Gay Byrne partnership gets injunction against receiverPartnership involving broadcaster in dispute with fund over €13.5m property in DublinFri Feb 10 2017 - 17:22
US law allows ‘extraordinary access’ to private data, court toldACLU attorney says surveillance affects ordinary citizens with no terrorism connectionsFri Feb 10 2017 - 16:43
Man abused by Marist as a boy awarded €75,000 against orderCourt ruling on vicarious liability of religious orders may have implications for othersThu Feb 09 2017 - 17:53
US data safeguards equivalent to EU rules, Facebook court toldAmerican professor says US system both effective and adequateThu Feb 09 2017 - 17:21
High Court rules no further submissions needed in O’Brien caseJudge did not want to finalise judgment until court ruled on case of Kerins and PACThu Feb 09 2017 - 11:49
Blogger must remove Facebook posts to remain anonymousHigh Court rejects Ugandan lawyer’s request for the identity of ‘defamatory’ bloggerWed Feb 08 2017 - 18:53
Data commissioner tells court US law fails to protect privacyRegulator cites lack of access to effective remedies in US if data privacy is breachedWed Feb 08 2017 - 17:48
Dublin girl (5) awarded €50,000 after tripping over Ikea trolleyIt was claimed Sophie Jennings tripped and fell over a trolley allegedly left unattendedTue Feb 07 2017 - 18:23
Data watchdog clashes with US over EU citizens’ privacy rightsCommissioner cites defects in US safeguards as case against Facebook Ireland opensTue Feb 07 2017 - 16:38
US warns of ‘sweeping’ ramifications from Schrems caseHigh court begins hearing far-reaching data privacy case affecting millions of EU citizensTue Feb 07 2017 - 15:30
Over 1m viewers could have access cut over illegal streamingCourt told six major studios targeting State’s main internet service providersMon Feb 06 2017 - 20:27
Film and TV studios sue over illegal downloads in StateSix studios suing nine internet service providers over access to ‘streaming’ websitesMon Feb 06 2017 - 15:42
Boston Scientific in court case over product at Galway plantUS firm Edwards Lifesciences alleges patent infringements over heart valve systemMon Feb 06 2017 - 15:35
Mother in direct provision compensated over delay in caseImmigration’s delay in deciding on application breached woman’s rights, judge findsFri Feb 03 2017 - 20:37
HSE denied appeal over damages for catastrophic injuryBody claims €12m ruling in case of boy (9) has implications for it, State and insurersFri Feb 03 2017 - 19:58
Partnership involving Gay Byrne in property sale court battleFirstwood Partnership alleges Launceston fund contrived default on performing loanFri Feb 03 2017 - 19:38
High Court orders arrest of lawyer over failure to pay debtLawrence Daniel O’Neill has repeatedly failed to pay €169,000 he owes Adriano FuscoFri Feb 03 2017 - 18:48
Bike accident victim’s award increased by €27,000 on appealPatricia Moore fractured her left elbow in 2013 incident with a van in Co DublinFri Feb 03 2017 - 18:02
Judgment reserved in bid for inquiry into 1976 killingNo one ever charged in ‘callous sectarian murder’ of Co Louth man in Dundalk in 1976Thu Feb 02 2017 - 20:51
Priory Hall developer loses appeal over bankruptcy appealThomas McFeely’s bankruptcy to continue until 2020 as all grounds dismissedThu Feb 02 2017 - 18:50
State calls 1976 murder of Louth man a ‘callous sectarian murder’Family of Seamus Ludlow are seeking commissions of inquiry into the unsolved murderWed Feb 01 2017 - 20:29
Woman (96) sues cousins over loans for Galway homesCourt hears New York woman needs repayment of €280,000 to cover homecare costsWed Feb 01 2017 - 19:34
Sale of Sean Dunne’s former Dublin home under examinationAssignee’s lawyer calls Walford sale the ‘conveyancing equivalent of Lazarus – a miracle’Wed Feb 01 2017 - 18:43
Handling of Ludlow murder suggests a scandal, High Court hearsFamily of forester shot by suspected loyalists seek inquiry into gaps in Garda investigationTue Jan 31 2017 - 20:02
Former worker sues Dunnes Stores over alleged slip on greaseWoman required operation to her ankle following fall in Carlow, court hearsTue Jan 31 2017 - 19:29
