Only ‘paupers and multimillionaires’ can sue in Irish courts, says retired judgeState’s Ireland for Law initiative only benefits ‘small cohort’ of top-earning lawyers, says former High Court judge Deirdre MurphySat Apr 20 2024 - 06:00
Stardust families were better resourced and more involved in latest inquests In contrast to 1982 inquests, jury had five permissible verdicts open to them, including unlawful killingThu Apr 18 2024 - 15:02
Moving divorce cases to District Courts opposed by nine in ten family lawyers - surveyReform plan will create two-tier legal system and is not in best interests of families, say campaignersThu Apr 18 2024 - 06:00
Law Reform Commission proposes new safeguarding body with power to go into homes to protect at-risk adultsAbuse and coercive control/exploitation of at-risk adults should be criminalised, says commission reportWed Apr 17 2024 - 00:01
Court of Appeal judge elected as Ireland’s judge on European Court of Human RightsMs Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh will take up role on the Strasbourg-based court later this yearTue Apr 16 2024 - 20:09
Judge asks if adversarial legal system ‘fit for purpose’ when dealing with serious crime cases involving childrenLimited sentencing options for those turning 18 during the criminal process creates ‘unfairness’ judge saysTue Apr 16 2024 - 06:00
Tributes paid as Supreme Court judge Marie Baker retiresJudge from ‘a family of learning, not of privilege’ says Supreme Court is ‘much more reflective of society than it is perceived’Mon Apr 15 2024 - 17:07
Bid to have former rugby player Brendan Mullin adjudicated bankrupt struck outMullin welcomes ‘satisfactory’ outcome in case over alleged €1.8m debtMon Apr 15 2024 - 12:05
‘Even the dog is afraid of him’: ‘Terrified’ mother gets barring order against adult sonMan gets protection order against ‘compulsive gambler’ wife over alleged ‘hostile and threatening’ behaviourSun Apr 14 2024 - 06:00
‘Big Jim’ Larkin brought first appeal before new Irish Supreme Court 100 years agoCommencement of independent Irish courts in 1924 ‘the moment when the silence of the Gael in the courts of law is broken’Sat Apr 13 2024 - 06:00
Chief Justice says ‘unrealistic’ expectations of role underline need for ‘comprehensive’ reformArtificial Intelligence is ‘looming challenge’ to courts, District Court president tells centenary conferenceFri Apr 12 2024 - 17:55
No brehon robes for new Irish judges who went back to black after independenceWigs and gowns were trappings of an alien regime, first Chief Justice thought - with a colourful alternative proposedFri Apr 12 2024 - 15:45
More solicitor transparency in house-buying legal costs sought by regulatorProperty buyers/sellers highly satisfied with solicitor conveyancing services but few shop around - surveyThu Apr 11 2024 - 00:01
Clarification of legal status of personal injury guidelines turns spotlight on insurersSupreme Court decision met with dismay by some personal injuries lawyers, but others say it provides much-needed clarification for all involved in claimsTue Apr 09 2024 - 17:50
Insurers face pressure to cut premiums as court removes injury awards uncertainty‘Insurers have a responsibility to reflect this in their premiums’Tue Apr 09 2024 - 13:31
Finding that guidelines slashing personal injury awards has legal effect ‘of systemic importance’ - Supreme Court Woman not entitled to have her injury assessed under earlier guidelines, Supreme Court rulesTue Apr 09 2024 - 10:08
Supreme Court to decide landmark appeal over validity of guidelines slashing damages for personal injuriesOutcome of challenge has significant implications for future assessment of personal injury awardsMon Apr 08 2024 - 19:00
Hearing to extend businessman’s bankruptcy to proceed after judge strikes out ‘annulment’ moveJune hearing date fixed for extension application over alleged non co-operation with bankruptcy trustee by Wexford businessman Alan HynesMon Apr 08 2024 - 16:13
Woman who fled her home gets interim barring order against husbandWoman alleges she is in ‘constant fear’ over husband’s behaviour and endured years of psychological abuseMon Apr 08 2024 - 06:00
Woman secures barring order against estranged husband who allegedly forced himself on her sexuallyFormer couple living in same house separately because she has ‘nowhere else to go’, Dublin District Family Court hearsSun Apr 07 2024 - 06:00
Divorced man no longer has to pay €385 monthly maintenance to ex-wife, judge rulesOriginal order made in 2005 in favour of woman and couple’s then dependent childrenThu Apr 04 2024 - 15:58
Judge directs man to pay €1,900 maintenance per month for two children and €95,000 to ex-wife Proper provision orders made in High Court divorce proceedingsTue Apr 02 2024 - 17:21
Ireland’s independent courts system ‘should not be taken for granted’, says Chief JusticeTop-level programme of events and projects will mark centenary of establishment of independent courtsTue Apr 02 2024 - 06:00
‘I am absolutely in fear of him’: Woman tells court of ‘extensive’ verbal and emotional abuse by husbandMan agrees to one-year safety order after wife tells judge: ‘I think he’ll flip his lid and murder me’Sun Mar 31 2024 - 06:00
‘Hate speech’ Bill: What’s in it and should we be worried about intrusion on right to free speech?Simon Harris says Bill is part of programme for government but he favours ‘constructive’ amendmentsThu Mar 28 2024 - 05:00
