Investors sue Anglo for $23mAnglo Irish Bank is being sued by 21 “high net worth” Irish-based private investors for $23 million dollars over their investment…Mon Nov 02 2009 - 00:00
Jackson Way rezoning action to be heard next yearAN ALLEGED beneficial owner of Jackson Way Properties (JWP), Jim Kennedy, is to give evidence to the High Court disputing claims…Fri Oct 30 2009 - 00:00
Bailey seeks Garda files on Toscan du Plantier murder caseIAN BAILEY, who was released without charge after being arrested in connection with the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in…Fri Oct 30 2009 - 00:00
Bailey seeks access to Garda fileIan Bailey has applied for access to the Garda investigation files into a murder as part of his High Court action against the…Thu Oct 29 2009 - 00:00
Legal challenge over Chinese relativeAN IRISH man whose Chinese-born wife and two children are all Irish citizens has brought a legal challenge to the State’s refusal…Thu Oct 29 2009 - 00:00
Court told fees cuts pushing pharmacy group near insolvencyA GROUP of pharmacies has told the High Court that Minister for Health Mary Harney’s decision to cut fees for dispensing drugs…Wed Oct 28 2009 - 00:00
Tributes paid to High Court PresidentTRIBUTES WERE paid to the retiring President of the High Court, Mr Justice Richard Johnson, at a ceremony in the Four Courts …Sat Oct 24 2009 - 01:00
Inquiry to proceed as midwife loses challengeA HOME-BIRTH midwife has lost her High Court action over alleged objective bias by an inquiry into allegations of professional…Sat Oct 24 2009 - 01:00
Judgment expands the right to legal aidIN A judgment expanding the constitutional right to legal aid for persons facing trial in the District Court for serious offences…Sat Oct 24 2009 - 01:00
Politicians pose risk to courts' independence, warns judgeTHE OUTGOING President of the High Court has said it is vital for democracy that the judiciary retains its independence “irrespective…Sat Oct 24 2009 - 01:00
Directors seek to avoid 'potentially enormous' costsTWO DIRECTORS of Joseph Murphy Structural Engineers Ltd (JMSE) have brought a Supreme Court appeal in a bid to avoid a “potentially…Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
Court rules in legal aid caseIn an important judgment expanding the constitutional right to legal aid for persons facing trial in the District Court for serious…Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
Rotunda says age disclosure would have implicationsA CHALLENGE by the Rotunda Hospital to the Information Commissioner’s decision requiring it to give an elderly man the age of…Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
ACC to get legal costs arising from Zoe casesTHE SUPREME Court has made orders granting ACCBank the legal costs of the final stages of its successful opposition to the long…Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
Crosbie and Treasury settle debt disputeDEVELOPERS TREASURY Holdings and Harry Crosbie have settled their legal action over Mr Crosbie’s liability for part of a €20 …Thu Oct 22 2009 - 01:00
ACC awarded costs against ZoeThe Supreme Court has made orders granting ACC Bank the legal costs of the final stages of its successful opposition to the long…Thu Oct 22 2009 - 01:00
Solicitors not entitled to 'windfall' on legal feesSOLICITORS SHOULD not be entitled to a legal costs “windfall” on the basis of a litigant securing a multimillion euro judgment…Thu Oct 22 2009 - 01:00
Treasury and Crosbie in talks as judge queries caseA BITTER legal battle between Treasury Holdings and businessman Harry Crosbie over his liability for part of a €20 million debt…Wed Oct 21 2009 - 01:00
Judge says cases showing falls in property values of up to 80%A HIGH Court judge has said he is dealing “on a daily basis” with cases illustrating falls in property values of between 70-80…Tue Oct 20 2009 - 01:00
Pension fund seeks court orderA PENSION fund and two company directors with liabilities of more than €50 million to ACCBank are seeking court orders requiring…Tue Oct 20 2009 - 01:00
Judge aims for speedy Madoff resolutionA HIGH Court judge has made rulings aimed at a cost-effective and speedy resolution of a raft of legal actions brought here after…Sat Oct 17 2009 - 01:00
Claim Heineken breached Nash Beverages agreementHEINEKEN IRELAND’S alleged breaches of a joint venture agreement have resulted in well over €10 million losses for the Nash drinks…Fri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Most of report can be published after judge's rulingTHE HIGH Court ruled that most of the report of the Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation into the handling by the Catholic…Fri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Nigerian man loses legal bid over his deportationA NIGERIAN man and his family have lost their High Court bid to prevent his deportation and allow him remain in Ireland with …Thu Oct 15 2009 - 01:00
Battle to prevent Zoe collapse ends as Supreme Court explains rulingTHE LONG-running court battle to prevent the collapse of the Zoe group has finally ended with the Supreme Court making orders…Thu Oct 15 2009 - 01:00
