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The son of Christine Keeler, the woman at the heart of the Profumo affair, is seeking a posthumous pardon for her, The Times reports. Ms Keeler, a model, had an affair with government minister John Profumo in 1961 when she was 19. The affair nearly brought down the government of Harold Macmillan in

A High Court judge whose father was a law lord has been used as an example of diversity on the bench by the Judicial Office of England and Wales. Mrs Justice Steyn appears in a video answering questions on how she got into law and the obstacles she faced in her career, Legal Cheek reports.

Mr Justice Richard Humphreys has quashed An Bord Pleanála’s (ABP) decision granting planning permission for the construction of buildings taller than allowed for in the development scheme for the Docklands. Background

Barrister Molly Joyce has joined the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) as legal and public affairs manager. Ms Joyce previously worked as a practising barrister in London, specialising in the areas of public and police law.

Co Antrim firm Armstrong Solicitors has announced the promotion of conveyancing lawyer Joanne Moore to director. Ms Moore, who joined the firm in 2016, has spent most of her career in residential conveyancing.

The Board of the Judicial Council will meet today after bringing forward its meeting due to the ongoing controversy around Mr Justice Séamus Woulfe's future on the Supreme Court bench. There are no specific agenda items for today's meeting. The 11-member Board will have a "general discussion"

Advocate-General Gerard Hogan is set to address the Immigration, Asylum and Citizenship Bar Association's (IACBA) annual conference later this month. The senior European judge joins a range of expert speakers at the event on Friday 27 November 2020, which is taking place online due to Covid-19 restr

Apple is in breach of European privacy law by tracking iPhone users without their consent, privacy activist Max Schrems has said. The campaigner, who previously waged a legal war against Facebook, forcing it to change the way it transfers data, has now filed complaints to Spanish and German authorit

Wednesday 25 November 2020, 5:30pm - 8:00pm Professor Richard Susskind will deliver this year's Sir Henry Brooke Annual Lecture on what lies ahead for the court system.

Justice Minister Helen McEntee has relaunched a major national awareness campaign on sexual harassment and sexual violence which was paused at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The three-year "No Excuses" campaign was paused in March but will now resume through a new TV ad, reinforced by outdoor a

The highest court in Austria has ruled that Facebook must remove all defamatory comments made about a politician who beat the social media giant in court. Eva Glawischnig, 51, sued Facebook after it refused to remove abusive posts by a user who wrongly referred to her as a “lousy traitor&rdquo

Venture capital funding into Irish SMEs increased by 41 per cent in the third quarter of 2020 despite the impact of Covid-19, according to a new survey published in association with law firm William Fry. VC funding increased to €192.8 million in the third quarter, compared to €136.4 millio

A man suspected of stealing Pope John Paul II's blood has been identified by Italian police. The vial of blood, taken from the pope shortly before his death in 2005, was stolen from a cathedral in September.

The High Court has delivered a judgment dealing with the issue of fraud and interrogatories. Background

Flynn O’Driscoll Business Lawyers has announced the acquisition of the litigation practice of Dublin firm O'Callaghan Legal. Litigation clients from O'Callaghan Legal will continue to be advised by its managing partner Maurice O'Callaghan, who has joined Flynn O’Driscoll as consultant, a