewish museum in Belgium to an antiques store in Bilbao, where they found arou

New members have been appointed to the Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI) for a three-year term. Max Murray CBE, who previously spent 37 years working for the Northern Ireland Prison Service and consults for the Council of Europe on criminal justice and prison reform in the Western Balkans,

A number of Ireland's largest law firms have said they are dropping wealthy Russian clients in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine – with some urging their colleagues to "go beyond sanctions".

Catherine Kirwan has entered the Irish bestsellers list with her latest book Cruel Misdeeds telling the tale of a lawyer’s murder in her adopted home town of Cork and the subsequent investigations by legal sleuth Finn Fitzpatrick. The book is a second hit for Catherine following on from the Da

Based on the real-life theft of a Goya portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London in 1961, The Duke is that rarest of movies – a gentle comedy that packs a punch, in this case a powerful defence of the right to trial by jury. Jim Broadbent as Kempton Bunton, the ecc

A politician has received a surprise birthday cake while in the dock. Julius Malema, leader of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters party, was in court in the city of East London charged with firing an automatic rifle in 2018.

The Bar of Northern Ireland celebrated the achievements of female QCs with a photographic exhibition and lecture as part of the Legal History Project lecture series marking the centenary of the bar and judiciary yesterday. The event marked one hundred years since the first women entered the professi

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has unreservedly condemned the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal of Russian forces from the territory of Ukraine. In a statement issued yesterday, the society’s president, Brigid Napier, said