Court orders blood samples from girlA psychiatrically ill teenager who told doctors she wanted to take her own life before her 16th birthday is to have blood samples…Fri Jan 18 2013 - 00:00
Shatter asks judges to work longer hours and take fewer holidaysMinister for Justice Alan Shatter has written to the Chief Justice suggesting judges might effect savings by working longer hours…Thu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
Court orders blood sample from teenA psychiatrically ill teenager who told doctors she wanted to kill herself before her sixteenth birthday is to have blood samples…Thu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
Assisted suicide appeal date setThe Supreme Court has provisionally fixed February 19th to hear the appeal by a terminally ill woman against the High Court’s…Thu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
Appeal lodged in assisted suicide caseA terminally ill woman has lodged an appeal to the Supreme Court against the High Court’s unanimous rejection of her landmark…Thu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
Quinn's son-in-law settles with LibertyA solicitor who claimed he was unfairly dismissed from his job at Liberty Insurance because he is a son-in-law of bankrupt businessman…Thu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
High Court extends Anglo inquiryThe High Court has extended for another year the investigation by the Director of Corporate Enforcement into the 2008 collapse…Thu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
Barry seeks to recover costs of €610,000 in tribunal feesBusinessman Oliver Barry is seeking High Court orders to recover some €610,000 legal costs from his involvement with the planning…Wed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
Approval of phased compensation plan welcomedThe Government’s approval of proposals for new legislation allowing the courts approve a system of phased payments to meet the…Wed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
Suicide ruling to be appealedA terminally ill woman is to appeal against the High Court's unanimous rejection of her landmark bid to be permitted to take …Wed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
Banks in court over selling of swapsTen people involved in property partnerships have sued Ulster Bank Ireland and First Active over the alleged mis-selling of derivative…Tue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
Referendum challenge to be heardA Dublin woman’s court action aimed at overturning the Yes vote in the Children Referendum is expected to be heard within weeks…Tue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
Vodafone challenges ComReg decision on call termination costsVodafone has brought a legal challenge to price-control decisions by the communications regulator affecting charges levied by…Tue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
Cullen accused of transferring properties to wifeA businessman being pursued for more than €29 million allegedly transferred or charged more than 40 properties, including the…Tue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
Businessman 'transferred' propertyThe National Assets Management Agency (Nama) has claimed a businessman being pursued by it for more than €29m has transferred…Mon Jan 14 2013 - 00:00
Quinns may seek to join Central Bank and Government to caseLawyers for the Quinn family are considering whether to make the Government and the Central Bank co-defendants in their action…Sat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
Tougher's examiner granted extensionThe examiner of a company operating a chain of fuel stations employing 140 people has told the High Court he is finalising an…Sat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
Quinns may be called to give evidence in Anglo Irish trialsSome members of the family of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn may be called to give evidence for the prosecution in the criminal…Fri Jan 11 2013 - 00:00
Appeal likely on assisted suicide rulingA terminally ill woman is expected to appeal against the High Court’s unanimous rejection of her landmark bid to be lawfully …Fri Jan 11 2013 - 00:00
One of the most difficult dilemmas to confront the courtsANALYSIS: Evidence from two palliative care experts proved influential in decisionFri Jan 11 2013 - 00:00
Assisted suicide ban cannot be diluted even in 'harrowing' case of MS suffererThe absolute ban on assisted suicide is fully justified under the Constitution to protect the most vulnerable in society and …Fri Jan 11 2013 - 00:00
Court to rule on MS woman's assisted suicideA woman severely disabled due to multiple sclerosis will learn today if she may be lawfully helped to end her life when she chooses…Thu Jan 10 2013 - 00:00
Woman loses assisted suicide caseA severely disabled woman in the final stages of multiple sclerosis has lost her landmark High Court challenge to the absolute…Thu Jan 10 2013 - 00:00
Supreme Court refuses Quinn deferring orderThe Supreme Court has refused to grant an order deferring the court cross-examination next month of the children and other family…Sat Dec 22 2012 - 00:00
