Mediahuis UK asks High Court to strike out Sinn Féin constituency organiser’s defamation claimLawyers for media company say article published in Belfast newspaper Sunday Life ‘is not about the plaintiff at all’Tue Jun 20 2023 - 18:07
Digital rights group wants court to order regulator to fully investigate claims against MetaGroup complains about social media platforms’ handling of personal data under certain article of the GDPRMon Jun 19 2023 - 17:27
Cork coroner to oppose family’s case brought over decisions made prior to maternal death inquest Geraldine Yankeu died after 11 days in intensive care following the delivery of her stillborn babyMon Jun 19 2023 - 15:55
‘Profoundly disturbing’: Woman with intellectual disability deprived of liberty for long period of timeHigh Court hears woman has history of self-harm and causing property damage, and has not taken a shower in more than a yearFri Jun 16 2023 - 19:27
Johnny Ronan firm wins appeal on 13-storey Spencer Dock planAn Bord Pleanála was entitled to permit the height increase for two apartment blocks, says Court of AppealFri Jun 16 2023 - 16:08
Case against Kremlin-controlled GTLK Europe must go to English court, judge rulesGuinean firm trying to enforce a $20 million guarantee over supply of raw material to Co Limerick alumina refineryThu Jun 15 2023 - 18:49
Prisoners allege they could not leave cells to shower after being identified as Covid ‘close contacts’Current and former prisoners seek damages for alleged breach of constitutional rights during two-week period in February 2022Thu Jun 15 2023 - 14:52
High Court approves plan to write off more than €4m of salesman’s debtJudge said approval does not unfairly prejudice debt purchaser that will receive just 0.48 per cent of what it was owedWed Jun 14 2023 - 22:04
MAC Interiors has reasonable chance of survival, says examinerConstruction firm says it was badly affected by pandemic restrictions on the construction sectorWed Jun 14 2023 - 16:03
Insurer should pay out on hotel’s claim due to likelihood of Covid at premises in March 2020, court hearsThe Marlin Hotel Dublin is suing its insurer over its refusal to provide an indemnity for interruption during the pandemicTue Jun 13 2023 - 18:47
Surgeon who claims he was on enforced sick leave entitled to return to work, court hearsDr Pawan Rajpal brought case alleging he was informed last August that he was the subject of a complaint from another staff memberTue Jun 13 2023 - 17:13
High Court challenge brought over permission for 289 homes in EnnisKilfenora resident wants order overturning approval for €65 million schemeMon Jun 12 2023 - 20:37
Adequacy of Web Summit’s pre-trial document sharing questioned by other sidesLawyers for Web Summit said further discovery will be made if that is requiredMon Jun 12 2023 - 17:29
Resolution reached in row over ownership of Dublin property assetsCase concerned shares in hospitality businesses in Temple Bar and Smithfield, including the Bad Ass CaféMon Jun 12 2023 - 17:28
Court dismisses bankruptcy appeals for Alan and Noreen HynesA liquidator said previously that Mr Hynes was the ‘most dishonest director’ he had encounteredFri Jun 09 2023 - 15:55
Special Criminal Court wrong to find man was miscarriage of justice victim, DPP saysMichael Connolly (49) was acquitted by the Court of Appeal in 2018 and found not guilty the next year following a retrial at the Special Criminal CourtThu Jun 08 2023 - 20:41
IBRC liquidators to seek clarity from appeal court over scope of civil case facing Michael FingletonPart of case IBRC liquidators are seeking to pursue are ‘out’ according to appeal court, says judgeThu Jun 08 2023 - 19:34
Malaysian students’ exclusion after arriving for online course during Covid was ‘rational’, court rulesChain Wen Wei and Tang Ting Ting arrived at Cork Airport in December 2020, during a ‘Level 3′ lockdownWed Jun 07 2023 - 16:18
Supreme Court to hear conviction appeal by man who infected two women with HIVThe now 33-year-old was jailed for 10 years for intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to the womenThu May 25 2023 - 13:09
Community group challenges permission for 432 homes in north DublinScheme represents ‘significant over-development’ of the land, says Donabate groupThu May 25 2023 - 12:36
Judgment in default ordered against 29 Christian Brothers unless they appear before next abuse case sittingPaul Hendrick, a former Christian Brother and retired school principal, pleaded guilty in the criminal courts to sexually assaulting plaintiff Kenneth GraceWed May 24 2023 - 14:49
Judge bemoans rash of ‘strikingly similar’ court cases by lay litigants that make ‘absolutely no sense’Judgments have concluded this sort of claim is frivolous, vexatious, bound to fail and an abuse of processTue May 23 2023 - 17:21
Row between insurers over liability for worker’s injuries goes to Supreme Court Zurich and RSA in policy dispute over ‘life-changing’ injuries when wheelie bin fell off truck on to workerTue May 23 2023 - 16:49
Unauthorised works at wind farm development site where bog slide occurred, council claims Developer denies the local authority’s claims and says €100 million has been invested in ‘largely complete’ projectMon May 22 2023 - 18:14
Insurer loses appeal over finding it was liable to pay out over roof damageLloyd’s argued damage was caused ‘to’ the structure rather than ‘in’ the structureMon May 22 2023 - 16:19
