Phoenix Law

The High Court has quashed the refusal of a long-stay student visa for a 20-year-old woman from Gaza who was offered a fully funded engineering place at University College Cork, ordering the justice minister to reconsider her application and issue a fresh decision within 10 working days. Mr Justice

The Roger Casement Commemoration & Re-interment Association have submitted a formal application to Dublin City Council and Glasnevin Cemetery requesting an Exhumation Licence to re-inter Roger Casement at Murlough Bay. This application is supported by Roger Casement’s family and is made in

A High Court case commenced on Tuesday challenging the Irish government’s refusal to provide visas to students from Gaza. The basis for the refusals relates to the inability of each of the students to obtain documentary evidence, which the State says is required to obtain the visa in question

Phoenix Law have announced that their client, Hafez Alrayyes, a Gaza student awarded a fully funded scholarship to study Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, has had his Irish study visa refusal overturned following a legal challenge. A spokesperson for Phoenix Law said: “Despite the devasta

Belfast solicitor Darragh Mackin of Phoenix Law is to act as defence solicitor for Daniel Kinahan the Special Criminal Court in Dublin was told on Monday. A partner in the Belfast firm Mr Mackin has been involved in numerous high-profile cases in recent years acting for Belfast rap trio Kneecap in d

Phoenix Law has this morning served pre-action correspondence on the Department of Education challenging the eligibility criteria of its Initial Teacher Education Bursary Scheme. The scheme pays tuition fees in full – support worth up to £20,000 – for trainee teachers in the shorta

Scholarship students from Gaza have had Irish study visas refused over documentary requirements their lawyers say are impossible to meet, prompting a threatened High Court challenge.

Phoenix Law partner Darragh Mackin has been recognised with an award from Trinity College Dublin's student branch of FLAC.

A member of Irish-language rap group Kneecap will not face trial in England for an alleged terrorism offence following a court victory. The English High Court yesterday found that a judge was right to find that he had no jurisdiction to try a charge against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who perf

Belfast-based Phoenix Law has launched a group action on behalf of students whose education at Northern Ireland universities was significantly disrupted during the Covid-19 pandemic. The firm argues that students who paid full tuition fees "with the expectation of receiving the complete university e

Belfast-based Phoenix Law is acting for punk-rap duo Bob Vylan in Irish defamation proceedings brought against RTÉ over its coverage of their performance at Glastonbury. Lead singer Pascal Robinson-Foster, known as Bobby Vylan, was accused in an RTÉ News broadcast of leading antisemiti

Belfast-based Phoenix Law has promoted immigration lawyer Sinead Marmion to partner. Ms Marmion joined the firm in 2019 and heads its immigration and asylum department, acting in several high-profile and complex cases including the landmark challenge to the UK's Rwanda policy and the Illegal Migrati

Belfast firm Phoenix Law is acting on behalf of Irish rap group Kneecap in defamation proceedings against a Canadian MP. The trio of Liam Óg Hanna, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh allege that Mr Gasparro made defamatory comments regarding their applications to e

Northern Ireland lawyers Darragh Mackin and Gavin Booth will each receive more than €410,000 in damages after being defamed by businessman Denis O'Brien and his spokesperson, James Morrissey. A High Court jury in Dublin found on Friday that Mr Mackin and Mr Booth were defamed in a press release

Religious education and collective worship in Northern Ireland schools does not comply with fundamental human rights standards, the UK Supreme Court has ruled. The court today handed down its unanimous judgment in an appeal brought by a young girl, anonymised as JR87, and her father, G.