An inquiry is being conducted into an allegation that a district judge called a defendant “English scum” at a remand hearing.

Social media giants such as Twitter and Facebook could be fined if they fail to take down posts likely to prejudice a criminal trial.

“Justice delayed is justice denied” is a legal maxim which states that legal redress that is not delivered on time is the same as no redress. 

From the backstreets of Walkinstown to the top legal bench in the land, the journey of new Chief Justice Frank Clarke has been a remarkable one.

Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has reiterated the government’s determination to protect the Common Travel Area and "protect the free movement of people and the mutually beneficial flow of students, staff and researchers."

A High Court judge has appealed for the appointment of more judges, saying numbers here are “rock bottom” versus the rest of Europe and much of the rest of the world and are endangering the proper administration of justice.

The State’s legal advisory body is expected to make recommendations in relation citizen journalists and campaigners posting commentary on social media questioning the evidence of witnesses during trials in a forthcoming review of the law on contempt of court.

THE old classroom admonishment “tell the truth and shame the devil” may not ring out as loudly as it once did. Indeed, considerable evidence suggests that the instruction was never as widely observed as our teachers or parents might have hoped. 

More than 2,000 fines, worth around €400,000, have been paid under a new instalment system created to avoid jailing fine defaulters.

Waiting times for cases to be heard before the anti-terror courts almost halved last year, a report revealed.

Supreme Court judge Frank Clarke is to be appointed chief justice after the Cabinet signed off on his nomination in its last meeting before the summer recess.

The first of his family to enter third-level education, the socially liberal Frank Clarke is set to become the country’s next chief justice.

At last: A senior judicial appointment made by the Government without acrimony.

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The administration of justice is being threatened by the use of social media in the courts, the State’s top judge has said.

Chief Justice Susan Denham deserves credit for her initiative in launching a review of social media and its impact on the courts.

The outgoing Chief Justice has confirmed that draft guidelines are needed in relation to how social media is used in courtrooms.

The Supreme Court is to hear further submissions on whether a defamation action in which a man was awarded €900,000 should go back for a full jury re-trial or whether the court itself could assess damages.

The Court of Appeal was incorrect in overturning a €900,000 damages award for defamation to a man called a drug dealer by a newspaper, the Supreme Court has found.

Barrister Sean Guerin has asked the Supreme Court to hear an appeal against Alan Shatter's successful challenge to sections of his report concerning the former Justice Minister's handling of complaints of Garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe.

Many unsuitable people will be appointed judges if the Government pushes through controversial legislation, the Dáil has heard.

The Government plans to drive through legislation for the new judicial appointments system and does not expect to make any amendments despite calls for changes from top judges and opposition parties.

Judges are determined to protect the current system of who promotes their peers, while the Fine Gael and Independent Alliance government says reforms will herald a modern system of who is appointed to the bench.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned two of Ireland’s most senior judges that they must respect the independence of Government to perform its duties, insisting separation of powers between the groups works both ways.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal with potentially important implications for how the ESB and other statutory bodies carry out their functions.

Planned legislation overhauling the judicial appointments’ process is “wrong in principle”.

A woman has lost her Supreme Court appeal against the overturning of a €493,000 damages award to her by a High Court jury after it found a relative sexually assaulted her when she was a child.

An appeal by a man against his conviction for the murder of rugby player Shane Geoghegan in a case of mistaken identity has been dismissed by a six to one majority in the Supreme Court.

TK Whitaker, dubbed the “architect of modern Ireland”, wanted to be remembered simply as a civil servant who did his best, mourners at his funeral Mass heard.

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The country’s top judge, Chief Justice Susan Denham, has hit out at the failure of the Government to establish a judicial council, which she said is damaging Ireland’s international reputation.

IT may be an over-reaction to say that Chief Justice Susan Denham’s attack on the Government over its failure to establish a judicial council is seismic. 

Michael Clifford has found many people ditch the legal experts and fight their own case in court. Tom Talbot is one of those people... 

An appeal against the High Court rejection of a man’s claim that RTÉ and columnist Fiona Looney stole the idea for the reality show Celebrity Bainisteoir has been dismissed by the Supreme Court.

An appeal by a Co Tipperary-based motor racing track owner against a High Court injunction granted to a nearby stud farm restricting the times the track can operate has been upheld by the Supreme Court.

Billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien has lost an appeal against a 2011 High Court decision dismissing his claim that the Moriarty Tribunal had incorrectly restricted cross-examination of a key witness at its public hearings.

Court office queues are to shorten under plans to allow more legal transactions to be carried out online.