High Court suspends doctor from register after hearing claim he provided false ‘glowing’ referenceJudge previously declined to suspend Dr Syed Waqa Ali Bukhari and accepted undertakings by the finest marginFri May 19 2023 - 21:10
Solar 21 proceedings adjourned to enable provision of further information to concerned investorsLawyers for various cohorts of investors and brokers wanted the court to adjourn the High Court hearing on account of an alleged deficiency in information provided to creditorsFri May 19 2023 - 20:25
High Court makes orders winding up BlackBee investment fund Some 1,700 letters sent to investors since provisional liquidators were appointed to Cork-based firmFri May 19 2023 - 18:13
Quinn Insurance administrators provide 23 reports following Irish Times applicationCollapse of the company of bankrupt former billionaire Seán Quinn cost the taxpayer some €1 billionFri May 19 2023 - 17:19
WFS Forestry’s purpose was defrauding investors, court-appointed inspector saysInvestigation into Christmas tree firm, which received at least €7.1m from investors, has so far cost the taxpayer €504,000Thu May 18 2023 - 17:40
Parliamentary privilege not dependent on good motives or reasonable behaviour, Supreme Court toldSpeech protection is ‘absolute’ and ‘critical to the protection of democracy’, say Dáil Éireann lawyersWed May 17 2023 - 20:19
Court refuses to quash permissions for co-living scheme off Dublin’s North Great George’s StreetJudge dismissed proceedings brought by the North Great Goerge’s Street Preservation SocietyWed May 17 2023 - 18:59
Former Rehab CEO’s damages case relates to Dáil PAC’s actions, not utterances, Supreme Court toldMs Kerins is appealing to the Supreme Court for the second time as part of her 2014 claim for damagesTue May 16 2023 - 18:30
High Court winds up firm as investor (81) believes he was victim of ‘elaborate sting’Retiree Gerald Stitt claims he invested close to €300,000 in what he though was a cryptocurrencyTue May 16 2023 - 17:01
Fuel trader fails in bid to get details of clients interviewed by Revenue in green diesel investigationMichael Quigley wanted the records to help in his appeal against Revenue's assessment he is liable to pay €1.6 million taxTue May 16 2023 - 16:07
Plumbing contractors’ union challenges sectoral employment order pension scheme requirementUnion claims a provision of the order was deemed invalid by the Supreme CourtMon May 15 2023 - 20:15
Woman asks High Court to prevent dismissal from firmPurported dismissal followed hand-delivery of letter to boss’s home, court hearsMon May 15 2023 - 17:23
Fisherman asks court to quash licence to investigate offshore wind farm sitesThe €1.5bn project is proposed for sites off the coast of Dublin and WicklowFri May 12 2023 - 17:51
All 23 reports on Quinn Insurance administration to be made public after Irish Times court applicationThe Irish Times submitted to the court that the reports contained public interest informationFri May 12 2023 - 15:12
High Court gives consent for doctors not to amputate man’s leg Judge has ‘absolutely no doubt’ surgery not in best interests of man (70s)Thu May 11 2023 - 18:15
NALM entitled to £840,000 investment proceeds of boom-era developer Bernard McNamaraThe Clare-born developer was declared a bankrupt by the British high court in 2012Thu May 11 2023 - 17:05
Dublin Airport noise mitigation measures that could cost €1.8bn unlawfully prescribed, DAA claimsAirport authority seeks to quash part of development plan relating to noise insulation measures and rezoning of some of its landWed May 10 2023 - 18:25
Man with dementia faces learning of leg amputation ‘over and over’, court hearsDoctors differ as surgeon believes amputation should proceed and geriatrician disagreesTue May 09 2023 - 18:19
Child born in UK via surrogacy does not derive citizenship from non-biological Irish father, Supreme Court rulesThe non-biological father is not the child’s ‘parent’ as that term is defined under Irish law, judge saysTue May 09 2023 - 16:41
Regulator puts provisional liquidators into investment fund BlackBee Appointments necessary to protect investors and maintain public confidence in financial market, court toldMon May 08 2023 - 19:53
Hines fails in move to appeal refusal of Clonliffe seminary plan High Court refuses developer’s request to appeal decision quashing permission for 1,600 apartments in DrumcondraMon May 08 2023 - 18:48
An Bord Pleanála concedes in challenge to approval of increased disposal capacity at Russian-owned Aughinish plantConcession understood to relate to board’s failure to consider submission of An Taisce before approving expansionMon May 08 2023 - 12:22
Court grants order temporarily preventing receiver from repossessing woman’s homeAlison Rafferty claims the receiver, on foot of a debt fund’s instructions, was due to change the locks on her family home at 5pm on FridayFri May 05 2023 - 20:25
Ammi Burke loses judicial review after talking over judge and counsel Judge apologises to barristers for Arthur Cox and Workplace Relations Commission over ‘unacceptable, appalling situation’Thu May 04 2023 - 16:50
WRC challenges Ammi Burke claim over legitimacy of disruption at unfair dismissal hearingDismissed Arthur Cox solicitor seeking new hearing after WRC officer cut short original review over ‘persistent interruption’ by her and her motherThu May 04 2023 - 13:45
