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In wake of Simeon Burke controversy, Seán Guerin defends the legal profession’s under-fire pupillage system as ‘very modern’ and ‘invaluable’
In wake of Simeon Burke controversy, Seán Guerin defends the legal profession’s under-fire pupillage system as ‘very modern’ and ‘invaluable’
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Court’s earlier ruling on phone metadata admissibility issues was a significant blow to Dwyer
Ms O’Hara’s father says he is “pleased” and “relieved” that “long journey” is finally over
Dwyer has been serving a life sentence after being convicted in 2015 for the murder of Elaine O’Hara
Dwyer made similar, not identical, arguments in appeal against murder conviction
The seven-judge court overturned Kinahan gang gunman’s conviction for assisting in attempted murder of James ‘Mago’ Gately
Action by convicted murderer includes claims of negligence and breach of privacy
Court reserves judgment on appeal by former architect for 2012 murder of childcare worker
Appeal centres around admission of mobile phone call data records at trial
Decision affirming Quirke’s murder conviction looks set to be the go-to judgment around the law on unconstitutionally obtained evidence
Judges say ‘significant issues of general public importance arise’ in arguments raised in legal action
Data privacy campaigner concerned law permits Minister to get ‘mass surveillance’ orders after private court hearing
Case must raise a matter of law of general public importance or be necessary in the interests of justice, to be heard by Supreme Court
Government move to force stopgap data retention and amendment that could gag discussion on complaints prolong history of State bungling on data protection
Helen McEntee made move following court ruling on legal challenge by convicted murderer Graham Dwyer
Amendment will make disclosure of information deemed ‘confidential’ by Data Protection Commission an offence
Department of Justice has ‘no comment’ on allegation by Digital Rights Ireland
Caolan Smyth (30) and Gary McAreavey (55) are asking the court to quash their convictions and to reject phone data as inadmissible
Appeals are likely to have implications for any potential Supreme Court appeal by Graham Dwyer
Case raises issues about correct balance between data privacy rights and effective prosecution of serious crime
Cases involving man convicted of murdering Elaine O’Hara were before five different courts in eight years
Lawyers argued outcome of 2015 trial unsafe but prosecution insisted there was ‘overwhelming’ evidence to support it
Phone call data evidence ‘not that significant’ and was just ‘icing’ on the prosecution case against Dwyer, court said
District Court will need an estimated four days a week to hear Garda applications to retain/access phone metadata
Graham Dwyer case is a consequence of Government inaction on data laws
Court has reserved judgement in Dwyer’s appeal against his conviction for the murder of care worker Elaine O’Hara in 2012
Counsel for convicted killer says ‘everything’ European court said about dangers of data retention had happened in his client’s case
Dwyer to rely on phone metadata ruling in bid to overturn conviction
Appeal against 2015 conviction for murder of Elaine O’Hara is scheduled to last two days
New Bill over phone metadata retention expected to become law next week
Gardaí will be permitted to ‘quick freeze’ data for use as evidence
Evidence to be used as part of potential International Criminal Court prosecutions
ECJ ruling will boost his appeal against conviction, but he has obstacles to overcome
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