Clarification of legal status of personal injury guidelines turns spotlight on insurersSupreme Court decision met with dismay by some personal injuries lawyers, but others say it provides much-needed clarification for all involved in claimsTue Apr 09 2024 - 17:50
Insurers face pressure to cut premiums as court removes injury awards uncertainty‘Insurers have a responsibility to reflect this in their premiums’Tue Apr 09 2024 - 13:31
Finding that guidelines slashing personal injury awards has legal effect ‘of systemic importance’ - Supreme Court Woman not entitled to have her injury assessed under earlier guidelines, Supreme Court rulesTue Apr 09 2024 - 10:08
Supreme Court to decide landmark appeal over validity of guidelines slashing damages for personal injuriesOutcome of challenge has significant implications for future assessment of personal injury awardsMon Apr 08 2024 - 19:00
Hearing to extend businessman’s bankruptcy to proceed after judge strikes out ‘annulment’ moveJune hearing date fixed for extension application over alleged non co-operation with bankruptcy trustee by Wexford businessman Alan HynesMon Apr 08 2024 - 16:13
Woman who fled her home gets interim barring order against husbandWoman alleges she is in ‘constant fear’ over husband’s behaviour and endured years of psychological abuseMon Apr 08 2024 - 06:00
Woman secures barring order against estranged husband who allegedly forced himself on her sexuallyFormer couple living in same house separately because she has ‘nowhere else to go’, Dublin District Family Court hearsSun Apr 07 2024 - 06:00
Divorced man no longer has to pay €385 monthly maintenance to ex-wife, judge rulesOriginal order made in 2005 in favour of woman and couple’s then dependent childrenThu Apr 04 2024 - 15:58
Judge directs man to pay €1,900 maintenance per month for two children and €95,000 to ex-wife Proper provision orders made in High Court divorce proceedingsTue Apr 02 2024 - 17:21
Ireland’s independent courts system ‘should not be taken for granted’, says Chief JusticeTop-level programme of events and projects will mark centenary of establishment of independent courtsTue Apr 02 2024 - 06:00
‘I am absolutely in fear of him’: Woman tells court of ‘extensive’ verbal and emotional abuse by husbandMan agrees to one-year safety order after wife tells judge: ‘I think he’ll flip his lid and murder me’Sun Mar 31 2024 - 06:00
‘Hate speech’ Bill: What’s in it and should we be worried about intrusion on right to free speech?Simon Harris says Bill is part of programme for government but he favours ‘constructive’ amendmentsThu Mar 28 2024 - 05:00
Man with brain injury from assault discharged from High Court wardship after 15 yearsJudge appoints representative to make decisions on man’s behalf, including to protect his assetsTue Mar 26 2024 - 06:00
Well-known Dublin solicitor Ivor Fitzpatrick dies aged 68Solicitor and property investor was close associate of former taoiseach Charles HaugheyMon Mar 25 2024 - 17:50
‘I can’t live like this’: Desperate parents ask courts to protect them from aggressive adult childrenJudges say the housing crisis, drug addiction and mental health issues are contributing to rise in number of applications by parents and grandparentsSat Mar 23 2024 - 06:00
Woman says she was not put under pressure to drop full barring order application against partner who had assaulted herMother of three got interim barring order days earlier after man allegedly slapped her in the face 'busting' her noseSun Mar 17 2024 - 06:00
Mother alleges former partner ‘systematically abused’ her since baby’s birth Judge says woman is sole custodian and alleged removal of baby is ‘tantamount to kidnapping’Fri Mar 15 2024 - 16:33
Supreme Court to decide if ‘woman’s work in the home’ article imposes carer funding obligations on State Mother of profoundly disabled boy challenges refusal of maximum care allowance in appeal of ‘systemic importance’ for carersThu Mar 14 2024 - 06:00
Supreme Court to judge on appeal over personal injuries guidelines within weeks Waterford woman challenged constitutionality of guidelines after leg injury assessed for €3,000Wed Mar 13 2024 - 18:51
Two judges, law professor Ireland’s candidates for next European Court of Human Rights positionOne of three candidates approved by Government will be elected by Council of Europe Parliamentary AssemblyWed Mar 13 2024 - 15:11
Supreme Court urged to overturn re-engagement of Gaelscoil principal eight years after dismissalPrevious board of management approved principal’s inflation of pupil enrolment figures, court toldMon Mar 11 2024 - 19:15
Dermot Desmond defamation case against Irish Times ready for hearing, judge toldBusinessman gets legal costs of his successful pre-trial bid to exclude Nobel laureate economist’s evidenceMon Mar 11 2024 - 15:33
Bankruptcy application against ex rugby international Brendan Mullin adjournedFirm seeks bankruptcy orders against Brendan Mullin and former business partner over alleged €1.8m debtMon Mar 11 2024 - 15:13
Woman gets protection order against Garda husband after saying she fears for the lives of herself and her children Woman alleges faeces was put on her toothbrush and she has been subject to financial, sexual and emotional abuse throughout marriageFri Mar 08 2024 - 07:00
Supreme Court finalising judgment on landmark appeal over guidelines slashing personal injury awards Waterford woman’s appeal was heard a year ago but court now seeking submissions on a specific legal issueWed Mar 06 2024 - 19:00
