Higher Court

Italy’s top court has been widely condemned after it ruled that aggravated circumstances cannot be applied to a rape sentence if the victim voluntaril(...)

A book of condolence has been opened for a Cork father-of-two who died after being attacked while out with his wife and a friend in Western Australia (...)

A 34-year-old Australian is likely to face a manslaughter or murder charge following the death of an Irish father of two in an incident in Perth over (...)

Gardaí investigating the murder of French film producer, Sophie Toscan du Plantier were able to eliminate her former lover from their list of suspects(...)

Samsung Electronics vice-chairman Jay Y Lee has filed an appeal against the five-year jail term he was given for bribery and other charges through his(...)

Four insurance brokers whose offices in Ireland were raided as part of an European Commission investigation into concerns about breaches of EU antitru(...)

A teenage girl has been sent forward for trial to the Circuit Court after a Leaving Cert student was beaten and repeatedly stabbed by a gang. The 17-(...)

On Tuesday, the Government nominated the Attorney General, Máire Whelan, to the Court of Appeal to fill the vacancy on that court that existed since t(...)

In December 2013, as Minister for Justice, I initiated a public consultative process on reforming the judicial appointments system. Following receipt(...)

A coroner has urged people to be extremely vigilant on farms after a jury returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest into the death of a to(...)