Developer agrees to €6.5m orders against himA RETIRED building firm director has consented to summary judgment orders for some €6Thu Oct 15 2009 - 01:00
Court orders partial release of Dublin child abuse reportThe High Court has ruled most of the report of the Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation into the handling by the Catholic…Thu Oct 15 2009 - 01:00
Liquidator appointed to Zoe firmsThe long-running court battle to prevent the collapse of developer Liam Carroll’s heavily insolvent Zoe group has finally ended…Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
ACC seeks judgment for €16.2m loanACC BANK will apply this Friday for summary judgment orders for more than €16Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
Midwife says inquiry committee is biasedA HOME birth midwife has accused a fitness to practise committee of An Bord Altranais (the Irish Nursing Board) of objective …Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
EBS seeks payment of loan as land value drops by two-thirdsLANDS IN Co Kildare on which a €19Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
Evicted family win compensationA Dublin family whose eviction from their council home is to proceed despite winning a landmark High Court challenge to the procedure…Tue Oct 13 2009 - 01:00
English company sues Irish firms for €114mAN ENGLISH company is claiming €114 million damages against three firms over alleged breaches of agreements to clear contaminated…Tue Oct 13 2009 - 01:00
No solid reason given for Prince no-show, court toldTHE ALLEGED US agent for pop superstar Prince has claimed the artist cancelled his planned show at Dublin’s Croke Park last summer…Tue Oct 13 2009 - 01:00
Order sought for AIB to end claims over 26 propertiesA WOMAN is seeking court orders compelling Allied Irish Banks (AIB) to release its claims over 26 Dublin properties with an alleged…Tue Oct 13 2009 - 01:00
Anglo Irish Bank sues O'Regan for €37.4mBUSINESSMAN HUGH O’Regan is being sued at the Commercial Court for €37Tue Oct 13 2009 - 01:00
Haulbowline damages of €114m soughtAn English company is claiming €114 million damages against three other firms over alleged breaches of agreements to clear contaminated…Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
Anglo sues O'Regan for €37.4mAnglo Irish Bank is personally suing businessman Hugh O’Regan at the Commercial Court for €37Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
Court rejects challenge to new bypassTHE HIGH Court has dismissed claims by environmental campaigners and the State that An Bord Pleanála's go-ahead for construction…Sat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
Birmingham Six pair may sue barrister for pamphlet defamationTHE SUPREME Court has cleared the way for two members of the wrongly jailed Birmingham Six to go ahead with suing an English …Fri Oct 09 2009 - 01:00
Birmingham Six's right to sue appealed by barristerAN ENGLISH barrister, Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC, has appealed against an Irish High Court decision allowing two members of the…Thu Oct 08 2009 - 01:00
Ruling puts future of Zoe group in doubtTHE FUTURE of developer Liam Carroll’s heavily insolvent Zoe group is now seriously in doubt after the Supreme Court ruled yesterday…Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Single father wins order overturning adoptionAN UNMARRIED father has won a High Court order overturning the adoption without his knowledge of his eight-year-old daughter …Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Barrister appeals in 'Birmingham Six' lawsuitAn English barrister, Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC, has appealed against an Irish High Court decision allowing two members of the…Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Developer's challenge to tribunal rejectedTHE HIGH Court has rejected a challenge by developer Owen O’Callaghan and other Cork-based individuals and companies to the Mahon…Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Judges called on by churches to help create a just societySENIOR JUDGES and lawyers have been urged by church leaders to work to bring about a just, compassionate and generous society…Tue Oct 06 2009 - 01:00
Solicitor suspended and accounts frozenA SOLICITOR who admitted taking fees of more than €1 million from the estate of a dead woman when the fees due to him may be …Tue Oct 06 2009 - 01:00
Zoe not entitled to protectionThe Supreme Court ruled today that developer Liam Carroll’s heavily insolvent Zoe property group is not entitled to proceed any…Tue Oct 06 2009 - 01:00
Solicitor suspended over 'dishonesty'A solicitor who admitted taking fees of more than €1 million from the estate of a dead woman when the fees due to him may be …Mon Oct 05 2009 - 01:00
Zoe companies given reprieve until MondayDEVELOPER LIAM Carroll’s heavily insolvent Zoe property group has been given a further short reprieve to Monday from a winding…Sat Sept 12 2009 - 01:00