Economist’s evidence inadmissible in Dermot Desmond defamation case against Irish Times, judge rulesJoseph Stiglitz prepared report on newspaper’s coverage of Panama Papers as part of defence of businessman’s actionTue Mar 05 2024 - 20:26
Some solicitors unhappy with call by Law Society’s council for Yes vote in referendums Members take to social media to criticise lack of consultation before issuing of statementTue Mar 05 2024 - 20:15
‘Impossible is just perception’ – Women with disabilities pursuing legal careersThree women who have taken exceptional paths explain what drives them, and what challenges them, as they go about their work in lawTue Mar 05 2024 - 06:00
Fishermen rescued off Aran Islands after boat runs agroundAll five crew well after coastguard helicopter winched them to safetySun Mar 03 2024 - 19:20
Woman secures protection order against partner who allegedly put shotgun to her headWoman alleged her former partner frequently assaulted and abused her for more than a decadeSun Mar 03 2024 - 11:46
Referendums Q&A: A legal expert on what is being proposed, and the effect it will haveIn an interview less than a week before the family and care referendums, Ms Justice Marie Baker says the Supreme Court is unlikely to give an ‘outlandish’ interpretation of ‘durable’ relationshipsSat Mar 02 2024 - 07:00
Law Society calls for Yes-Yes vote in family and care referendumsYes vote will ‘better reflect the diversity of family life’ and ‘acknowledge the role of carers’, says solicitors’ representative bodySat Mar 02 2024 - 06:00
Lawyers group urges No vote in family and care referendumsYes vote would have long-term consequences in tax, property and family law, group claimsThu Feb 29 2024 - 20:33
Draft findings issued in INM data breach investigationMove signals long-running investigation into Ireland’s largest news group is drawing to a closeThu Feb 29 2024 - 05:30
‘I can’t take it any more’: Woman gets protection order from granddaughter who she says is ‘beating’ herSeparate order granted to a mother who said she is ‘terrified’ of her adult son ‘when he kicks off’Sun Feb 25 2024 - 15:30
Single people are ‘the poor relatives’ when it comes to inheritance taxArticle 41 referendum offers potential to tackle ‘unfair and unequal’ inheritance tax treatment of singles, unmarried cohabitantsSat Feb 24 2024 - 05:30
Lawyers should be ‘more encouraging’ of applications under new decision-support law, judge saysSo far 451 applications have been made under new rules, but many are unable to afford lawyers, seminar toldThu Feb 22 2024 - 17:25
Israel’s occupation of Palestinian Territory breaches international law, Ireland tells ICJUN member states and EU must not enter into economic agreements that would support Israel's settlement activity in Occupied Palestinian Territory, Attorney General saysThu Feb 22 2024 - 14:56
Judge clears way for fund to pursue estate of deceased man over alleged debt secured on three propertiesOption remains open to family members to oppose fund’s proceedings, court notesWed Feb 21 2024 - 20:49
Care amendment criticised by two more bodies in further blow to Yes Yes referendum campaign Tanaiste disputes claim by Free Legal Advice Centres that ‘care’ amendment is sexistTue Feb 20 2024 - 06:00
Marc Godart resists application over company’s non-payment of awards to unlawfully evicted tenantLandlord’s lawyer tells judge there is ‘a certain situation’ regarding the assets of the company concernedMon Feb 19 2024 - 14:53
Top barrister criticises ‘scandalous’ use of emergency law to prop up Special Criminal CourtBrendan Grehan, who represented Gerard Hutch during his trial at the non-jury court last year, urges reform of emergency law dating back 50 yearsMon Feb 19 2024 - 05:01
Legal body criticises ‘sexist’ amendment on carersFree Legal Advice Centres backs family amendment but does not support care amendment in March 8th referendumsMon Feb 19 2024 - 00:01
Woman tells family court she was ‘absolutely battered’ by partner after child’s funeralMan is refusing to allow mother retrieve mementoes of their deceased child from his house, court toldSun Feb 18 2024 - 07:00
State urged to resist use of ‘exceptional’ measures to tackle terror and extremismSpecial Criminal Court ‘hard to disappear’ and ‘new forms of exceptionality’ building around far right, says expertFri Feb 16 2024 - 19:19
Dublin landlord has bankruptcy extended by seven years over failure to detail assets and incomeJudge notes evidence there may be 43 properties in which Fintan Egan has an interestWed Feb 14 2024 - 07:06
Supreme Court to consider issues of ‘systemic importance’ for carers in appeal by mother of severely disabled manImpact of Constitution’s ‘woman in the home’ article for carer’s allowance payment among issues raisedTue Feb 13 2024 - 12:50
Judge gives Alan Hynes three weeks to reply to bid to extend his bankruptcy over alleged non co-operationWexford businessman has brought separate application to ‘annul’ bankruptcy orderMon Feb 12 2024 - 17:11
Bankruptcy proceedings against former rugby international Brendan Mullin adjournedBusinessman disputes alleged €1.85m debt and denies committing act of bankruptcyMon Feb 12 2024 - 12:37
High legal costs could be reduced by non-binding guidelines and new ‘transparency’ measures - reportMaximum legal costs could be set for personal injury cases concerning awards under €30,000, says independent report prepared for Department of JusticeSun Feb 11 2024 - 16:09
