Lawyers urged to sue State over rightsA High Court judge has invited lawyers for a homeless man to sue the State for alleged breaches of his human rights after being…Sat Jan 26 2008 - 00:00
Ruling in favour of cigarette warnings in IrishA primary school teacher has won her High Court bid to have health warnings on cigarette packets sold here published in Irish…Fri Jan 25 2008 - 00:00
Judge turns down school's plea for non-jury trialA private school in Co Dublin that employed convicted sex abuser Derry O'Rourke as its swimming coach has lost a High Court bid…Fri Jan 25 2008 - 00:00
Judgment for €2m against clients of LynnA bank has secured judgment at the Commercial Court for more than €2 million against an Air Corps officer and his wife over loans…Thu Jan 24 2008 - 00:00
Auctioneer must pay balance of €1.7m awardAn auctioneer alleged to have secretly profited from selling an elderly woman's lands for an alleged undervalue of £110,000 to…Thu Jan 24 2008 - 00:00
Waste firm seeks to protect dataA major waste company has claimed before the High Court that five senior managers who left the company on the same day earlier…Wed Jan 23 2008 - 00:00
Court allows Siptu to make submissions in hotel wage challengeSiptu has been permitted by the High Court to make submissions in an action in which the Irish Hotels Federation and a small …Tue Jan 22 2008 - 00:00
Payzone claims it was 'entitled' to fire chiefsElectronic payments company Payzone has argued before the High Court that it was entitled to move this week to dismiss chief …Sat Jan 19 2008 - 00:00
Attempted robbery charge challengedA Dublin man charged in connection with the attempted robbery of a cash transit van in Co Kildare last November has secured leave…Thu Jan 17 2008 - 00:00
Teachers settle school bullying claim caseSix teachers at a Dublin secondary school who claimed they were bullied and harassed by their school principal have settled their…Wed Jan 16 2008 - 00:00
Brothers challenge council over use of school landThe Presentation Brothers are challenging a local authority decision aimed at preserving land adjoining the order's former secondary…Tue Jan 15 2008 - 00:00
Council breached human rights of TravellerSouth Dublin County Council breached the human rights of a young Traveller with cerebral palsy living in "exceptional" overcrowded…Sat Jan 12 2008 - 00:00
Court appoints examiner to building firmConstruction: The slowdown in the construction industry has led to the High Court appointing an examiner to a building firm …Sat Jan 12 2008 - 00:00
Dunnes guilty of copying label's designsA UK clothing company has won its High Court action alleging that Dunnes Stores breached European regulations by copying a woman…Sat Dec 22 2007 - 00:00
Insurer AIG to void Lynn's policies, court toldMissing solicitor Michael Lynn's major insurers, AIG Insurance, have told the High Court that it is voiding policies with the…Sat Dec 22 2007 - 00:00
Supreme Court reverses residency decisionRuling overturned: The Supreme Court has unanimously overturned a High Court decision that the Minister for Justice unlawfully…Fri Dec 21 2007 - 00:00
Barrister failed to give money from client to RevenueA High Court judge has said there appears to be little doubt a fraud was perpetrated by a barrister who, while acting as tax …Fri Dec 21 2007 - 00:00
Rapist's sentence increased to 10 yearsThe Court of Criminal Appeal (CCA) has upheld the DPP's arguments that a three-year suspended sentence imposed on a man for the…Thu Dec 20 2007 - 00:00
DPP appeals High Court decision over newspaper's alleged contemptThe DPP has brought an appeal to the Supreme Court against a High Court decision refusing to jail a newspaper editor and journalist…Wed Dec 19 2007 - 00:00
VHI tells court of concern at 'risk selection'The VHI has expressed concerns to the High Court that new companies in the health insurance market, while not making "risk equalisation…Wed Dec 19 2007 - 00:00
Challenge to tender processPublications distributor Newspread has taken a legal challenge to a "flawed" and "unfair" tendering process under which its contract…Wed Dec 19 2007 - 00:00
Builder takes case against solicitorA building company has brought a legal action against a solicitor requiring him to complete contracts for the sale of apartments…Tue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
Missing solicitor contacts wife by phoneMissing solicitor Michael Lynn has been in phone contact with his wife Bríd Murphy in recent days, but she does not know his …Tue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
Property owners in legal action against solicitor and bankTwo Dublin property owners have brought legal proceedings against solicitor Thomas Byrne, and others, alleging they are entitled…Tue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
Bank pursues order requiring couple to repay €2m home loanA bank has brought a legal action seeking an order requiring an Air Corps officer and his wife to repay loans of more than €2…Tue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
