Former archbishop claims RTÉ falsely depicted him as a rapistRichard Burke alleges defamation over RTÉ Mission to Prey programmeThu Jun 25 2015 - 13:47
Ex-Catholic archbishop sues RTÉ over Mission to Prey showRichard Burke wrongly depicted as a paedophile in Prime Time special, counsel saysWed Jun 24 2015 - 17:26
Nama loses key case on public access to informationSupreme Court rejects arguments by Nama that it is not a public authorityTue Jun 23 2015 - 16:14
State bid to halt Bailey’s partner damages claim adjournedJules Thomas took action over alleged wrongful arrest during Toscan du Plantier inquiryMon Jun 22 2015 - 15:20
Retrial refused in burglary case over admissibility of evidence rulingCase centres on man lawfully acquitted of burglary under changes to admissibility of evidence in criminal trialsMon Jun 22 2015 - 15:15
Former Irish rugby player and his brother in court over loansProceedings relate to borrowings by Frank Sheahan jnr and brother JosephSat Jun 20 2015 - 01:00
Case with neighbours cost Van Morrison’s wife €875,000Case adjourned after Ms Morrison asked judge for delay after hiring new lawyersSat Jun 20 2015 - 01:00
Court not allowed to grant access to forensic evidence, court rulesHigh Court did not have jurisdiction to grant orders, but court of appeal did, says judgeSat Jun 20 2015 - 01:00
Cost of bid to keep ill woman in UK would fund unit - judgeLegal costs of HSE bid to keep woman in specialised unit estimated at well over €1mFri Jun 19 2015 - 17:35
Girl with special needs wins challenge over refugee status refusalTribunal finding about mother’s claim over FGM ran ‘counter to generally known facts’Thu Jun 18 2015 - 18:47
Obstetricians and brothers Joseph and James Sheehan settle shareholder disputeSheehans are joint owners of Blackrock Medical Partners which owns half share of private Galway ClinicThu Jun 18 2015 - 17:50
RTÉ report on Denis O’Brien may be broadcast in partJudge says matters derived from ’legally privileged information’ may not be includedWed Jun 17 2015 - 14:24
Quinn family and IBRC agree to dispute mediationIn separate move IBRC serves a motion for judgment on Sean Quinn snrWed Jun 17 2015 - 13:31
Judge rejects ‘offensive’ claim of bias against woman in family rowMr Justice David Keane denies using ‘secret code’ to communicate with lawyersTue Jun 16 2015 - 18:05
Court hears export licences for Beit paintings unlawfully issuedAn Taisce takes legal challenge over fate of 10 artworksTue Jun 16 2015 - 15:37
Denis O’Brien brings case over Dáil comments on financesBusinessman initiates legal action against Oireachtas and the StateTue Jun 16 2015 - 14:18
Developer in action against family over development profitsMan fears steps being taken to deprive him of his alleged right to half-share of profitsTue Jun 16 2015 - 01:00
Wife of developer Sean Dunne seeks to halt ‘oppressive’ proceedingsGayle Killilea Dunne argues she does not have ‘limitless’ assetsMon Jun 15 2015 - 16:50
Compromise reached in RTÉ action against TV3RTÉ had claimed €1m was outstanding from TV3 for digital transmission servicesMon Jun 15 2015 - 16:19
RTÉ loses bid to lift Denis O’Brien injunctionHigh Court refuses to fully discharge restraint on publishing bank informationSat Jun 13 2015 - 01:00
Student who took legal case over taxi video faces €1.9m costsSolicitor says he would not have battled international firms on a no foal, no fee basisFri Jun 12 2015 - 20:59
Vulnerable 18-year-old urges judge to let her return to IrelandSays she thinks about home ‘every moment of every day’, misses her family and friendsFri Jun 12 2015 - 11:35
RTÉ loses court bid to discharge Denis O’Brien injunctionJudge says it was not appropriate to discharge existing order but he would amend itFri Jun 12 2015 - 11:13
Judge dismisses challenge to planning procedures for Meath wind farmCourt hears proposed €240m Emlagh development is for 46 wind turbines on three clusters of land near KellsThu Jun 11 2015 - 16:30
