The Irish Times

Judge in charge of personal injury litigation in High Court opposed new award guidelines

Mr Justice Kevin Cross spoke against the proposals at key Judicial Council meeting

Tue May 04 2021 - 01:55

Judge questions if insurers will pass personal injury savings to customers

Mr Justice Bernard Barton raised concerns about the guidelines adopted last weekend

Tue Mar 09 2021 - 14:37

Judges to vote on new guidelines to cut damages awards

Minister for Justice ready to make changes if proposals approved

Fri Mar 05 2021 - 21:47

High Court refuses compensation to woman whose partner has Hepatitis C

Appellant claimed over ‘loss of consortium’ with man who got disease in mother’s womb

Thu Mar 04 2021 - 13:44

Mother who sued daughter's national school over fall on steps loses action

Court heard woman (36) fractured both ankles in fall at Co Louth school

Fri Jan 15 2021 - 16:57

Law student loses High Court damages action over road accident

Judge finds 22-year-old failed to prove liability on part of taxi driver over collision on unlit country road

Fri Jan 15 2021 - 14:52

Alleged collision was ‘deliberate event’ says judge throwing out damages claim

Judge said Victor Olaru gave contradictory, inconsistent, unbelievable and untruthful evidence

Fri Nov 20 2020 - 22:03

Judge critical of local authority’s response to family living at ESB substation

ESB granted an injunction directing a family to leave substation lands in Wicklow

Fri Aug 07 2020 - 20:51

Court dismisses Ryanair appeal against pilot defamation verdict

Appeal arose from 2017 finding that airline had not been defamed by pilots in an email

Thu Apr 16 2020 - 17:56

Coronavirus: Court hearings and trials slow to a trickle

Adjournments and jury member absences bring legal system activity to a near-halt

Wed Mar 18 2020 - 20:05

Ryanair appeals over its failed defamation action against pilots

Airline claimed defendants were suggesting that Ryanair misled investors

Wed Feb 19 2020 - 17:05

Canadian tourist settles action over fall on sight-seeing bus

Susan Riches claimed she suffers migraines from fall on bus near St Patrick’s Cathedral

Thu Jan 16 2020 - 16:45

Man facing legal costs of €1m after jury found he was not assaulted by gardaí

Both gardaí were previously acquitted of alleged assault during Christmas night out in Limerick

Fri Dec 13 2019 - 17:01

Pilot gets €387,000 over defamation by aviation regulator

First time that a jury has been asked to assess damages where defamation was admitted and an apology given

Thu Nov 14 2019 - 19:21

Pilot felt he had ‘large bullseye on back’ after conflict with IAA

Court deciding on damages due over defamation of Aer Lingus pilot in three emails

Thu Nov 07 2019 - 18:12

Irish Aviation Authority apologises to Aer Lingus pilot over defamatory statements

Pilot’s damages case opens before High Court judge and jury

Wed Nov 06 2019 - 20:32

Man’s action over Dublin road collision is adjourned

Court previously heard Victor Olaru deny allegations he was involved in ‘massive fraud’

Fri Oct 18 2019 - 17:27

Jailed asylum seeker turned up for deportation three times

Businessman says State ‘unlawfully’ imprisoned him after co-operation with authorities

Mon Aug 05 2019 - 01:00

Limerick man may face extradition to US on wildlife trafficking charges

Three charges include trading in horns of endangered black rhinoceros

Thu Aug 01 2019 - 21:42

Man awarded €1.1m for wrongful arrest by gardaí over attack on fiancee

Another man was later jailed for seven years for 2012 assault in Carlow town

Mon Jul 29 2019 - 16:13

Carlow man sues gardaí for wrongful arrest over savage attack on fiancée

A student was later jailed for assault for which Gerald Jennings was arrested

Wed Jul 10 2019 - 18:36

Warrant for juror who failed to turn up after lunch break

Judges seeks arrest of woman did not return to hearing of High Court defamation case

Wed Jul 03 2019 - 13:04

Solicitor twice didn’t ‘twig’ his client mentioned previous crashes

Garrett Fortune says a note on two previous accidents was ‘attached separately’

Sat Jun 22 2019 - 11:08

Gerald Kean settles additional claim against newspaper

High Court found last week solicitor had been defamed by article in Irish Daily Star

Wed May 22 2019 - 11:59

Ex-Labour TD Joe Costello settles defamation case with Mail on Sunday

Newspaper apologises for ‘distress and embarrassment’

Fri May 17 2019 - 15:42

Gerald Kean awarded €160,000 damages for defamation

Jury, in a majority verdict, found article on visit by Criminal Assets Bureau to his Dublin office defamed him

Fri May 17 2019 - 14:39

Jury to resume deliberations in defamation action taken by Gerald Kean

Solicitor claims newspaper article wrongly meant he was linked to gangland crime

Thu May 16 2019 - 19:26

Gerald Kean felt article on Cab visit to office made him look like ‘a liar’

Jury to begin considering its verdict in defamation case against The Star on Thursday

Wed May 15 2019 - 16:44

Solicitor Gerald Kean claims article wrongly linked him to gangland crime

Kean sues for defamation saying he was ‘shell-shocked’ by story on visit by members of Criminal Assets Bureau to his office

Tue May 07 2019 - 17:54

Deadline passes for Denis O’Brien to appeal defamation loss

Businessman took unsuccessful action against ‘Sunday Business Post’ over articles

Thu Apr 04 2019 - 16:28

Former soldier’s claim over being prescribed anti-malaria drug Larium adjourned

Soldier claims he suffered from anxiety, panic, insomnia and vertigo due to drug

Fri Mar 15 2019 - 19:03

Bitter defeat for Denis O’Brien, sweet vindication for Business Post

Tension racheted up in Courtroom 25 as those on both sides waited for jury’s verdict

Sat Mar 02 2019 - 03:00

Denis O’Brien could face legal bill of up to €1m for lost case

Businessman loses defamation case against Sunday Business Post

Sat Mar 02 2019 - 01:00

Denis O’Brien case: closing arguments to be heard next week

Businessman claims he was defamed in articles in the Sunday Business Post in 2015

Fri Feb 22 2019 - 12:15