Court overturns misconduct findingsTwo consultant obstetricians have won a High Court order overturning as "unlawful" findings of professional misconduct against…Sat Dec 15 2007 - 00:00
'Wrong standards upheld'In his 94-page judgment, Mr Justice Kelly ruled the Fitness to Practise Committee (FPC) had applied, and the Medical Council …Sat Dec 15 2007 - 00:00
Move to strike off Lynn postponedThe Law Society will move to strike off missing solicitor Michael Lynn from the register of solicitors once insurance cover for…Fri Dec 14 2007 - 00:00
Court orders Lynn's arrestGardaí have been ordered to arrest solicitor Michael Lynn and bring him before the High Court this morning for failing to comply…Thu Dec 13 2007 - 00:00
Sentence reversed on drink driving fatalityThe Court of Criminal Appeal has overturned a suspended five-year sentence imposed on a man for dangerous driving causing the…Wed Dec 12 2007 - 00:00
Court orders arrest of solicitor Michael LynnGardaí have been ordered to arrest Dublin solicitor Michael Lynn and bring him before the High Court tomorrow for failing to …Wed Dec 12 2007 - 00:00
Barrister to pay €200,000 to settle disputeA barrister has agreed to pay €200,000, including costs, as part of the terms of settlement of a two-year dispute over a Dublin…Wed Dec 12 2007 - 00:00
Dunne in legal challenge to docklands developmentProperty developer Seán Dunne has brought legal proceedings challenging a decision by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority…Tue Dec 11 2007 - 00:00
Apology and payout for false article on Elin WoodsElin Nordegren Woods, the wife of champion golfer Tiger Woods, yesterday settled her libel action over an article in the September…Sat Dec 08 2007 - 00:00
Appeal court adds to driver's sentenceA man who had heroin and Valium in his system when the stolen car he was driving on the wrong side of the road collided with …Sat Dec 08 2007 - 00:00
Supreme Court overturns M50 costs awardA Dublin man is facing an estimated €500,000 legal bill after the Supreme Court overturned a High Court order directing the State…Fri Dec 07 2007 - 00:00
Master urges 'robust agency' to deal with rogue solicitorsNo "spinning" by the Law Society can disguise the "systemic failure" of self-regulation of solicitors and what is needed now …Fri Dec 07 2007 - 00:00
Couple sue over refusal to register stud stallionA couple have claimed the refusal of the Irish Horse Board to register a Dutch-owned show-jumping stallion, valued at €1 million…Thu Dec 06 2007 - 00:00
Teacher challenges school over work fitnessA national school deputy principal has brought a High Court challenge to a decision by her school's board of management requiring…Wed Dec 05 2007 - 00:00
Travel firm liable for woman's injuries in SpainThe Supreme Court has found a package holiday operator here is liable for injuries suffered by a woman who fell on a slippery…Wed Dec 05 2007 - 00:00
Judge notes Lynn's 'witches brew'over competing claims to propertiesA High Court judge has described as a "witches brew" myriad dealings by solicitor Michael Lynn over properties which are now …Tue Dec 04 2007 - 00:00
Education board claims fraud by employeeThe National Education and Welfare Board has brought a High Court action alleging a former employee, who has since resigned, …Tue Dec 04 2007 - 00:00
Holiday firm liable for woman's injuriesThe Supreme Court has found a package holiday operator here is liable for injuries suffered by a woman who fell on a slippery…Tue Dec 04 2007 - 00:00
Examiner appointed to insolvent lending firmThe High Court has appointed an interim examiner to Dublin firm International Securities Trading Corporation (ISTC), which lends…Fri Nov 30 2007 - 00:00
Eircom settles dispute with College of SurgeonsA legal dispute over the refusal of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) to agree to Eircom assigning its interest…Thu Nov 29 2007 - 00:00
Family awarded 'derisory' €36,000 for baby's hospital deathThe family of a baby girl who died of acute peritonitis after a feeding tube was inserted into the wrong place in her body is…Thu Nov 29 2007 - 00:00
Disqualification of former NIB manager soughtThe Director of Corporate Enforcement, Paul Appleby, has applied for a High Court order disqualifying a retired former senior…Wed Nov 28 2007 - 00:00
Right of way order agreed 'behind closed doors'Fianna Fáil councillors who voted to extinguish a public right of way on a road in Co Donegal did so on the basis of a party …Wed Nov 28 2007 - 00:00
Judge to rule on INBS manager's injunctionA High Court judge will rule today on an application to continue an injunction preventing the suspension of an Irish Nationwide…Wed Nov 28 2007 - 00:00
Review of Murphy Cab tax caseA brother of Thomas "Slab" Murphy has brought a High Court challenge over the Criminal Asset Bureau's refusal to disclose to …Tue Nov 27 2007 - 00:00
