Examiner appointed to pottery firmsAN INTERIM examiner has been appointed by the Commercial Court to two related companies which produce and sell pottery under …Fri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
Judge refers unauthorised Slane quarry's papers to DPPA HIGH court judge has ruled that a stone quarry at Slane, Co Meath, which employs 50 people, constitutes unauthorised development…Fri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
Mother makes new appeal to High Court over deportationA WOMAN who believes her two young daughters are at risk of female genital mutilation if the family is deported to Nigeria has…Fri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
Suspected drug dealer loses Supreme Court Cab appealA CORK man described by the Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) in court as a suspected drug dealer has lost his Supreme Court appeal…Thu Nov 13 2008 - 00:00
Judge rules that age restrictions in redress Act are unconstitutionalPEOPLE WHO were abused in residential institutions up to the age of 21 will be entitled to seek redress, under a ruling from …Wed Nov 12 2008 - 00:00
Solicitors fined €100,000 for overchargingFINES OF €25,000 imposed on two solicitors for professional misconduct arising from overcharging were increased fourfold yesterday…Tue Nov 11 2008 - 00:00
Siblings in dispute over €15m assets agree to mediationA LONG-RUNNING dispute between the six adult children of the late Judge Noel Ryan over the management of some €15 million in …Tue Nov 11 2008 - 00:00
Betting firm says Limerick man was credited with €1.8m in errorA LONDON-BASED spread-betting company is suing Limerick businessman Pat Mulcair for €1Tue Nov 11 2008 - 00:00
Damages case over gas pipeline delay is settledA LEGAL action by An Bord Gáis’s Northern Ireland subsidiary aimed at compelling Lord Ballyedmond, formerly senator Edward Haughey…Sat Nov 08 2008 - 00:00
Doctor says bank had no right to take €667,000 from his trading accountA MAN who lodged €2Sat Nov 08 2008 - 00:00
Yates and Higgins settle their libel actionFINE GAEL MEP Jim Higgins and former Fine Gael minister for agriculture Ivan Yates have secured €100,000 each, plus their legal…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Man who did not give breath test fails to have conviction overturnedA MAN arrested for suspected drink driving after allegedly being seen by a garda jumping into the back seat of a car while his…Thu Nov 06 2008 - 00:00
Higgins and Yates settle libel actionFine Gael MEP Jim Higgins and former Fine Gael Minister for Agriculture Ivan Yates have secured €100,000 each, plus their legal…Thu Nov 06 2008 - 00:00
Long-running dispute over property company settledA BITTER long-running dispute between Ivor Fitzpatrick and property developer Paddy McKillen about the conduct of the affairs…Wed Nov 05 2008 - 00:00
Woman's hospital detention ruled unlawful by courtTHE HIGH Court has quashed an order under which a woman with a long history of mental illness has been detained in a Dublin psychiatric…Sat Nov 01 2008 - 00:00
Farmers' compensation case over foot-and-mouth dismissedTHE HIGH Court has dismissed a test case to determine if hundreds of sheep farmers on the Cooley peninsula in Co Louth are entitled…Sat Nov 01 2008 - 00:00
Supreme Court halts rape trialTHE SUPREME Court has halted the trial of a man on a charge of raping a 16-year-old girl in a van in Wexford town.Fri Oct 31 2008 - 00:00
Afghan man wins case on housing provisionA LEGAL challenge by a mentally ill, homeless and destitute asylum seeker aimed at securing accommodation for him has been resolved…Fri Oct 31 2008 - 00:00
Man loses battle against extradition to EnglandA MAN facing trial in England on charges of serious assault and conspiracy to supply heroin to vulnerable heroin addicts has …Thu Oct 30 2008 - 00:00
Academic's challenge upheld by Supreme CourtTHE SUPREME Court has upheld a challenge by Prof Connell Fanning, head of the economics department of University College Cork…Wed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
Waste firm says council seeking to 'remonopolise' serviceTHE PANDA waste collection company has claimed before the High Court that Dublin City Council is seeking to "remonopolise" the…Wed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
ACC Bank seeks order requiring property development firm to repay €7.18mACC BANK is seeking a High Court order requiring repayment of loans plus interest of just over €7 million, made to a property…Wed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
Council accused over waste collection servicesA waste collection company has claimed before the High Court that Dublin City Council is seeking to “re-monopolise” the household…Tue Oct 28 2008 - 00:00
Bus operator settles High Court actionA private bus company has settled its High Court action against the Minister for Transport over a decision allowing Dublin Bus…Tue Oct 28 2008 - 00:00
Docklands authority will accept north quays rulingTHE DUBLIN Docklands Development Authority has told the Commercial Court it is not appealing against a court decision that it…Sat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