Court challenge to proposed Meath wind farm failsEngineer had claimed ‘fundamentally unfair’ planning procedureThu Jun 11 2015 - 11:46
Holidaymaker awarded €40,000 over loss of fingertipRetired construction manager from Antrim lost tip of one of his fingers due to defective catching mechanism on sun loungerThu Jun 11 2015 - 01:00
Woman (18) detained in UK psychiatric facility makes poetic appealYoung woman wrote poem to HSE appealing to be allowed return to IrelandWed Jun 10 2015 - 19:44
Girl (7) who suffered brain damage settles action for €2.4mCourt found water on the brain should have been detectedWed Jun 10 2015 - 18:58
O’Brien’s ‘sword of Damocles’ hanging over media, court toldJudge to rule on Friday as RTÉ argues Dáil utterances show that injunction is pointlessWed Jun 10 2015 - 11:57
Union for Waterford fire-fighters loses challenge over recognitionHigh Court upholds recommendation that council not obliged to negotiate with unionWed Jun 10 2015 - 01:00
Shatter to appeal ruling on his bid to quash parts of Guerin reportReport concerns then minister’s handling of allegations made by a Garda whistleblowerWed Jun 10 2015 - 01:00
Irish teenager appeals for permission to return to StateHSE queried order directing return of young woman from English psychiatric facilityTue Jun 09 2015 - 19:29
Referendum application to come before Court of AppealInjunction to prevent issuing of same sex referendum cerificate to be sought pending appealTue Jun 09 2015 - 12:44
Alan Shatter to appeal Guerin report decisionFormer Minister for Justice made a bid to quash parts of Sean Guerin reportTue Jun 09 2015 - 11:49
Donegal seafood company wins High Court challengeCourt finds Employment Appeals Tribunal decision was made in errorFri Jun 05 2015 - 22:23
Challenge to same sex marriage result rejectedJudge dismisses argument that citizens who did not vote in effect ‘voted’ against proposalFri Jun 05 2015 - 16:38
Cerebral palsy sufferer who claimed birth injury secures €2.1mRuth Carmel Foley sued HSE over management of her birth at Kilkenny hospital in 1986Thu Jun 04 2015 - 18:37
Man hit by car which failed to remain at scene settles caseAnthony Driver sued Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland over November 2012 incidentThu Jun 04 2015 - 18:25
Legal bids to challenge same-sex marriage result dueTwo applications for leave to bring petitions against referendum result due in High CourtThu Jun 04 2015 - 16:24
Bid for stay on jail order over Grangegorman property refusedGroup of people occupying properties which Nama-appointed receiver is seeking to sellThu Jun 04 2015 - 15:56
Dunnes Stores worker receives €11,000 injury compensationSupermarket loses appeal of award to man hurt when empty crates fell on his footWed Jun 03 2015 - 18:42
Quinn family lawyers propose mediation of IBRC disputeProposal made after DPP secured third deferral of full hearing over €2.34bn in loansWed Jun 03 2015 - 15:56
Man awarded €200,000 damages against childhood abuserHigh Court decision creates new civil wrong for long-term control by abusers over victimsThu May 21 2015 - 12:50
Boy receives €8.5 million settlement over birth injuriesFinal payment in High Court action against Coombe Women and Infants HospitalWed May 20 2015 - 17:44
Alan Shatter loses High Court challenge to Guerin reportJudge rules no denial of fair procedures to former Minister for JusticeWed May 20 2015 - 13:34
Breifne O’Brien receiver hopes to gain $400,000 from US saleReceiver over fraudster’s assets expects sale of interest in US firm, Commercial Court toldTue May 19 2015 - 19:24
GlaxoSmithKline fails to get injunction over Seretide inhalerPharmaceutical firm claims trademark infringementTue May 19 2015 - 19:13
Man injured at Traveller wedding reception loses damages claimThomas Connors attacked during ‘stampede’ of people trying to escape function room rowTue May 19 2015 - 18:30
Court orders arrest of Grangegorman squat residentsMan jailed after Nama receiver secures High Court ruling on north Dublin propertiesTue May 19 2015 - 16:46