ACC gets orders to freeze Swiss accountACC Bank has secured orders freezing Swiss bank and other accounts held by a Limerick man and his wife as part of the bank’s …Fri Dec 21 2012 - 00:00
Court says State action in passport case 'dispiriting'A Supreme Court judge has descibed as "dispiriting" the way in which the State conducted legal action at public expense unsuccessfully…Fri Dec 21 2012 - 00:00
Extension granted for credit union special managerThe President of the High Court has extended the appointment of a special manager to Newbridge Credit Union to next summer, raising…Fri Dec 21 2012 - 00:00
Seán Quinn jnr in moves to purge contemptSeán Quinn jnr, the son of jailed businessman Seán Quinn, is to travel to Moscow to get statements concerning bank accounts held…Thu Dec 20 2012 - 00:00
Worker wins order overturning convictionA woman who claimed the fact she was working led to her being convicted of deception when two unemployed co-accused got the benefit…Wed Dec 19 2012 - 00:00
Moscow bank trip for Quinn jnrSeán Quinn jnr, the son of jailed businessman Seán Quinn, is to travel to Moscow to get statements concerning bank accounts he…Wed Dec 19 2012 - 00:00
Quinns ordered to pay costs of IBRC applicationThe children and other family members of jailed businessman Seán Quinn have been ordered to pay the legal costs of an application…Wed Dec 19 2012 - 00:00
IBRC claims €50m loss on FitzPatrickThe former Anglo Irish Bank is suing its former auditors Ernst Young for more than €50 million damages over losses allegedly …Tue Dec 18 2012 - 00:00
Music companies seek to block Pirate BayA legal action aimed at blocking access by Irish internet users to the free file-sharing website Pirate Bay and related websites…Tue Dec 18 2012 - 00:00
Man says he is not liable for €3.4m loansA young man described as “very vulnerable” after suffering two strokes by the age of 10 and being orphaned by age 17 has claimed…Tue Dec 18 2012 - 00:00
'Pirate Bay' case before courtA legal action aimed at blocking access by Irish internet users to the free file-sharing website Pirate Bay and related websites…Mon Dec 17 2012 - 00:00
Extension sought for Newbridge special managerAn application will be made on Monday by the Central Bank to further extend orders under which a special manager was appointed…Sat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00
Petition to wind Dunnes Stores up withdrawn after €21.6m paidA petition to wind up retail giant Dunnes Stores has been withdrawn at the Commercial Court after the company paid some €21.6…Sat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00
Woman awarded €170,000 for loss of babyA High Court judge has awarded €170,000 damages to a woman whose baby was stillborn due to the necessary blood not being available…Sat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00
€87m to be repaid to State's Insurance Compensation FundThe High Court has approved the repayment of €87 million to the State’s Insurance Compensation Fund (ICF) arising from the near…Sat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00
Quinn jnr prepared to sell Dublin house to purge contempt, court toldSeán Quinn jnr, the son of jailed businessman Seán Quinn, is prepared to sell the Dublin home he shares with wife Karen Woods…Fri Dec 14 2012 - 00:00
Dunnes Stores pays €21.6m debtA petition to wind up retail giant Dunnes Stores has been withdrawn at the Commercial Court because the company has now paid …Fri Dec 14 2012 - 00:00
Hotels to pay royalties on musicThe operators of hotels, guesthouses and bed & breakfasts will have to pay royalties for any copyright music played in guest…Fri Dec 14 2012 - 00:00
High Court will rule on assisted suicide in new yearA three-judge High Court will give its judgment on January 10th on the challenge to the absolute ban on assisted suicide brought…Fri Dec 14 2012 - 00:00
Introducing assisted suicide 'entirely radical'A leading Irish palliative care specialist has told the High Court he supports the total ban on assisted suicide here and believes…Thu Dec 13 2012 - 00:00
Expert testifies in assisted suicide caseA specialist in palliative care has told the High Court he does not believe assisted suicide should be permitted for a narrow…Thu Dec 13 2012 - 00:00
Court told of no rise in legal assisted suicide rate among poor or elderlyA US professor of medical ethics has told the High Court that research carried out by her and others has not shown a higher rate…Wed Dec 12 2012 - 00:00
Court rules on information in children's pollThe Government’s publicly funded information campaign in the Children Referendum was in “clear disregard” of the limits imposed…Wed Dec 12 2012 - 00:00
O'Donnells accused of 'blatant' scheme by Bank of IrelandSolicitor Brian O’Donnell, his wife and two adult sons are engaged in “tactical game playing” in an effort to “paralyse” Bank…Tue Dec 11 2012 - 00:00
DPP seeks to have Quinn family legal action deferredEfforts by the the family of jailed businessman Seán Quinn to avoid liability for €2Tue Dec 11 2012 - 00:00
