Nuns fail to stop court action on alleged rapePlaintiff claims Sisters of Charity are vicariously responsible for alleged sexual assault by groundsmanFri Feb 28 2014 - 18:54
Bishop wins court case to halt actions by three abuse survivorsHigh Court grants application by Bishop of Kilmore on grounds of previous settlements in NorthFri Feb 28 2014 - 11:53
Irish speaker not entitled to bi-lingual jury for trialSupreme Court agreed that case raised inportant constitutional issuesThu Feb 27 2014 - 18:47
State ordered to pay 75% of costs in promissory notes caseULA TD Joan Collins challenged decision to issue €31bn in favour of Anglo and EBSThu Feb 27 2014 - 12:35
Court halts trial of man on public order charges after gardaí lose CCTV footageUnavailability of ‘vital’ evidence created risk of unfair trial, Supreme Court rulesThu Feb 27 2014 - 01:00
‘Huge’ sums entered accounts of Ciara Quinn’s childrenIBRC claim accounts were not maintained for the benefit of the childrenWed Feb 26 2014 - 18:39
Supreme Court clears way for Siac survival schemeChallenge by the Polish Roads Authority against construction giant dismissedTue Feb 25 2014 - 16:02
Rory McIlroy case to be heard at Commercial CourtA dispute has arisen over extend of documents to be used in the legal action by golferMon Feb 24 2014 - 17:11
O’Brien ‘entitled’ to be defendant in caseBusinessman’s centrality to issues in legal actions over award of Esat licence is key, judge saysSat Feb 22 2014 - 01:00
Receiver’s charges in dissolution of partnership criticised by judgeFees in dissolution of partnership involving children of deceased judge ‘too high’Fri Feb 21 2014 - 21:54
‘No exceptional legal issues’ in case of baby in emergency careGardaí had taken the baby from a house in September on foot of Emergency Care OrderWed Feb 19 2014 - 18:00
Polish authority in last-minute bid to overturn Siac rescue planSupreme Court to hear appeal against plan for building group next TuesdayWed Feb 19 2014 - 01:00
Drink driving arrest deemed unlawfulSupreme Court finds that man was unjustifiably handcuffed after arrestTue Feb 18 2014 - 17:47
Late challenge to SIAC survival scheme puts 219 jobs at riskApproval of plan is a ‘matter of commercial life and death’ for firms, Supreme Court hearsTue Feb 18 2014 - 13:14
Several investors ‘interested’ in Elverys SportsHigh Court confirms appointment of examiner to retail chain employing 654 peopleTue Feb 18 2014 - 12:46
Former Nationwide director says IBRC liquidators should sue their own firmSolicitor says Michael Noonan should tell them to take case against their firm KPMGTue Feb 18 2014 - 01:00
UPC and Liberty Global bring action over Eircom campaignAdvertisements alleged customers would do better if they switched to EircomMon Feb 17 2014 - 19:41
Court asked why liquidators are not suing KPMG over INBS collapseTerence J Cooney today secured an order joining KPMG as a third party to the caseMon Feb 17 2014 - 17:06
Liquidator at Bloxham loses case against Irish Stock ExchangeHigh Court finds no evidence of conspiracy to revoke broker’s exchange membershipFri Feb 14 2014 - 01:00
Bloxham liquidator loses Irish Stock Exchange caseStockbroker had ceased trading for more than six months when its membership was revokedThu Feb 13 2014 - 15:43
Women secures €10m settlement for car crash injuriesFront-seat passenger ‘tragically maimed’ after driver lost control at 150km/h in Co SligoWed Feb 12 2014 - 15:17
Survival scheme for seven companies in SIAC group approvedProposals will see €10.5m investment in group with €5m going to bank creditorsWed Feb 12 2014 - 13:49
Protection of Elverys continues as court gets accountant’s reportView expressed that company has a reasonable prospect of survivialWed Feb 12 2014 - 01:00
Garda delay over complaint breached rightsCommissioner consents to High Court declaration on two-year inquiry delayWed Feb 12 2014 - 01:00
