Agencies urge broad definition of motherhood in Supreme Court surrogacy caseGenetic mother of twins not recognised by State, despite granting of legal status to fatherThu Feb 06 2014 - 01:00
‘Unreasonable’ for the State to argue for adoptionGenetic parents of twins born to a surrogate wish to be recognised as their legal parentsWed Feb 05 2014 - 15:08
Supreme Court told motherhood must be based on geneticsGenetic parents of twins born to a surrogate should be recognised, court hearsTue Feb 04 2014 - 22:50
High Court overturns financial ombudsman’s ruling on alleged adviceCouple wins oral hearing in dispute with Ulster Bank on property consortium lossesTue Feb 04 2014 - 20:12
Surrogate must be registered as twins’ legal mother, Supreme Court toldState seeks overturning of ruling that genetic mother could be named on birth certificateTue Feb 04 2014 - 06:40
State argues surrogate is ‘legal mother’ of twinsSupreme Court told that motherhood involves pregnancy and cannot in law be based on geneticsMon Feb 03 2014 - 22:09
Foley loses legal action against receiver of pubsSean Foley had asked the court to put a charge over the sale proceeds of the premisesFri Jan 31 2014 - 20:49
Sisters of Charity seek to halt action for damages citing no record of alleged rapistWoman says she was raped by a groundsman employed in Magdalene LaundryFri Jan 31 2014 - 17:39
McKillen ‘coy’ over bid for own loansBarclay brothers seek earliest possible hearing of pre-trial applicationsFri Jan 31 2014 - 00:50
Appeal to halt AIB pursuit of €26m failsSupreme Court agrees that Lynch gave ‘hopelessly confused’ evidenceFri Jan 31 2014 - 00:01
McKillen being ‘coy’ on whether he bid for IBRC loans, court toldProperty investor is seeking to prevent loans being sold to billionaire Barclay brothersThu Jan 30 2014 - 17:11
Lynch loses court bid to halt AIB pursuit over €26m debtProminent businessman fails in Supreme Court case against bankThu Jan 30 2014 - 16:06
Dublin mayor fails in appeal against ethics rulingOisin Quinn found to have inadvertently breached legislationWed Jan 29 2014 - 18:54
Payment over Brendan Smyth abuse ‘final’, court toldBishop asks High Court to halt caseWed Jan 29 2014 - 17:25
State seeks documents from Bailey in damages actionRecourse sought over handling of inquiry into murder of Sophie Toscan du PlantierWed Jan 29 2014 - 09:31
Teenage Traveller asks Court to uphold challenge to school’s admission policyFamily’s lawyer says if John Stokes wins he could be awarded compensationTue Jan 28 2014 - 21:00
Action by teacher against Twitter resolvedWoman had alleged she was the subject of grossly defamatory and offensive sexually related pictures and tweetsTue Jan 28 2014 - 12:38
High Court extends order to feed anorexia sufferer until FridayCourt hears woman is making ‘monumental strides’ after being fed through a tubeTue Jan 28 2014 - 11:36
Man gets €315,000 over abuse by Marist BrotherCase involved ‘recovered memory’ of sexual abuse dating from 1969Sat Jan 25 2014 - 01:01
Trial of man for rape of girl (8) when he was aged 15 stoppedJudge rules applicant entitled to order on grounds of loss of right to be tried as a childFri Jan 24 2014 - 17:26
Man awarded €315,000 over sex abuse by Marist BrotherMr Justice Iarfhlaith O’Neill rejects denials of abuse at Sligo school between 1969 and 1972Fri Jan 24 2014 - 16:50
O’Brien ‘entitled’ to be defendant in licence case, judge toldBusinessman is ‘best placed to rebut allegations' phone licence process was unfairThu Jan 23 2014 - 23:05
Century Homes founder to pay €2.7mMcCaughey is disputing liabilities for additional €5mThu Jan 23 2014 - 20:04
Supreme Court to hear State’s appeal over surrogacy rulingCourt to decide if media permitted ahead of landmark appeal next monthThu Jan 23 2014 - 19:02