Man with brain injury from assault discharged from High Court wardship after 15 yearsJudge appoints representative to make decisions on man’s behalf, including to protect his assetsTue Mar 26 2024 - 06:00
Well-known Dublin solicitor Ivor Fitzpatrick dies aged 68Solicitor and property investor was close associate of former taoiseach Charles HaugheyMon Mar 25 2024 - 17:50
‘I can’t live like this’: Desperate parents ask courts to protect them from aggressive adult childrenJudges say the housing crisis, drug addiction and mental health issues are contributing to rise in number of applications by parents and grandparentsSat Mar 23 2024 - 06:00
Woman says she was not put under pressure to drop full barring order application against partner who had assaulted herMother of three got interim barring order days earlier after man allegedly slapped her in the face 'busting' her noseSun Mar 17 2024 - 06:00
Mother alleges former partner ‘systematically abused’ her since baby’s birth Judge says woman is sole custodian and alleged removal of baby is ‘tantamount to kidnapping’Fri Mar 15 2024 - 16:33
Supreme Court to decide if ‘woman’s work in the home’ article imposes carer funding obligations on State Mother of profoundly disabled boy challenges refusal of maximum care allowance in appeal of ‘systemic importance’ for carersThu Mar 14 2024 - 06:00
Supreme Court to judge on appeal over personal injuries guidelines within weeks Waterford woman challenged constitutionality of guidelines after leg injury assessed for €3,000Wed Mar 13 2024 - 18:51
Two judges, law professor Ireland’s candidates for next European Court of Human Rights positionOne of three candidates approved by Government will be elected by Council of Europe Parliamentary AssemblyWed Mar 13 2024 - 15:11
Supreme Court urged to overturn re-engagement of Gaelscoil principal eight years after dismissalPrevious board of management approved principal’s inflation of pupil enrolment figures, court toldMon Mar 11 2024 - 19:15
Dermot Desmond defamation case against Irish Times ready for hearing, judge toldBusinessman gets legal costs of his successful pre-trial bid to exclude Nobel laureate economist’s evidenceMon Mar 11 2024 - 15:33
Bankruptcy application against ex rugby international Brendan Mullin adjournedFirm seeks bankruptcy orders against Brendan Mullin and former business partner over alleged €1.8m debtMon Mar 11 2024 - 15:13
Woman gets protection order against Garda husband after saying she fears for the lives of herself and her children Woman alleges faeces was put on her toothbrush and she has been subject to financial, sexual and emotional abuse throughout marriageFri Mar 08 2024 - 07:00
Supreme Court finalising judgment on landmark appeal over guidelines slashing personal injury awards Waterford woman’s appeal was heard a year ago but court now seeking submissions on a specific legal issueWed Mar 06 2024 - 19:00
Economist’s evidence inadmissible in Dermot Desmond defamation case against Irish Times, judge rulesJoseph Stiglitz prepared report on newspaper’s coverage of Panama Papers as part of defence of businessman’s actionTue Mar 05 2024 - 20:26
Some solicitors unhappy with call by Law Society’s council for Yes vote in referendums Members take to social media to criticise lack of consultation before issuing of statementTue Mar 05 2024 - 20:15
‘Impossible is just perception’ – Women with disabilities pursuing legal careersThree women who have taken exceptional paths explain what drives them, and what challenges them, as they go about their work in lawTue Mar 05 2024 - 06:00
Fishermen rescued off Aran Islands after boat runs agroundAll five crew well after coastguard helicopter winched them to safetySun Mar 03 2024 - 19:20
Woman secures protection order against partner who allegedly put shotgun to her headWoman alleged her former partner frequently assaulted and abused her for more than a decadeSun Mar 03 2024 - 11:46
Referendums Q&A: A legal expert on what is being proposed, and the effect it will haveIn an interview less than a week before the family and care referendums, Ms Justice Marie Baker says the Supreme Court is unlikely to give an ‘outlandish’ interpretation of ‘durable’ relationshipsSat Mar 02 2024 - 07:00
Law Society calls for Yes-Yes vote in family and care referendumsYes vote will ‘better reflect the diversity of family life’ and ‘acknowledge the role of carers’, says solicitors’ representative bodySat Mar 02 2024 - 06:00
Lawyers group urges No vote in family and care referendumsYes vote would have long-term consequences in tax, property and family law, group claimsThu Feb 29 2024 - 20:33
Draft findings issued in INM data breach investigationMove signals long-running investigation into Ireland’s largest news group is drawing to a closeThu Feb 29 2024 - 05:30
‘I can’t take it any more’: Woman gets protection order from granddaughter who she says is ‘beating’ herSeparate order granted to a mother who said she is ‘terrified’ of her adult son ‘when he kicks off’Sun Feb 25 2024 - 15:30
Single people are ‘the poor relatives’ when it comes to inheritance taxArticle 41 referendum offers potential to tackle ‘unfair and unequal’ inheritance tax treatment of singles, unmarried cohabitantsSat Feb 24 2024 - 05:30
Lawyers should be ‘more encouraging’ of applications under new decision-support law, judge saysSo far 451 applications have been made under new rules, but many are unable to afford lawyers, seminar toldThu Feb 22 2024 - 17:25
