Garda challenges refusal to allow damages claim over fingernail injuryPlaintiff left with disfigured nail after a patrol car door slammed on his little fingerWed Jan 24 2018 - 16:12
Supreme Court rejects State’s bid to halt environmentalist’s challengePeter Sweetman is bringing is legal action over a quarry in Co DonegalWed Jan 24 2018 - 10:56
Man under ‘spiritual dominance’ when he donated €200,000 to House of Prayer, court toldSon of donor in legal action over sum paid to retreat, which claims money given voluntarilyTue Jan 23 2018 - 15:35
Girl secures €70,000 settlement with HSE over injury to shoulderSophie Everard, who celebrated her seventh birthday, had made great strides and her parents were to be congratulated for their care for her, judge saysTue Jan 23 2018 - 14:52
Judge takes possession of papers at centre of State investigation into INMOutgoing chairman Leslie Buckley claims legal privilege over papers sought by ODCEMon Jan 22 2018 - 19:58
Mother turned to prostitution to fund son’s medical treatment, deportation appeal hearsWoman fears son with sickle cell disease will not get treatment he needs if deported to NigeriaMon Jan 22 2018 - 18:59
Court told of $15m ‘cash extraction’ Quinn linkAlleged extraction part of scheme to put €455m in Quinn group assets beyond reach of IBRCMon Jan 22 2018 - 17:51
High Court to rule later on Leslie Buckley documents issueINM chairman claims privilege over certain documents discovered for ODCE investigationMon Jan 22 2018 - 17:03
Sexually abused student wins €750,000 costs against chaplain and schoolInappropriate relationship developed into abusive relationship, judge saysFri Jan 19 2018 - 19:23
High Court to rule on data issues to bring to EU Court of JusticeCase stems from issues surrounding transfer of data between EU and US by FacebookFri Jan 19 2018 - 15:39
Pedestrian who sued teen cyclist over collision settles caseLegal sources believe case could have implications for cyclists as uninsured road usersFri Jan 19 2018 - 15:24
Hospital apologises after baby dies when skull fractured during birth‘Every day I wish and pray we could have that day back again and I would have said ‘stop’’Fri Jan 19 2018 - 14:33
Couple sues Garda and State over alleged malicious prosecutionSummons issued in 2008 purported to be from sergeant stationed in Kosovo, it is claimedThu Jan 18 2018 - 18:39
Four cases over collapsed firm Setanta deferred until AprilCourt to clarify conflict of interest issue for lawyers representing insurer and clientsWed Jan 17 2018 - 19:14
William Fry opposes discovery of Clerys documentsLaw firm it cannot release files relating to operating company for ‘legal reasons’Wed Jan 17 2018 - 18:08
Businessman can continue action against legal firm, court rulesIssue centres on case brought over leak from petrol stationWed Jan 17 2018 - 17:58
Brothers win challenge over refusal of planning for Wicklow homesHigh Cout found refusal by An Bord Pleanála irrational as sister had already been given permissionWed Jan 17 2018 - 15:04
Former directors of Clerys operator ‘actively misled’, court toldStore’s liquidators must discover documents concerning pre-sale meetings, judge ordersTue Jan 16 2018 - 20:12
More than 2,600 judged incapable protected as wards of courtWeekly court list dominated by new cases of mainly elderly people with dementiaTue Jan 16 2018 - 05:50
Ward of court system does not protect vulnerable adults - HSEWardship system will be replaced with radical assisted decision-making schemeTue Jan 16 2018 - 03:00
Young woman with anorexia must be tube fed, court hearsWoman in her 20s ‘critically ill’ due to this ‘accursed disease’, says High Court presidentMon Jan 15 2018 - 15:38
Supreme Court to hear challenge to deportation of sick childLawyers for boy (8) claim ‘secret’ process aimed at giving undocumented the right to remain in operationFri Jan 12 2018 - 16:28
Judge steps back from Blackrock Clinic case over comments in judgmentJudge says company linked to Larry Goodman did not come to court ‘with clean hands’Fri Jan 12 2018 - 14:23
Judge can do no more for ‘extraordinarily vulnerable’ womanDoctors fear woman in her 40s may die due to her ‘enormous’ alcohol consumptionThu Jan 11 2018 - 18:19
Court dismisses second legal challenge to north-south power lineThe project plans to provide a second high-capacity all Ireland interconnectorThu Jan 11 2018 - 16:21