Costs urged against Joan Collins TD on promissory note appealHigh Court told decision to appeal against rejection of challenge would raise State’s costsThu Jan 23 2014 - 18:46
Magpie Inn in Dalkey secures High Court protectionCompany operating south Co Dublin pub and bistro cites cash flow issues and dispute with its landlordThu Jan 23 2014 - 01:00
Postal worker settles bullying action against An PostMan said he was stared and glared at, intimidated and stalked by colleague in DublinWed Jan 22 2014 - 19:33
Bloxham creditors may get 40% of what is owedChallenge to stock exchange membership revocation may yield extra €6m for brokeWed Jan 22 2014 - 01:00
State to pay most of Marie Fleming’s legal costsFleming had asked Supreme Court for an order for costs, despite failing in her actionTue Jan 21 2014 - 10:47
Quinn Finance settles case against McPartlandFormer Seán Quinn company had wanted to recover €6.1m from Quinn son-in-lawMon Jan 20 2014 - 20:01
IBRC trying to ‘grind down’ Quinn family, court hearsCounsel claims bank seeking to make Quinns bankrupt and unable to pursue caseFri Jan 17 2014 - 17:02
Hickey pharmacy group drops IBRC actionLegal action had challenged the constitutionality of sections of IBRC ActFri Jan 17 2014 - 01:03
Ex-heads of spreadbet firm lose bid to halt bankruptcyMarketspreads was suspended by Central Bank in April 2012Thu Jan 16 2014 - 10:18
Court withdraws treatment from brain-damaged babyYoung mother of baby died shortly after delivering infant on Tuesday, High Court hearsThu Jan 16 2014 - 08:03
Hospital secures order allowing it withdraw life-sustaining treatment from babyMother was 39 weeks pregnant and in cardiac arrest when she arrived at hospitalWed Jan 15 2014 - 22:11
Sligo County Council asks court to reconsider part of Lissadell judgmentChief Justice agrees to defer court’s decision on costs while it considers the Council’s requestWed Jan 15 2014 - 11:51
Car dealer Patrick McCabe fails in bid to stop fast-tracking of €16m judgmentJudge rejects claim businessman’s ‘poor literacy’ should delay IBRC’s caseWed Jan 15 2014 - 01:01
Anglo Irish Bank criminal cases could run for several years, High Court toldJudge extends investigation for another year, not the three years sought by ODCETue Jan 14 2014 - 06:36
Quinns fail in bid to ‘ring-fence’ assets from the StateHigh Court refuses injunction stopping IBRC moving assets to NamaFri Dec 20 2013 - 15:58
Former deputy principal loses psychiatric assessment caseJudge queries why someone did not shout ‘stop’ and urge mediation before lengthy litigationFri Dec 20 2013 - 10:36
Permanent TSB allowed to join in key court actionSupreme Court decision enables bank to participate in recapitalisation caseFri Dec 20 2013 - 10:11
Challenge to son’s vaccination failsCourt says mother does not have superior rights to father, who wants son vaccinatedFri Dec 20 2013 - 01:02
McKillen challenge to IBRC sale of loans to be heard in MarchIBRC liquidators ‘caught in crossfire’ between McKillen and Barclay brothersWed Dec 18 2013 - 18:52
McKillen challenge to IBRC to be heard before loan sale finalisedProperty investor wants orders requiring loans be bought on basis of existing terms and conditions and not be sold to BarclaysWed Dec 18 2013 - 13:37
State to seek substantial costs if TD appeals prom note rulingJoan Collins unsure if she will ask Supreme Court to consider case over €31bn paymentsTue Dec 17 2013 - 14:00
Elan sale approved by Commercial CourtAcquisition involves the US generic drugmaker paying $8.6bnSat Dec 14 2013 - 01:00
Case brought by ESB workers over pension deficit settledEmployees claimed company deliberately failed to address €1.7 billion shortfallFri Dec 13 2013 - 15:17
Combine harvester damages award upheld by Supreme CourtJohn Deere Ltd ordered to pay out €470,000 over accident involving model 6810Fri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
