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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Callan to transfer clients' filesA solicitor alleged to have concealed substantial deficits in client accounts has agreed to have his practice files taken over…Tue Nov 27 2007 - 00:00
Law Society to cross-examine Lynn on dealingsLawyers for the Law Society will cross-examine solicitor Michael Lynn in the High Court about his dealings in relation to six…Tue Nov 27 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
Solicitor takes case against LynnA Dublin solicitor has brought High Court proceedings alleging that failures by solicitor Michael Lynn to honour undertakings…Fri Nov 23 2007 - 00:00
Mother in breach of abduction conventionThe Supreme Court has declared that a mother's decision to keep her three-year-old twin sons in Britain contrary to the wishes…Fri Nov 23 2007 - 00:00
Libel alleged in farm TV show articleRTÉ presenter Paddy O'Gorman has told the High Court he was accused of having a "perverted sexuality" in an article written about…Thu Nov 22 2007 - 00:00
Drocarne seeks ruling on alleged land agreementA Treasury Holdings subsidiary, Drocarne Ltd, has brought High Court proceedings aimed at enforcing an alleged agreement with…Wed Nov 21 2007 - 00:00
Court says Lynn's wife need not repay loanA High Court judge has refused to make a summary order requiring Brid Murphy, wife of solicitor Michael Lynn, to repay Bank of…Wed Nov 21 2007 - 00:00
Solicitor who had €1.9m deficit to halt practiceA solicitor alleged to have concealed substantial deficits in client accounts has undertaken before the High Court not to practice…Tue Nov 20 2007 - 00:00
Law Society hands over files seized from Byrne to CabFiles seized by the Law Society from solicitor Thomas Byrne have been given to the Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) and the Garda…Tue Nov 20 2007 - 00:00
Court orders extradition of Irishman to UKThe Supreme Court has made an order for the extradition of an Irishman wanted in the UK on charges of allegedly indecently assaulting…Fri Nov 16 2007 - 00:00
Case of boy disabled at birth finishesA marathon action for damages for alleged negligence in the circumstances of the birth of a seriously mentally and physically…Fri Nov 16 2007 - 00:00
Law Society takes case against unnamed solicitorThe Law Society has initiated court proceedings against a solicitor who has given an undertaking not to practise and who has …Fri Nov 16 2007 - 00:00
Bank secures orders for Lynn to repay €6.3mUlster Bank has secured orders from the Commercial Court requiring solicitor Michael Lynn to repay to it loans of about €6Thu Nov 15 2007 - 00:00
Court rejects organ retention damages claimThe Supreme Court has ruled a Dublin couple is not entitled to damages from the National Maternity Hospital for nervous shock…Thu Nov 15 2007 - 00:00
Watchdog to seek disqualification orders in DCC caseThe director of corporate enforcement will ask the High Court to consider making disqualification orders arising from the Supreme…Wed Nov 14 2007 - 00:00
Sisters and brother in court over property saleA dispute between two sisters and one of their brothers over a proposed €67 million sale of a block of apartments on Pembroke…Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
Byrne ordered to repay over ¬8mSolicitor Thomas Byrne was yesterday ordered by the Commercial Court to repay more than €8 million to Bank of Scotland (Ireland…Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
Ulster Bank to seek repayment from LynnUlster Bank will apply to the Commercial Court tomorrow for orders requiring solicitor Michael Lynn to repay to it loans of about…Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
Disqualification issue raised in DCC caseThe Director of Corporate Enforcement is to ask the High Court to consider making disqualification orders arising from the marathon…Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
Challenge to children's ballot failsA father of six has been refused leave by the High Court to challenge the Ombudsman for Children's "Big Ballot Project" carried…Sat Nov 10 2007 - 00:00
'Irish Times' to appeal Mahon decisionIrish Times editor Geraldine Kennedy and public affairs correspondent Colm Keena are appealing to the Supreme Court against …Sat Nov 10 2007 - 00:00
Lynn ordered to pay extra €5m to three banksSolicitor Michael Lynn has been ordered to pay additional sums totalling some €5 million to three banks following proceedings…Sat Nov 10 2007 - 00:00
Byrne documents referred to fraud squadDocuments relating to solicitor Thomas A Byrne's dealings with the EBS, one of four banks which yesterday secured judgment for…Thu Nov 08 2007 - 00:00
Judgment for €3.85m against solicitor's wife adjournedBank of Scotland (Ireland) (BOSI) has secured judgment for more than €5Thu Nov 08 2007 - 00:00
Incinerator case ruling reservedThe High Court has reserved judgment on an application by local residents to adjourn two legal challenges to the proposed €75…Wed Nov 07 2007 - 00:00
Zambian man seeks right to stayA Zambian man living in Ireland with his Irish partner and their two Irish-born children has brought a High Court challenge to…Wed Nov 07 2007 - 00:00
Ierne Ballroom court case struck out after talksA dispute between two men involved in the relaunch last summer of a landmark Dublin dance hall, the Ierne Ballroom, has been …Wed Nov 07 2007 - 00:00
Papers in Lynn case referred to fraud squadA High Court judge has ordered that legal documents relating to solicitor Michael Lynn's dealings with First Active plc should…Tue Nov 06 2007 - 00:00
Banks seek €20m from solicitor in court actionsThree banks will seek judgment of about €20 million in total from solicitor Thomas A Byrne in separate proceedings that will …Tue Nov 06 2007 - 00:00
Examiner for iQon TechnologiesThe High Court has appointed an examiner to iQon Technologies Ltd, a Co Louth-based company which manufactures and deals in computers…Tue Nov 06 2007 - 00:00
