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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.
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: 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 …
New judges for Court of Appeal and Circuit Court
May 8, 2024 · Mr Justice Michael MacGrath has been nominated for appointment to the Court of Appeal and barristers Ronan Munro SC and Catherine White BL have been nominated for appointment to the Circuit Court. A High Court judge since 2018, and serving on the Special Criminal Courts since 2020, Mr Justice MacGra
Lawyer of the Month: Kevin Winters | Irish Legal News
Sep 29, 2023 · “Leaving home at 5.30am with my lunch box packed I learned a lot about Belfast during the mid 1970s and 1980s in the canteens of these places: there was intimidation, jobs for the boys and the extraction of money and I’m still involved in cases representing the families of men on both sides of the community who were shot …
Jude Murray BL: A practitioner’s guide to the Assisted Decision …
Feb 10, 2022 · 1 “Will and preferences” originated from Article 12 (“equal recognition before the law”) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Act also gives effect to the UN Convention on the International Protection of Adults. 2 S.I. No. 24/2021 - Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (Section 7(1)) (Commencement) Order 2021 – repealed the Marriage of Lunatics ...
High Court rules Ireland is breaching rights of asylum seekers
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.
Analysis: High Court pierces corporate veil | Irish Legal News
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.
Report: Rule of law in Ireland has regressed in some areas
Feb 22, 2023 · The Liberties Rule Of Law Report 2023 assesses the state of justice, corruption, media freedom, checks and balances, civic space and systemic human rights issues in 2022, as compiled by 45 human rights organisations in 18 countries across the EU.. In Ireland, the report finds that there has been progress in the past year on two issues (justice system; media environment and freedom of ...
Analysis: Judicial review and statutory adjudication
Sep 20, 2023 · Philip Lee partner Clare Cashin and senior associate Michael Cahill consider the tricky question of whether a statutory adjudication process can be challenged by judicial review. Whether statutory adjudication in Ireland is amenable to judicial review is a question that has, in absence of a definiti