Angela Kerins may face large bill after losing case over alleged PAC ‘witch hunt’High Court says it has no power to intervene on how Dáil committee conducts hearingsTue Jan 31 2017 - 12:55
Woman who had money eaten by rats moved to nursing homeCourt to manage finances of pensioner with disabilities who lived in ‘squalid’ conditionsMon Jan 30 2017 - 16:04
Young man with severe anorexia is made a ward of courtParents fear his condition might deteriorate if there is further delay getting a bed in UKMon Jan 30 2017 - 15:03
Greens and British barrister take action over Brexit in Irish courtGoal is a legal declaration that article 50, once triggered, can be revoked by BritainFri Jan 27 2017 - 19:32
Monica Leech libel case against Independent Newspapers dismissedCommunications consultant took action over story on burglary at her home almost 12 years agoFri Jan 27 2017 - 13:28
Judgment reserved on teenagers’ claims rights were breachedFour males detained at Oberstown allege wrong treatment in wake of roof incidentThu Jan 26 2017 - 16:57
Court to rule on Angela Kerins’s claims of PAC ‘witchhunt’Decision in Rehab case has significant implications for all Oireachtas CommitteesThu Jan 26 2017 - 16:56
Magdalene Laundry compensation case adjournedOmbudsman says Minister for Justice cannot claim it must follow its recommendationsThu Jan 26 2017 - 16:11
HSE drops appeal against compensation award to consultantsMove could have implications for hundreds of senior doctors across the countryThu Jan 26 2017 - 10:21
Parents lose challenge over emergency care order for babyNewborn was placed in care soon after birth due to allegedly ‘unexplained’ bruisingWed Jan 25 2017 - 21:06
Women claim ‘unreasonable’ exclusion from Magdalene schemeClaim based on forced work in laundries while attending nearby industrial schoolsWed Jan 25 2017 - 21:01
Interim examiner appointed to click.ie sale and repair firmCantec Office Solutions employing 47 people in 10 stores deemed to be ‘viable’ businessWed Jan 25 2017 - 20:06
Supreme Court considering right to work of asylum seekersMan who lived in direct provision claims he suffered damage to dignity and self-worthTue Jan 24 2017 - 17:07
State faces €1m bill from Joan Collins promissory note caseCourt does not follow rule of costs following judgment due to importance of issues raisedTue Jan 24 2017 - 12:11
Judge refuses struck-off solicitor’s bid to resume practiceFindings of misconduct made against Mullingar solicitor who has not worked since 2010Mon Jan 23 2017 - 20:26
Treatment in UK sought for Irishman with severe anorexiaMan has had eating disorder involving hospitalisation since his teens, High Court hearsMon Jan 23 2017 - 17:01
Woman gives chocolates to judge who ordered tumour removal‘Judges are often criticised but rarely thanked. Thanks for saying thanks, very few do’Mon Jan 23 2017 - 14:56
Mother and daughter face losing €55,000 Munster homeHigh Court accepts decision is harsh as it upholds objection to personal insolvency dealFri Jan 20 2017 - 20:21
Challenge to Fitzwilliam Street homeless hostel fails in courtDublin City Council’s approval of proposed hostel at Longfield’s Hotel did not breach planning lawThu Jan 19 2017 - 19:11
High Court told of ‘most serious’ incident at Oberstown in 20 yearsFour youths claim their rights were breached after detention centre rooftop incidentThu Jan 19 2017 - 18:15
Shane Geoghegan’s killer loses appeal against convictionBarry Doyle jailed for life in 2012 for murder of rugby player in case of mistaken identityWed Jan 18 2017 - 20:56
Oberstown youths kept in ‘de facto solitary confinement’, court toldDetainees claim human rights and dignity breached with ‘no apparent legal reason’Tue Jan 17 2017 - 16:50
Man wins appeal over exclusion from his family homeJudge said there was no basis for orders granting custody of autistic son (18) to wifeTue Jan 17 2017 - 16:39
Teenage girl with anorexia making ‘good progress’, court toldHigh Court president says first case of young male with the eating disorder has arisenMon Jan 16 2017 - 17:04
Boy brain damaged at birth awarded €1.35mSix-year-old born in Cork hospital suffers seizures and requires constant care, court toldFri Jan 13 2017 - 18:57
