Seán Brassil has been promoted to general counsel at the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). Mr Brassil, who practised as a barrister before joining the IRFU in 2015, brings extensive legal expertise ...

A Russian court has inadvertently admitted that Ukraine sank the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet in a press release which was published online and then quickly removed. The Moskva sank in April 2022 a ...

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has determined that the custodial sentence imposed upon a man convicted of attempted sexual communication with a child was manifestly excessive Delivering judgment ...

A man who backed out of an agreement to purchase a home after its price plummeted has been ordered to pay nearly half of the ...

The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has ...

The Irish Human Rights and Equality commission (IHREC) has responded to the recently published International Protection Bill ...

Karyn Harty, Lesley Caplin and Aaron McCarthy of Dentons consider whether EU law permits member states to ban social media for under-16s. Australia's ban on under-16s using major social media services ...

The Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2026-2030 for England and Wales has been published, setting out a framework for ...

The prosecution of Hong Kong activists for commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown is a further escalation in the authorities’ weaponisation of national security laws to silence dissent, Amnesty ...

International legal and professional services firm Walkers has named Nicholas Blake-Knox as its new managing partner for Ireland. The asset management and investment funds lawyer will succeed Jonathan ...

Lavelle Partners LLP has appointed Denise Dockery as a partner in its property team. With more than two decades of ...

A man who allegedly posed as a commercial airline pilot to fly for free is facing up to 20 years' imprisonment. Canadian man ...