Judge hopes couple’s costly 16 year legal battle ‘will now end’Supreme Court orders that woman get 75% of balance of pension once worth €800,000Tue Jan 22 2019 - 21:17
Facebook wants to alter findings because ‘it doesn’t like them’, court toldKey issue in appeal is whether legal entitlement exists to appeal referral to ECJTue Jan 22 2019 - 17:42
Dunnes wins court order to stop vacant site registrationLimerick property valued at €3m and those on register must pay 3% levyTue Jan 22 2019 - 17:18
Ireland ‘completely off course’ in meeting carbon reduction targets – court toldCourt urged to direct State to produce plan to properly tackle global warming risksTue Jan 22 2019 - 13:05
German company still billing customers for service not being provided, court toldRegulator is seeking court order restraining Yourtel from continuing with alleged activityMon Jan 21 2019 - 17:15
Sky sues Comreg over decision on access to Eircom infrastructureCompany says move will deter customer from switching and artificially inflate costsMon Jan 21 2019 - 16:54
Facebook ECJ referral appeal opens in Supreme CourtCase of ‘immense importance’ for EU GDP, court toldMon Jan 21 2019 - 12:44
High Court rules in case of four Caribbean-registered firmsCompanies entitled to damages against man over defrauding of Russian ammonia firmFri Jan 18 2019 - 21:22
Negligence claim against surgeon rejected at High CourtApproach to care by Dr Marcus Timlin was ‘gold standard’, Mr Justice Kevin Cross foundFri Jan 18 2019 - 19:31
Holiday home management company sues operators at estate over maintenanceDefendants say they spent own money on maintaining common areasFri Jan 18 2019 - 18:57
David Drumm to give evidence in Quinn children’s action over €2.34bn Anglo loansHigh Court urges Quinn children to consider further mediation in action against IBRCFri Jan 18 2019 - 13:29
Former bank chief Denis Casey appeals Anglo convictionCourt examines if banker should have been able to use ‘offically induced error’ as defenceThu Jan 17 2019 - 20:29
Girl might not have brain injury if delivered 10 mins earlier, court hearsChild with cerebral palsy sues HSE and obstetricians over management of birthWed Jan 16 2019 - 16:40
Anti-eviction activist Ben Gilroy jailed for three monthsJudge found he failed to complete 80 hours community service after admitting criminal contemptWed Jan 16 2019 - 13:17
Money given to Donegal couple by ‘naive’ friend was loan not gift, court rulesJudge says denial of true circumstances of €280,000 loan ruptured friendshipTue Jan 15 2019 - 14:03
Travel agent fails to prevent Ryanair ‘screen-scraping’ suitAirline suing Romanian firm SC Vola.Ro over alleged breaches of contract and copyrightMon Jan 14 2019 - 17:17
Finance fund sues solicitor and developer over €6.2m Limerick loanMoney used to purchase and develop hotel propertyMon Jan 14 2019 - 16:26
Judge rules An Taisce cannot appeal board’s decision on quarry submissionsCourt rules applicants not entitled to appeal rejection of case against Bord PleanálaMon Jan 14 2019 - 15:40
Senior garda seeks to overturn ‘bizarre’ suspension from forceJohn Fintan Fanning takes case over move he claims was ‘calculated to cause him damage’Fri Jan 11 2019 - 17:06
Legal fund pays out €240,000 to meet struck-off solicitor’s liabilitiesImelda Leahy took money from dead woman’s estate and forged documents, judge notesFri Jan 11 2019 - 13:36
The major cases expected to come to court in Ireland in 2019From the Quinn family to Denis O’Brien to the murder case of Anastasia KriegalSat Jan 05 2019 - 06:00
Struck off solicitor did not get fair hearing, Supreme Court rulesDaniel J Coleman found guilty of professional misconduct by Law Society in 2010Fri Dec 21 2018 - 17:23
Prisoner who claims ex-garda asked to be assaulted loses appealGerard Brown says Stephen Cooper wanted to be attacked to secure transfer to open jailFri Dec 21 2018 - 14:57
Fred Forsey jnr should not stand trial again, Supreme Court rulesFormer FG councillor Forsey had corruption conviction quashed last monthFri Dec 21 2018 - 12:23
Dutch solicitor with Quinn links dies in DubaiWillem Smit’s law firm which had dealings with Quinn family is being sued by IBRCThu Dec 20 2018 - 18:23
National Museum ‘did not apply proper procedures’, court hearsAssistant keeper challenging suspension over complaints of sexual harassmentThu Dec 20 2018 - 16:15
