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The looming by-election in Dublin Bay South, widely seen as the first major electoral test for the new coalition government, is shaping up to be a battle of barristers – with as many as four of the top contenders drawn from the profession. Fine Gael candidate James Geoghegan has perhaps the mo

Supermarkets in the UK have suffered another blow in the battle for equal pay after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled employees working in stores can compare their roles to colleagues working in distribution centres for the purpose of equal pay. Before the UK left the EU, the C

A move by the UK Home Office to house asylum seekers in a "squalid" military barracks in Folkstone was flawed and unlawful, the English High Court has found. The claim was brought by six asylum seekers who were accommodated in Napier Barracks between September 2020 and February 2021. All o

Danish MPs have defied international condemnation to approve legislation providing for asylum seekers to be transferred to detention centres outside of Europe for processing. The bill, approved in a 70-24 vote yesterday, will amend the Aliens Act to allow Denmark to move refugees to asylum centres i

Police have paid tribute to their "bovine unit" after wandering cows brought a car chase to a safe end. The 13-mile pursuit ended when the fleeing suspect drove onto a farm and had to brake when faced with a wall of cows.

The High Court has granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the use of a trademark by a defendant which was alleged to infringe the trademark of a State-owned airline company. In reaching the decision, Ms Justice Nuala Butler considered that the balance of justice heavily favoured granting th

Black Lives Matter protesters facing charges under Covid-19 regulations have been told they will not be prosecuted. The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) said it had concluded that the test for prosecution was not met in respect of any of 14 suspects on evidential grounds.

The Company Law Review Group (CLRG) will publish a report within months on the practice of trading entities splitting their operations between trading and property and on transactional avoidance. The statutory advisory expert body has published its 2020 annual report, highlighting the significant bo

Legislation which would require insurance companies to explain how new personal injury guidelines have impacted their premiums has been put on hold for nine months. The Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021, a private member's bill introduced by Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty, cleared the secon

Belfast-based KRW LAW LLP has welcomed four new paralegals across its civil, criminal and legacy departments. Jack Murphy joined the criminal defence team and will assist in specialist Crown Court, Magistrates' court and Court of Appeal defence cases.

Eugene F Collins partner Paul Dempsey and associate Rachel Solanki consider what options creditors have in the aftermath of Brexit in enforcing a judgement handed down by a UK court in Ireland or vice versa. The UK is one of Ireland’s largest trading partners with Irish exports to Britain tota

Young people, people with disabilities, Travellers and East European migrants are at much higher risk of disadvantage around employment and have less access to "decent work" in Ireland, a new report has found. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Economic and Social Research Instit

A new book edited by legal academics in Dublin and Glasgow considers the role of human rights in tackling the global challenges of poverty and economic inequality. Poverty and Human Rights: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Suzanne Egan of University College Dublin and Anna Chadwick of the U

A new exhibition at Kilmainham Gaol Museum will remember "The Forgotten Ten" who were hanged in Mountjoy Prison during the Irish war of independence. The exhibition will be launched next Monday 7 June, the centenary of the final two executions, though will not be open to the public due to public hea

Sex workers in Spain have the right to form their own union, the country's Supreme Court ruled yesterday. The OTRAS union was established in August 2018 but closed its doors three months later following an order of the National Court.