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6 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.
Review: Is Ireland Neutral? The Many Myths of Irish Neutrality
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 ...
NI High Court: Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal decision absolving ...
Dec 6, 2024 · Northern Ireland's High Court has determined that a decision of the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal should be reversed and that a penalty of admonishment should be applied in respect of a solicitor. Delivering judgment in November, Lady Chief Justice Siobhan Keegan opined that to the respondent's
Supreme Court: Common law defence of lawful use of force …
Oct 15, 2024 · The Supreme Court has determined that the common law defence to murder of “lawful use of force” as set out in The People (AG) v Dwyer [1972] IR 416 was abolished by s.22 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 and that the test in s.18 of that Act now applies instead. Deliv
Simmons & Simmons to become Ireland’s first legal partnership
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 …
Landmark planning bill to be signed into law | Irish Legal News
Oct 10, 2024 · The Planning and Development Bill 2023 introduces statutory timelines for all consenting processes and will see An Bord Pleanála reorganised into a new body called An Coimisiún Pleanála.. Billed as the “third largest piece of legislation in the history of our State”, it was introduced following a comprehensive, 15-month legal review of the Planning and Development Act 2000 by the Office ...
Kevin Healy: Strict interpretation of Assisted Decision-Making Act …
Nov 12, 2024 · Kevin Healy, solicitor at CKT, reviews a recent decision by Judge John O'Connor in the Circuit Court. An application was made under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 by the children of AB, who had previously been appointed as decision-making representatives (DMRs), for a deed of trans
Kane Tuohy: The issue with references and lessons for employers
Oct 24, 2024 · Kane Tuohy employment lawyer Triona Cody considers best practices for employment references. The issue of employees providing references without authority has received a lot of media coverage in recent weeks. In this article, we explore some of the commonly asked questions in relation to providing r
Triona Cody: New right to postpone maternity leave in cases of …
Nov 6, 2024 · Kane Tuohy employment lawyer Triona Cody examines all of the key provisions of recently approved legislation. President Michael D. Higgins has signed into law the Maternity Protection, Employment Equality and Preservation of Certain Records Bill 2024. We await the commencement order which will speci
Supreme Court: Landmark decision on Personal Injuries Guidelines
Apr 10, 2024 · A majority of the Supreme Court has determined that s.7(2)(g) of the Judicial Council Act 2019 which required the adoption by the Judicial Council of the 2021 Personal Injuries Guidelines is unconstitutional, but that the Guidelines remain in force in law being that were subsequently ratified by the Oireachtas through the Family …