High Court freezes accounts of financial adviserIt is alleged that €159,000 advanced for investment was not returnedThu Dec 20 2018 - 16:14
Man who says sister murdered wins protection caseMalawian man whose sister killed for having albinism had been refused protection hereThu Dec 20 2018 - 15:35
Son fails in bid to have mother returned to his careMan claims elderly woman with dementia is being unlawfully detained as a ward of courtThu Dec 20 2018 - 14:26
Man wins Supreme Court challenge over suspended sentenceEric Wansboro challenged decision he was not entitled to rely on unconstitutionality findingThu Dec 20 2018 - 13:43
Suspended solicitor Declan O’Callaghan consents to freezing ordersHigh Court allows vouched monthly living expenses of €11,600 and effectively winds up Ballaghaderreen practiceWed Dec 19 2018 - 18:29
Student sues school after fracturing knee during high jumpCourt hears jump 2½ft high and youth heard ‘crack’ when airborne – then pain on landingTue Dec 18 2018 - 18:55
Intellectually disabled girl allegedly abused and severely neglected over yearsHSE sued over alleged failures to intervene to protect orphan living with couple without legal rights over herTue Dec 18 2018 - 16:55
Medical Council urged to be ‘scrupulous’ with doctors’ applications to registerHigh court president makes remark during hearing in which two doctors are suspended from practisingMon Dec 17 2018 - 19:26
HSE application over family using CCTV to monitor care of mother ‘unjustified’High court judge said application was ‘improperly brought’ and he would award costs to the family at the highest levelMon Dec 17 2018 - 17:34
Suspended solicitor Declan O’Callaghan described himself inaccurately as ‘retired’High court told Law Society considered he was ‘skirting around’ order restraining any involvement with his former practiceFri Dec 14 2018 - 16:40
Girl who alleged abuse by at least 12 may sue HSELegal proceedings could be taken over alleged delay in putting child into careFri Dec 14 2018 - 01:00
Woman wins case against Tusla over grandchildren’s careProceedings were initiated after body failed to apply for care orders on her behalfThu Dec 13 2018 - 19:04
Girl (10) alleges ‘devastating’ sexual abuse by at least 12 people, court toldGirl names 12 local individuals who came to her home and abused her in her bedroomThu Dec 13 2018 - 12:27
Court urged to overturn €10m libel award to Donal KinsellaFormer deputy chairman of Kenmare Resources won damages over company press releaseWed Dec 12 2018 - 17:23
DPP seeks retrial of Fred Forsey jnr on corruption chargesForsey jnr last month won, by a four to one majority, a court order quashing convictionWed Dec 12 2018 - 13:10
Judge directs that mentally ill woman be removed from her father’s homePsychiatrist says woman went to hospital emergency department in distressTue Dec 11 2018 - 18:33
Court rejects brothers’ claim that €1m liability arose from Masonic conspiracyJudge says Butlers advanced claims of wrongdoing ‘without the slightest evidence’Tue Dec 11 2018 - 16:05
Freezing orders sought for accounts of solicitor Declan O’CallaghanLaw Society tells High Court deficit in Co Roscommon practice may exceed €730,000Tue Dec 11 2018 - 15:17
Radiologist among three doctors suspended by High CourtMedical Council expressed serious concerns over mental health of Dr Clare HartiganMon Dec 10 2018 - 18:56
Microsoft Ireland suing Saudi companies for €27m through Irish courtsOne of the Saudi firms is responsible for half of sales of Microsoft licences in the Middle East stateMon Dec 10 2018 - 16:37
Irish courts can decide dispute over €1.2m pleasure boat, judge saysM.V. Connoisseur arrested on foot of court order remains moored in Dun LaoghaireFri Dec 07 2018 - 17:05
HSE’s refusal to enter contract with Dublin pharmacy lawful, court findsHSE wanted to inquire into whether there was claiming on the double for prescriptions at other pharmacies run by same ownersFri Dec 07 2018 - 16:12
Peat extraction firms cannot appeal ruling on ‘exempt development’Companies said findings would bring industry to ‘a standstill’ with 11,000 jobs affectedFri Dec 07 2018 - 15:46
Peat harvesting firms refused appeal of planning permission rulingCompanies say 2013 decision could affect 11,000 jobs and bring industry to ‘a standstill’Fri Dec 07 2018 - 12:43
