The Law Reform Commission is looking at whether someone who kills their spouse should be allowed to keep their jointly owned property.

It is publishing an issues paper relating to succession law.

The paper is being released in light of the Lillis/Cawley case, after Eamonn Lillis was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife, Celine Cawley.

Mr Lillis claimed he was entitled to their jointly owned home.

Marie Baker, a Law Reform Commissioner, says the case was treated differently to France, where the couple had other jointly owned property: