Court of Appeal

Misconduct by judges: Only one of 232 complaints against judges found admissible

Chief Justice said most complaints showed a ‘misunderstanding’ of the Judicial Council’s conduct regime

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Ireland’s legal system has a long tradition of judicial pronouncements that are long, turgid and repetitive- why change now?

Prof Philip Nolan refused Supreme Court appeal over pre-trial employment status

Three top judges found no apparent urgency, as matter is to be heard by Court of Appeal next month

Man who claims wife forged his signature for loans secures Supreme Court appeal over repayment order

The top court said Brian Murray’s appeal raises issues of “significant” public importance

Appeal court finds ‘no legal basis’ for order preventing firm extracting peat from part of Midlands bogs

Harte Peat argued some land considered by High Court not being extracted when EPA brought application

Appeal court rules that Johnny Ronan company owns all six Harry Clarke windows in Bewley’s

Six windows, including four known as the Four Orders and two as the Swan Yard windows, are said to be worth €1m

Elaine O’Hara may ‘at last, rest in peace’ after Supreme Court rejection of Graham Dwyer’s appeal

Court’s earlier ruling on phone metadata admissibility issues was a significant blow to Dwyer

Appeal court sets aside decision to award €9.5m emergency air ambulance contract

Sere Holdings appeal granted on basis IAS Medical did not meet turnover requirement

Woman’s unduly lenient sentence for neglect and ‘vile’ sexual abuse of toddler son overturned

Defendant, who has shown no remorse for her actions, given three-year prison term by Court of Appeal

High Court lifts suspension on contract for building €500m worth of social and affordable homes

Action initiated by unsuccessful bidder

Tributes paid to George Birmingham on retirement as president of Court of Appeal

Former Fine Gael TD and minister of State resumed law career after losing Dublin North Central seat in 1989

Man’s lifetime driving ban for causing death of friend in 2008 crash quashed by appeal court

Judges impose 20 year disqualification on Brian Kelly (43) over Co Laois incident in which Claire Hennessy died

Serial armed robber who was on bail when he took part in bank raid has sentence cut by six months

Dermot O’Callaghan (58) appealed against severity of eight-year sentence

Man with 231 convictions who threatened to throw ammonia in garda’s face will serve full prison term

Court of Appeal rejects Michael Farrell’s case that his five-and-a-half-year sentence was excessive

Harry Cassidy appeals 14 year prison sentence he claims was ‘plucked out of the air’

Former chief executive of Custom House Capital was jailed for role in €61m fraud

Ms Justice Caroline Costello nominated for appointment as president of the Court of Appeal

Court of Appeal presidency is second most senior judicial position in the State

Appeal court refers fishermen’s dispute with watchdog to Europe

High Court found against master of a vessel in weighing dispute at Killybegs

Prof Philip Nolan appealing judge’s refusal to extend injunction preventing dismissal from SFI

High Court does not rule on costs as it may be unjust for academic to pay for failed application with a wider case to follow

Appeal court upholds ruling in favour of liquidators of aircraft leasing firms

Court hears parent company had no legal entitlement to the aircraft

Limerick judge Tom O’Donnell has had sentences appealed on both leniency and severity grounds

Judge’s decision to grant a suspended sentence to Cathal Crotty for ‘vicious’ assault on Natasha O’Brien has provoked controversy

Cathal Crotty’s suspended sentence another example of how judicial system is failing women

The administration of justice for violent men is out of kilter with our values and we can no longer suspend disbelief

Court dismisses claim data watchdog failed to investigate alleged breach by Google

Complaint concerning processing of personal data was made by Irish Council for Civil Liberties senior fellow

Court of Appeal cuts ‘disproportionate’ personal injuries award

Judge criticises failure of High Court and legal teams in regard to personal injury guidelines

Former solicitor discharged from bankruptcy after nearly seven years

Judge was informed that an out-of-court agreement had been reached, and the court was satisfied to make an order for John Tobin to exit his bankruptcy

Supreme Court decision on phone data admissibility may be fatal blow to Graham Dwyer appeal

Dwyer made similar, not identical, arguments in appeal against murder conviction

Mother and partner jailed for rape and sexual assault of daughter (5) and son (3) to remain in jail

The 41-year-old woman and 53-year-old man had denied a number of offences and appealed the sentence

Alan Hynes bankruptcy extended by High Court to 10 years over ‘total’ non-co-operation with trustee

Wexford businessman has still not provided information about his assets as required under Bankruptcy Act, judge says

Karen Harrington fails to have conviction for murder of Santina Cawley (2) overturned

Convicted killer claimed use of CCTV in case was breach of right to privacy

Man allegedly involved with credit card scam fails to overturn order for $700,000 to be given to State

The High Court declared in 2011 that the sum was the proceeds of crime

Supreme Court to hear Garda Commissioner’s appeal over ban on using WhatsApp video in disciplinary inquiry

Appeal court had ruled that materials seized under search warrant could not be used in disciplinary process absent legislation

Ammi Burke’s behaviour ‘utterly appalling and egregious’, says judge

The court cut short a hearing of her case last week, opting instead to base its decision on written submissions

Limerick gangster John Dundon appeals murder sentence over fresh witness evidence

Dundon was sentenced to life in prison in 2013 for the murder of Shane Geoghegan

Court of Appeal cuts short oral hearing of Ammi Burke’s appeal

A written decision on the appeal will be given at a later point

Jozef Puska granted legal aid to appeal conviction for murder of Ashling Murphy

Lawyers had objected to use of confession to gardaí two days after stabbing, saying Puska was under influence of painkiller

Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal against landmark ruling permitting naming of Cameron Blair’s murderer

Judgment being appealed dislodged long-standing interpretation of law that child offenders retain anonymity on appeal

Soldier denied further appeal over conviction for ‘punishment beating’ of recruit

Pte Philip McCarthy was convicted after pleading not guilty at court-martial to 12 charges relating to 2021 incident at Sarsfield Barracks, Limerick, in which he assaulted Pte Jack Canty

Foot Locker claim over Grafton Street rent during Covid lockdown rejected by appeal court

Store operator accepted rent was only partly paid during lockdown but that the landlord should share “some of the pain”

Freight firm ordered to move shipping containers or face possible contempt of court applications

Stateline Transport Ltd fails to secure extension to court mandated deadline of April 5th for removal of containers from Tesco site

Nine year jail sentence for GAA coach who ‘destroyed’ boy’s life through years of rape ‘too lenient’

Coach, now 43, physically beat his victim when he tried to fend off abuse

Copper Face Jacks operator’s commercial rates decision must be reconsidered, court rules

Case relates to how rates on nightclub and adjoining Jackson Court Hotel in Harcourt Street were calculated

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