Judge in charge of personal injury litigation in High Court opposed new award guidelines
Mr Justice Kevin Cross spoke against the proposals at key Judicial Council meeting
Judge questions if insurers will pass personal injury savings to customers
Mr Justice Bernard Barton raised concerns about the guidelines adopted last weekend
Judges to vote on new guidelines to cut damages awards
Minister for Justice ready to make changes if proposals approved
High Court refuses compensation to woman whose partner has Hepatitis C
Appellant claimed over ‘loss of consortium’ with man who got disease in mother’s womb
Mother who sued daughter's national school over fall on steps loses action
Court heard woman (36) fractured both ankles in fall at Co Louth school
Law student loses High Court damages action over road accident
Judge finds 22-year-old failed to prove liability on part of taxi driver over collision on unlit country road
Alleged collision was ‘deliberate event’ says judge throwing out damages claim
Judge said Victor Olaru gave contradictory, inconsistent, unbelievable and untruthful evidence
Judge critical of local authority’s response to family living at ESB substation
ESB granted an injunction directing a family to leave substation lands in Wicklow
Court dismisses Ryanair appeal against pilot defamation verdict
Appeal arose from 2017 finding that airline had not been defamed by pilots in an email
Coronavirus: Court hearings and trials slow to a trickle
Adjournments and jury member absences bring legal system activity to a near-halt
Ryanair appeals over its failed defamation action against pilots
Airline claimed defendants were suggesting that Ryanair misled investors
Canadian tourist settles action over fall on sight-seeing bus
Susan Riches claimed she suffers migraines from fall on bus near St Patrick’s Cathedral
Man facing legal costs of €1m after jury found he was not assaulted by gardaí
Both gardaí were previously acquitted of alleged assault during Christmas night out in Limerick
Pilot gets €387,000 over defamation by aviation regulator
First time that a jury has been asked to assess damages where defamation was admitted and an apology given
Pilot felt he had ‘large bullseye on back’ after conflict with IAA
Court deciding on damages due over defamation of Aer Lingus pilot in three emails
Irish Aviation Authority apologises to Aer Lingus pilot over defamatory statements
Pilot’s damages case opens before High Court judge and jury
Man’s action over Dublin road collision is adjourned
Court previously heard Victor Olaru deny allegations he was involved in ‘massive fraud’
Jailed asylum seeker turned up for deportation three times
Businessman says State ‘unlawfully’ imprisoned him after co-operation with authorities
Limerick man may face extradition to US on wildlife trafficking charges
Three charges include trading in horns of endangered black rhinoceros
Man awarded €1.1m for wrongful arrest by gardaí over attack on fiancee
Another man was later jailed for seven years for 2012 assault in Carlow town
Carlow man sues gardaí for wrongful arrest over savage attack on fiancée
A student was later jailed for assault for which Gerald Jennings was arrested
Warrant for juror who failed to turn up after lunch break
Judges seeks arrest of woman did not return to hearing of High Court defamation case
Solicitor twice didn’t ‘twig’ his client mentioned previous crashes
Garrett Fortune says a note on two previous accidents was ‘attached separately’
Gerald Kean settles additional claim against newspaper
High Court found last week solicitor had been defamed by article in Irish Daily Star
Ex-Labour TD Joe Costello settles defamation case with Mail on Sunday
Newspaper apologises for ‘distress and embarrassment’
Gerald Kean awarded €160,000 damages for defamation
Jury, in a majority verdict, found article on visit by Criminal Assets Bureau to his Dublin office defamed him
Jury to resume deliberations in defamation action taken by Gerald Kean
Solicitor claims newspaper article wrongly meant he was linked to gangland crime
Gerald Kean felt article on Cab visit to office made him look like ‘a liar’
Jury to begin considering its verdict in defamation case against The Star on Thursday
Solicitor Gerald Kean claims article wrongly linked him to gangland crime
Kean sues for defamation saying he was ‘shell-shocked’ by story on visit by members of Criminal Assets Bureau to his office
Deadline passes for Denis O’Brien to appeal defamation loss
Businessman took unsuccessful action against ‘Sunday Business Post’ over articles
Former soldier’s claim over being prescribed anti-malaria drug Larium adjourned
Soldier claims he suffered from anxiety, panic, insomnia and vertigo due to drug
Bitter defeat for Denis O’Brien, sweet vindication for Business Post
Tension racheted up in Courtroom 25 as those on both sides waited for jury’s verdict
Denis O’Brien could face legal bill of up to €1m for lost case
Businessman loses defamation case against Sunday Business Post
Denis O’Brien case: closing arguments to be heard next week
Businessman claims he was defamed in articles in the Sunday Business Post in 2015
Jury told articles were not a contrivance to ‘blacken’ Denis O’Brien
Untrue to suggest stories were ‘gratuitous, cynical and unwarranted slur’, former SBP editor says
Denis O’Brien corrects his evidence in defamation case
Businessman seeking damages from ‘Sunday Business Post’ over series of 2015 articles
Jury unable to reach verdict in Paudie Coffey defamation case
Senator sued publisher of ‘Kilkenny People’ over article comparing him to highwayman
PR adviser says reference to Paudie Coffey was ‘purely parody’
Fine Gael senator suing publisher over story comparing him to 18th century highwayman
Senator Coffey ‘had to come to court to vindicate good name’
Decision made to sue newspaper rather than complaint to Press Council, court hears
Fine Gael senator sues publisher over comparison to ‘highway robber’
Paudie Coffey believes ‘Kilkenny People’ article cost him his Dáil seat in 2016 election
Court overturns refusal of award in HIV blood product infection
Hard to reconcile compensation for wife, but not for daughter, judge said
Farmer agrees not to trespass after spending a few hours in Mountjoy
John Kinsella was jailed for refusing to obey order forbidding access to Co Wexford lands
Planning refusal for nursing home in south Dublin challenged in court
High court heard permission was refused by An Bord Pleanála for Foxrock development last month
High Court directs farmer be jailed for refusal to obey orders not to trespass
Judge satisfied John Kinsella was ‘continuously flouting’ orders in respect of lands in Co Wexford
Garda receives €1.16m damages for back injury suffered during arrest
Aidan Flanagan is a former captain of the Tipperary county hurling team
Sgt Maurice McCabe settles defamation case against ‘Irish Times’
Newspaper apologises to whistleblower over article published in February of last year
Paddy McKillen receives High Court apology from ‘Daily Mail’
Headline of article had referred to ‘Nama’s busted tycoons’
Taxi driver awarded €82,000 damages over collision
Man suffered post traumatic stress disorder and is unable to play golf
The ultimate Victorian on elegant Dún Laoghaire park for €2.275m
Retained in a faithful style by its owners High Court judge Bernard Barton and wife Anne Marie, Crosthwaite House on Crosthwaite Park is a period delight
Hearing next months on cost of Kehoe defamation case
Sinn Féin political manager sued RTÉ over comments on Clare Byrne radio show
Student wrongly arrested over TV licence settles action for damages
Law student was taken to Mountjoy prison and detained for several hours before mistake discovered
Trade union issue ‘nothing to do’ with Ryanair’s defamation case, court told
High Court judge tells jury to focus on whether 2013 email defamed the airline
Gardener awarded €100,000 after hurting wrist in step ladder fall
Employer, who lives abroad, not able to afford cost of defending case, court told
Email sent by former Ryanair pilot was ‘reasonable’, court told
Airline claims mail falsely inferred it had misled market
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