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The Government is to wait for the judgment in a legal case on the laws underpinning wage agreements before it prepares new legislation, the Tánaiste has said. The High Court ruled recently that both the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 as well as a 2019 Sectoral Employment Order (SEO

Immigration permissions have been extended for a third and final time in response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Permissions due to expire between 20 July and 20 August 2020 are set to be automatically extended for one month, including for people in Ireland on short stay visas and those whose permi

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the UK government acted unlawfully in stripping Shamima Begum of her citizenship. Ms Begum is a British woman currently detained in Syria. She is one of three schoolgirls who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State in February 2015, at the age of 15

Three people have been arrested for allegedly running a fake branch of State Bank of India (SBI). The three-month-old office came to the attention of authorities after an SBI customer noticed it in the city of Panruti in Tamil Nadu and took the matter up with his branch manager.

The owner of a fishing vessel has lost his appeal in an action taken against the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The Court of Appeal agreed with the High Court that the proceedings should have been taken by way of judicial review.

Personal injury cases have restarted at the High Court following a four-month absence as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The backlog of cases that has accrued since mid-March is believed to be 300, the Irish Examiner reports.

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has announced the promotion of Shane Reynolds to partner in the firm's health and prosecutions team. A specialist in the areas of criminal law, administrative law and investigations, Mr Reynolds helps organisations with regulatory prosecutions, and as a

Children as young as 11 were among the 422 taken to court and convicted last year, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Justice Minister Naomi Long disclosed the crimes committed by children in recent years, including violence against the person, drug offences, robbery and fraud.

Funding has been secured to allow the proposed dedicated family courts complex at Hammond Lane to go ahead, Justice Minister Helen McEntee has said. The project, on a site adjacent to the Four Courts, was originally announced in September 2015 following years of criticism from family lawyers that th

Ailbhe Dennehy, partner at William Fry, considers a significant High Court ruling concerning an employee dismissed during probation. Traditionally, dismissals during probation have been considered relatively low risk by employers since the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) requires employees to h

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Dillon Eustace has advised the owners of the Swiss FINMA-accredited fund services company Oligo Swiss Fund Services SA on its sale to the DMS Group.

A High Court judge has refused to strike out a claim for negligence brought by the widow of a Bangladeshi worker killed on a ship. Mr Justice Jay held that Maran (UK) Ltd arguably owed a duty of care to the shipbreaker, Khalil Mollah. The decision is likely to send shockwaves around the shippin

The new head of Scotland's bar is Roddy Dunlop QC. Mr Dunlop was the sole nomination to succeed Gordon Jackson QC as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.

Benjamin Bestgen discusses the death penalty in this week's jurisprudential primer. See his last one here. A few weeks ago an acquaintance (let’s call her Lea) witnessed an incident where teenagers had assaulted elderly people by deliberately coughing and spitting on them and yelling “CO

Police slapped partygoers with fines worth nearly €23,000 in total after an unusually large order from KFC raised suspicions. Ambulance workers who were at the restaurant by coincidence raised the alarm after two people ordered more than 20 meals in the early hours of the morning.