2 days ago · Barristers appearing in the most serious criminal cases in Northern Ireland are effectively being asked to do twice the work for half the pay they were getting two decades ago, the chairperson of the Bar of Northern Ireland has told Irish Legal News.

Nov 4, 2024 · The analytical report identifies trends emerging from three years of court reporting and marks the conclusion of the Project’s three-year contract with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY).. The report will be launched in Dublin later today by Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, the government’s special rapporteur on child protection, at …

Jul 28, 2023 · Beginning by locating the origin of Irish neutrality within struggles for Irish independence from Britain, before going on to show how the concept has been developed and tested over the century-long history of the State, Gallagher draws on a broad range of historical sources and interviews with military and political figures (some on the condition of anonymity) to produce a remarkably detailed ...

Nov 18, 2022 · McCann FitzGerald partner Garreth O'Brien and senior associate Heather McMahon consider a significant High Court decision on company law. For the first time, the High Court has pierced the corporate veil to make directors and shadow directors personally liable for the fraud of a company.

Aug 2, 2024 · Ireland is breaching the human rights of asylum seekers by failing to provide for their basic needs, including accommodation, the High Court has ruled.

Dec 4, 2024 · The High Court has stayed part of a claim against the Attorney General arising from a receiver sale dispute in circumstances where the plaintiffs claimed that improper safeguards of the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights were in place. Delivering judgment for the High Court in November, Mr Just

Jan 20, 2025 · The High Court will state a case to the Court of Appeal concerning whether the use of substitution applications is appropriate in appeal cases. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Garrett Simons observed that "it is better that this matter now come before the Court of Appeal, rather t ...

Dec 18, 2024 · The final provisions of the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021 will come into force on 21 December 2024 in line with a statutory deadline.. From that date, posts to public bodies on social media will have to be responded to in the official language in which they are received and correspondence sent out by public bodies to the public to market themselves or their services will be done in ...

Nov 26, 2024 · Simmons & Simmons has become the first law firm in Ireland to indicate it will operate as a solicitor-barrister legal partnership. The international law firm has notified the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) that it is adopting the …

Mar 21, 2024 · The Bar of Ireland, backed by the Family Lawyers’ Association (FLA), which represents over 500 barristers and solicitors, has urged the government in a new submission to rethink this element of the Family Courts Bill 2022, which it says it otherwise strongly supports.. Under the bill, proceedings where land — which would normally include a family home — up to €1 million in market value ...