Supreme Court to hear appeal on rights of unborn in FebruaryCourt not anxious to have appeal heard in the middle of a referendum campaignThu Jan 11 2018 - 10:29
Minister to seek early hearing for ‘unborn’ appealGovernment is challenging a finding that the ‘unborn’ is a child with significant rightsSun Jan 07 2018 - 20:53
Graham Dwyer, Denis O’Brien, Angela Kerins taking 2018 casesDavid Drumm and Michael Lowry are expected to be tried in the coming yearSat Dec 30 2017 - 00:00
Teenager refusing cancer treatment has ‘almost a death wish’High Court rejects mother’s request to force her 17-year-old son to be treatedFri Dec 22 2017 - 06:20
Mentally ill man living in ‘squalor’ to be moved to hospitalJudge says man is unable to care for himself or function as an independent adultThu Dec 21 2017 - 19:07
Ryanair loses defamation case against three pilotsJury finds 2013 email did mean airline was guilty of market manipulation but no malice provedThu Dec 21 2017 - 18:34
‘Independent’ loses appeal against contempt of court rulingJudge finds 2014 articles amounted to ‘egregious and blatant’ contemptThu Dec 21 2017 - 18:02
‘No room at the inn’ for ‘extraordinarily vulnerable’ woman, judge saysPsychiatric unit judged ‘less inappropriate’ than garda station to keep her safe over ChristmasThu Dec 21 2017 - 16:44
Hundreds of drink-driving cases struck out due to dismissed appealUp to 1,000 cases adjourned pending ruling on challenge over breath tests statementsThu Dec 21 2017 - 05:50
Trade union issue ‘nothing to do’ with Ryanair’s defamation case, court toldHigh Court judge tells jury to focus on whether 2013 email defamed the airlineWed Dec 20 2017 - 19:24
State to appeal judgment over rights of unbornAppeal arises from judgment aimed at preventing deportation of Nigerian manWed Dec 20 2017 - 18:21
Supreme Court dismisses case seeking breath test results in Irish and EnglishJudgment will have implications for an estimated 1,000 drink-driving casesWed Dec 20 2017 - 15:40
High court action over number of TDs discontinuedCase taken by Joe Costello struck out after court told necessary legislation had been passedTue Dec 19 2017 - 20:02
State urges court to overturn Moore Street 1916 site rulingDescribing site as a national a monument ‘bridge far too far’, court hearsTue Dec 19 2017 - 18:26
State calls Moore Street national monument declaration a ‘bridge far too far’Members of 1916 Relatives Association in packed court for appealTue Dec 19 2017 - 15:31
Solicitor suspended over failure to co-operate with Law SocietyHigh Court president says offices of Sean Brown can be accessedTue Dec 19 2017 - 13:45
RTÉ apologises and pays ‘substantial’ damages to Sean Gallagher over tweetBroadcaster says production of ‘tweetgate’ programme fell short of standards expectedTue Dec 19 2017 - 11:58
Judge orders arrest of ‘extraordinarily vulnerable’ womanDue to excessive drinking, suicidal ideation, risky behaviour, ward of court’s life at riskMon Dec 18 2017 - 18:32
INM chairman Leslie Buckley claims privilege over communications, High Court hearsBuckley’s stance is over dealings with cyber security specialist as Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement looks at ‘data breach’Mon Dec 18 2017 - 16:26
Denis O’Brien’s appeal over Dáil statements will be heard in MarchEx-Rehab chief Angela Kerins appeal over treatment by PAC set for March in Supreme CourtMon Dec 18 2017 - 12:06
‘Historic’ day as first deaf juror serves on juryAlthough case did not proceed, judge compared significance to that of women’s rightsMon Dec 18 2017 - 11:32
Couple lose legal case against Coillte land sale informationJudge agreed with Commissioner of Environmental Information’s original rulingFri Dec 15 2017 - 21:23
‘Good fortune’ allows teacher sacked over alleged misconduct seek teaching jobsTeacher allegedly made sexual advances to student while drinking in his homeFri Dec 15 2017 - 19:24
Pilot denies that Ryanair email was defamatoryTed Murphy tells High Court that email did not infer that the airline’s managers were selling their shares in advance of a profit warning.Fri Dec 15 2017 - 18:03
‘Groundhog day’ for girl in inappropriate secure care placement, High Court toldJudge warns Tusla to find place for troubled girlThu Dec 14 2017 - 17:53