Clayton settles legal action against bank and accountantsNo details were outlined of settlementWed Feb 12 2014 - 01:00
U2’s Adam Clayton settles case against bank and firm of accountantsLegal action follows misappropriation of funds by personal assistantTue Feb 11 2014 - 16:05
Nama secures orders of nearly €20m over unpaid property loansJudgments against two businessmenMon Feb 10 2014 - 22:03
Legal action to stop UPC users downloading illegallyUPC argue a graduated response proposal raised a ‘serious question of freedom of expression and public policy’Mon Feb 10 2014 - 17:19
Creche staff may see RTÉ footageSupreme Court dismisses broadcaster’s appeal against a High Court rulingSat Feb 08 2014 - 01:00
Supreme Court reserves judgment in surrogacy caseCourt told State’s position is that a child’s legal mother is the person who gives birthThu Feb 06 2014 - 14:35
Woman sues retired garda over alleged rapeMan says sexual relationship was consensualThu Feb 06 2014 - 01:00
Agencies urge broad definition of motherhood in Supreme Court surrogacy caseGenetic mother of twins not recognised by State, despite granting of legal status to fatherThu Feb 06 2014 - 01:00
‘Unreasonable’ for the State to argue for adoptionGenetic parents of twins born to a surrogate wish to be recognised as their legal parentsWed Feb 05 2014 - 15:08
Supreme Court told motherhood must be based on geneticsGenetic parents of twins born to a surrogate should be recognised, court hearsTue Feb 04 2014 - 22:50
High Court overturns financial ombudsman’s ruling on alleged adviceCouple wins oral hearing in dispute with Ulster Bank on property consortium lossesTue Feb 04 2014 - 20:12
Surrogate must be registered as twins’ legal mother, Supreme Court toldState seeks overturning of ruling that genetic mother could be named on birth certificateTue Feb 04 2014 - 06:40
State argues surrogate is ‘legal mother’ of twinsSupreme Court told that motherhood involves pregnancy and cannot in law be based on geneticsMon Feb 03 2014 - 22:09
Foley loses legal action against receiver of pubsSean Foley had asked the court to put a charge over the sale proceeds of the premisesFri Jan 31 2014 - 20:49
Sisters of Charity seek to halt action for damages citing no record of alleged rapistWoman says she was raped by a groundsman employed in Magdalene LaundryFri Jan 31 2014 - 17:39
McKillen ‘coy’ over bid for own loansBarclay brothers seek earliest possible hearing of pre-trial applicationsFri Jan 31 2014 - 00:50
Appeal to halt AIB pursuit of €26m failsSupreme Court agrees that Lynch gave ‘hopelessly confused’ evidenceFri Jan 31 2014 - 00:01
McKillen being ‘coy’ on whether he bid for IBRC loans, court toldProperty investor is seeking to prevent loans being sold to billionaire Barclay brothersThu Jan 30 2014 - 17:11
Lynch loses court bid to halt AIB pursuit over €26m debtProminent businessman fails in Supreme Court case against bankThu Jan 30 2014 - 16:06
Dublin mayor fails in appeal against ethics rulingOisin Quinn found to have inadvertently breached legislationWed Jan 29 2014 - 18:54
Payment over Brendan Smyth abuse ‘final’, court toldBishop asks High Court to halt caseWed Jan 29 2014 - 17:25
State seeks documents from Bailey in damages actionRecourse sought over handling of inquiry into murder of Sophie Toscan du PlantierWed Jan 29 2014 - 09:31
Teenage Traveller asks Court to uphold challenge to school’s admission policyFamily’s lawyer says if John Stokes wins he could be awarded compensationTue Jan 28 2014 - 21:00
Action by teacher against Twitter resolvedWoman had alleged she was the subject of grossly defamatory and offensive sexually related pictures and tweetsTue Jan 28 2014 - 12:38
High Court extends order to feed anorexia sufferer until FridayCourt hears woman is making ‘monumental strides’ after being fed through a tubeTue Jan 28 2014 - 11:36
Man gets €315,000 over abuse by Marist BrotherCase involved ‘recovered memory’ of sexual abuse dating from 1969Sat Jan 25 2014 - 01:01
