State fails in bid to evict squatterThe Chief State Solicitor cannot pursue a claim for court orders requiring a man give up possession to the State of the home …Thu Feb 16 2012 - 00:00
Examiner for building supply firmAn interim examiner has been appointed to the group operating the Brooks, Heat Merchants and Tubs and Tiles businesses from 59…Thu Feb 16 2012 - 00:00
Individuals to agree to orders over €180m purchase of bank HQA NUMBER of businessmen, who include Patrick Shovlin and hotelier brothers Anthony and Patrick Fitzpatrick, have told the Commercial…Thu Feb 16 2012 - 00:00
Building firm directors told to pay legal costsTHE SUPREME Court has rejected arguments by two construction firm directors that Revenue should pay the costs of lengthy court…Wed Feb 15 2012 - 00:00
Five-year restriction for ex-NIB headTHE SUPREME Court has made an order restricting a former executive director at National Irish Bank in his involvement with companies…Wed Feb 15 2012 - 00:00
Vodafone agrees to pay €400,000 penaltyVODAFONE IRELAND has agreed to pay a €400,000 penalty under a settlement of court proceedings brought against it by communications…Tue Feb 14 2012 - 00:00
Ryanair disputes retired pilot inquiryRYANAIR HAS brought a High Court challenge to a decision of the Equality Tribunal to proceed with an investigation into a complaint…Tue Feb 14 2012 - 00:00
Vodafone to pay roaming penaltyVodafone Ireland has agreed to pay a €400,000 penalty under a settlement of court proceedings related to roaming charges brought…Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00
Ryanair challenges inquiry decisionRyanair has brought a High Court challenge to a decision of the Equality Tribunal to proceed with an investigation.Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00
Lowry loses defamation appeal in court action against journalistINDEPENDENT TD for North Tipperary Michael Lowry has lost his High Court attempt to secure summary disposal of a defamation case…Sat Feb 11 2012 - 00:00
Hourly fee for credit union's special manager cut to €375THE PRESIDENT of the High Court has approved a Central Bank application to reduce from €423 to €375 the hourly fee charged by…Sat Feb 11 2012 - 00:00
Lowry loses High Court actionIndependent TD for North Tipperary Michael Lowry has lost his High Court bid to secure a summary ruling in a defamation case …Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Treasury Holdings' legal bid over receivers for High CourtTREASURY HOLDINGS’ legal bid to overturn the National Assets Management Agency’s appointment of receivers to various assets owned…Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
High Court seeks arrest of ex-Revenue tax inspectorA HIGH Court judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of a former Revenue tax inspector after he failed to turn up in court …Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Supreme Court halts trial of priest on buggery chargeA SUPREME Court majority decision halting the trial of a priest for alleged buggery of a teenage boy in 1970 due to “inexplicable…Thu Feb 09 2012 - 00:00
Quinn family claims Anglo loans were unlawfulTHE FAMILY of Seán Quinn has told the Commercial Court the €2Thu Feb 09 2012 - 00:00
Leech agrees to pay fees to lawyers who acted for her in libel casesCOMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT Monica Leech has undertaken before the High Court to pay fees sought by lawyers who acted for her in…Wed Feb 08 2012 - 00:00
Anglo warns of 'havoc' if Quinn claims upheldANGLO IRISH Bank has claimed international markets will be plunged into “drastic uncertainty” and “havoc” if the Irish courts…Wed Feb 08 2012 - 00:00
Landowner wins right-of-way caseThe High Court has found there is no public right-of-way on the property of a Co Wicklow land owner as had been claimed by a …Wed Feb 08 2012 - 00:00
Trial of priest for buggery haltedA Supreme Court majority decision today halting the trial of a priest on a charge of alleged buggery of a teenage boy in 1970…Wed Feb 08 2012 - 00:00
Anglo fine 'mild slap on wrist'The family of Sean Quinn has told the Commercial Court the €2Wed Feb 08 2012 - 00:00
No representation for Quinn in family's Anglo caseBANKRUPT BUSINESSMAN Seán Quinn will not be represented in the action being taken by his family to prevent Anglo Irish Bank pursuing…Tue Feb 07 2012 - 00:00
Minister settles €1.9m nursing home caseMINISTER FOR Health Dr James Reilly, Fine Gael councillor Anne Devitt and others have consented to judgment orders for €1Tue Feb 07 2012 - 00:00
Nursing home case settledMinister for Health Dr James Reilly, Fine Gael Cllr Anne Devitt and others have consented to judgment orders for €1Mon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00
Quinn claims miss point of market abuse rules, Anglo tells courtTHE QUINN family is advancing the “startling” proposition that public policy requires that Anglo Irish Bank should be deprived…Sat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00
