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Marie O'Shea BL has been appointed to lead the second phase of the independent review of Ireland's abortion laws. Section 7 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 provides for a review of the legislation no later than three years from commencement.

An activist who was deceived into a long-term intimate and sexual relationship with an undercover Metropolitan Police officer has been awarded a nearly £230,000 payout by a tribunal. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ruled that Kate Wilson should be paid a sum of £229,471.96 by the

A new civil society coalition has been launched to hold the government to its commitment to ending direct provision by 2024 and replacing it with an alternative that is fully compliant with human rights standards. The eight founding members of the Standing Against Direct Provision (STAD) coalition a

Employees will be given the statutory right to request remote working under new government legislation. Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste and minister for enterprise, trade and employment, yesterday published the general scheme of his Right to Request Remote Work Bill, which forms part of the government

Corporate law firm Philip Lee has completed its relocation to a new 2,500 square metre headquarters on Burlington Road, Dublin 4. The firm, which employs almost 160 people in Dublin, was previously based on Wilton Terrace and is now located at Connaught House, One Burlington Road, Dublin 4.

New legislation providing for a specific offence of stalking and introducing new stalking protection orders (SPOs) is closer to becoming law after completing consideration stage in Stormont. MLAs yesterday approved a series of amendments to the Protection from Stalking Bill which were developed

Cult classic film Fight Club has been rewritten in China to give it a more censor-friendly ending where law enforcement ultimately wins the day. The original version of the 1999 film, starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, ends with the protagonist failing to foil an anti-consumerist plot to blow up

Ms Justice Bronagh O'Hanlon has been appointed to lead an independent review into the handling of allegations of sexual misconduct, bullying, harassment and discrimination in the Defence Forces. The former High Court judge, who retired last November, will be supported in an independent review group

Dublin barrister and arbitrator Arran Dowling-Hussey has been appointed to the advisory board of the Gujurat International Maritime Arbitration Centre (GIMAC). GIMAC is the first specialised centre of its kind in India, focusing on managing arbitration and mediation proceedings for disputes related

Nightclubs and late bars will not have to pay court fees or their associated excise duty in relation to special exemptions orders (SEOs) under a waiver applying until the end of April 2022. The new waiver follows a previous waiver that was in place from 19 October 2021 to 31 December 2021.

Northern Ireland's charity regulator was constrained from its earliest days as a result of flawed legislation, an independent review has concluded. Professor Oonagh Breen of UCD Sutherland School of Law was appointed last January to chair an independent review of charity regulation in Northern Irela

Belfast-based Millar McCall Wylie has announced the appointment of Emma Rooney as an associate director. Ms Rooney will drive the firm's continued growth in the areas of commercial litigation and dispute resolution, her areas of specialism.

Sex workers are facing greater violence and abuse as a result of Ireland's ban on the purchase of sex, Amnesty International has said in a new report. The Irish government is currently reviewing Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, which criminalised the purchase of sex and signifi

Pakistan has sworn in its first female Supreme Court judge. Ayesha Malik, 55, will sit alongside 16 men on the country's top court. She was educated at the Pakistan College of Law and Harvard University and has served as a judge in the city of Lahore for the past two decades.

Hundreds of holidaymakers experienced an unexpected end to their trip after their cruise ship changed course to avoid seizure by US authorities. The Crystal Symphony was bound for Miami, Florida but docked at Bimini in the Bahamas after a US judge said the luxury liner could be seized in a dispute o