Legal move to make developer pay €7.5m adjournedA LEGAL action to compel developer Bernard McNamara to pay €7Sat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
Court appoints provisional liquidator to Windsor TilesA PROVISIONAL liquidator has been appointed by the High Court to Windsor Tiles and two related companies after the court was …Sat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
State undertakes to house destitute asylum seekerTHE STATE has told the High Court it will provide interim accommodation from today for a mentally ill refugee from Afghanistan…Sat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
McNamara €7.5 million legal action adjournedA legal action to compel developer Bernard McNamara to pay €7Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
Dunne seeks court order to pull down €83m docklands buildingDEVELOPER SEÁN Dunne is pursuing an application for a High Court injunction requiring rival developer Liam Carroll to pull down…Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
State to provide shelter for mentally ill refugeeThe State has told the High Court it will provide interim accommodation from tomorrow for a mentally ill refugee from Afghanistan…Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
Couple ordered to repay €4.5m loansA BANK has secured a court order requiring a couple to repay loans of €4Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
Refugee who sleeps in factory seeks subsistence aidTHE HIGH Court yesterday heard the case of a refugee from Afghanistan who is destitute and has been sleeping in a factory building…Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
Winding-up petition on builder injunctedA BUILDING company which says it is "wholly solvent" with an annual turnover of some €100 million has secured a temporary High…Thu Oct 23 2008 - 01:00
Judge appoints examiner to Tuskar Asset ManagementA HIGH Court judge has appointed an examiner to a group of property development and investment companies with liabilities of €…Wed Oct 22 2008 - 01:00
Girl secures €2.45 million in High Court actionA seven year-old girl with cerebral palsy has secured €2Tue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
Shareholders sue McNamara over €7.5m holding in property companyTHREE BUSINESSMEN, a tax consultant and a banker have brought legal proceedings to compel developer Bernard McNamara to pay them…Tue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
Ryanair berated over late paymentsA HIGH COURT judge has described as “thoroughly unattractive” a “tactic” by Ryanair to withhold until “the last possible moment…Tue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
Council loses case over Eyre Square renovationGALWAY CITY Council has lost a High Court case about its handling of €6Sat Oct 18 2008 - 01:00
Drink-driving prosecution halts over breath test 'technical flaw'A CO DUBLIN man has won a Supreme Court order halting his prosecution for drink driving in a case which has exposed what the …Fri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
'Slab' Murphy hands over cash, properties to authoritiesThomas “Slab” Murphy and his two brothers have agreed to allow the Criminal Assets Bureau hand over to the State some €630,000…Fri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
Desmond case against 'Irish Mirror' allowedTHE SUPREME Court has by a two to one majority cleared the way for businessman Dermot Desmond to pursue his libel action over…Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
Psychiatric patient takes case against involuntary detention in hospitalA WOMAN with a history of psychiatric illness whose doctors believe she would fare best in supported accommodation outside hospital…Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
Dublin man wins Supreme Court order to halt drink driving caseA Co Dublin man has won a Supreme Court order halting his prosecution for drink driving in a case that has exposed what the court…Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
Father and two sons to pay €1m owed for property services at Greystones hotelA FATHER, his two sons and their company, who were restrained from reducing their assets below €1 million and had to surrender…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Woman awarded €5m after car crashTHE HIGH Court has approved a settlement of €5 million for a woman (28) who is brain damaged and will never live independently…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
CAO loses challenge to designate it a 'public body'THE CENTRAL Applications Office has lost a High Court challenge to a ministerial decision to designate it a "public body" under…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Supreme Court clears way for Desmond libel caseThe Supreme Court has by a two to one majority cleared the way for businessman Dermot Desmond to pursue his libel action over…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Builders say council owes them €6.2mTWO CONSTRUCTION companies have brought Commercial Court proceedings aimed at compelling Cork County Council to pay €6Tue Oct 14 2008 - 01:00
Couple drop lands case against former tánaisteA COUPLE who are disputing a court claim by a construction company that it is not obliged to pay them €7Tue Oct 14 2008 - 01:00