High Court finds that accountant deceived brothers over site purchaseA HIGH COURT judge has found that three brothers suffered losses because an accountant deliberately deceived them concerning …Sat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00
Man loses challenge to his life detention for murderAN IRISH man jailed for life for the murder of a man in England 17 years ago has lost his Supreme Court challenge to the legality…Thu Feb 02 2012 - 00:00
Scotchstone shareholder cannot represent firm, judge saysA HIGH Court judge has ruled that a man whose company bought some €200,000 worth of shares in Irish Life Permanent (ILP) in 2010…Thu Feb 02 2012 - 00:00
IL&P High Court case over State cash opensTHE HIGH Court has begun a hearing to decide key preliminary issues in actions by a number of shareholders in Irish Life and …Wed Feb 01 2012 - 00:00
Lowry seeks summary ruling against Smyth in High Court defamation caseINDEPENDENT TD for North Tipperary Michael Lowry has appealed to the High Court for a summary ruling in a defamation case over…Wed Feb 01 2012 - 00:00
Nursing home action settledA legal action against Minister for Health Dr James Reilly, Fine Gael councillor Anne Devitt and others brought in connection…Mon Jan 30 2012 - 00:00
'Anglo HQ' case before courtThe “infamous” building earmarked as the proposed flagship headquarters for Anglo Irish Bank is a “more fitting tombstone to …Mon Jan 30 2012 - 00:00
Legal fees in injuries case excessive, High Court toldA DISPUTE over a €212,000 instruction fee approved for a firm of solicitors representing a young boy who secured an €800,000 …Sat Jan 28 2012 - 00:00
Judge cuts Quinn €2.75m administration bill by 20%THE PRESIDENT of the High Court has cut by 20 per cent a fee bill of €2Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
Hospital apologises for death of child (2)OUR LADY’S Children’s Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin has apologised before the High Court over failures in the care of a haemophiliac…Thu Jan 26 2012 - 00:00
DPP to make Anglo decision soonThe Director of Public Prosecutions may decide within weeks whether to prefer charges in relation to some completed aspects of…Thu Jan 26 2012 - 00:00
Extension given to Cork ferry firmsA HIGH Court judge has agreed to further extend court protection for the companies operating the Cork-Swansea ferry service to…Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
Voluntary mental patient not being held unlawfullyA HIGH Court judge has highlighted the absence of protections in the Mental Health Act for voluntary patients in psychiatric …Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
Hospital apology over child deathOur Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin has apologised before the High Court over failures in the care of a haemophiliac…Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
School bus transport scheme challengedTHE MINISTER for Education has failed to clarify the exact nature of arrangements with Bus Éireann for the provision of school…Tue Jan 24 2012 - 00:00
Banks settle case to gain possession of D4 hotelsA SYNDICATE of banks that provided funds to companies of developer Seán Dunne towards acquiring the Jurys and Berkeley Court …Tue Jan 24 2012 - 00:00
Banks settle case against DunneA syndicate of banks that provided funds to companies of developer Sean Dunne towards acquiring the Jurys and Berkeley Court …Mon Jan 23 2012 - 00:00
Stokes twins barred as directorsBrothers Simon and Christian Stokes, whose Bang cafe restaurant in Dublin was wound up two years ago with debts of €2Mon Jan 23 2012 - 00:00
Developer ordered to repay €26.2m to AIBDEVELOPER GERRY Conlan has been ordered by the Commercial Court to repay €26Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
'Male model' wins stay on deportationA Nigerian man whose Irish ex-girlfriend alleged he deceived her into thinking he was a former male model working for a UK property…Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
Court yet to decide on Ian Bailey extraditionA FIVE-JUDGE Supreme Court has reserved judgment on three key legal issues in the appeal by Ian Bailey against his extradition…Thu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00
Justice staff unaware of DPP review for 10 years, Bailey case toldA REVIEW by the DPP’s office criticising the Garda investigation into the murder of French film-maker Sophie Toscan du Plantier…Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Redmond case to quash findings too late, court toldAN ACTION by former assistant Dublin city and county manager George Redmond aimed at quashing planning tribunal findings against…Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Supreme Court reserves judgment on Bailey appealThe Supreme Court has reserved judgment on key legal issues in the appeal by Ian Bailey against his extradition to France in …Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Bailey's extradition not a legal entitlement of French authorities, Supreme Court toldFRANCE IS not entitled to have Ian Bailey extradited so it may exercise an extra-territorial jurisdiction to prosecute him under…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
