Ombudsman faces Quinn Direct legal action over rulingInsurance company Quinn Direct has initiated a legal challenge to the powers of the Financial Services Ombudsman to direct the…Tue May 22 2007 - 01:00
Autistic boy gets €61,000 over delay in handling caseA six-year-old autistic boy has been awarded almost €61,000 damages by the High Court against the Health Service Executive because…Thu May 17 2007 - 01:00
Travellers settle action to secure suitable caravanAn elderly Traveller couple in poor health living in a "temporary" decrepit caravan on a halting site for seven years have settled…Wed May 16 2007 - 01:00
Family seeks to overturn baby verdictThe Dublin county coroner was biased in his conduct of an inquest resulting in a unanimous jury verdict that an unidentified …Tue May 15 2007 - 01:00
Challenge to inquest verdict on identity of dead babyA High Court challenge has been initiated aimed at overturning the unanimous verdict of an inquest jury that an unidentified …Sat May 12 2007 - 01:00
Greencore judgment to be given on June 14thThe High Court will give judgment on June 14th on the challenge by Greencore to the Government's decision on how €145Sat May 12 2007 - 01:00
ESG settles action against DeloitteA Bermuda-based reinsurance company has settled its High Court action against three Deloitte and Touche accountancy companies…Sat May 12 2007 - 01:00
Judge told AG 'very alive' to issue of high risk childrenA High Court judge who stressed the desirability of having one, not several, courts monitor the care provided by the HSE to avoid…Fri May 11 2007 - 01:00
Judge says HSE did not put welfare of pregnant girl firstThe HSE seemed to have tried to "shoehorn" Miss D into an X-case situation although it had no evidence that she was ever suicidal…Thu May 10 2007 - 01:00
High Court rules that girl can travel for abortionA pregnant 17-year-old girl in care, whose baby has a fatal condition meaning it cannot survive after birth, is free to travel…Thu May 10 2007 - 01:00
Judge praises maturity and courage of Miss DMiss D has shown courage, integrity and maturity in dealing with her very distressing plight and by not claiming to be suicidal…Thu May 10 2007 - 01:00
Hearing on care orders for childrenA High Court judge has begun a hearing to determine the extent of the court's powers to detain troubled children in long-term…Wed May 09 2007 - 01:00
League of Credit Unions wins Supreme Court appealThe Irish League of Credit Unions has won its Supreme Court appeal against claims by the Competition Authority that some of its…Wed May 09 2007 - 01:00
Judge to rule tomorrow in Miss D caseA High Court judge will rule tomorrow afternoon on whether a 17-year-old pregnant girl can travel to the UK for an abortion.Tue May 08 2007 - 01:00
State lawyers insist Miss D does not require HSE permission or court order to travelThe Miss D case is not about the right to life of the unborn, it is about the right to travel and there is no law preventing …Tue May 08 2007 - 01:00
Right to life 'continues until death'The right to life of Miss D's unborn child continues until it is dead and the courts cannot engage in "a measuring exercise" …Tue May 08 2007 - 01:00
High Court to rule tomorrow on Miss D's leave to travelThe High Court will decide tomorrow whether a pregnant 17-year-old girl in care may travel to the UK for an abortionTue May 08 2007 - 01:00
Miss D 'not suicidal' over her pregnancy, court toldThe 17-year-old pregnant girl at the centre of the latest abortion controversy told a psychiatrist she was happy with being pregnant…Fri May 04 2007 - 01:00
High Court grants order freezing Simple accountsThe High Court has granted an order restraining a company director and three Spanish property companies from reducing their assets…Thu May 03 2007 - 01:00
Greencore challenges Minister's orders on €145m aidThe Government had no power to "dictate" to Greencore how it should spend some €145Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
AG tells court girl has right to travel for abortionThe State does not have any power to stop a teenage girl travelling to the UK for an abortion, the High Court was told yesterday…Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
Girl seeking abortion challenges HSEA four months' pregnant 17-year-old girl in the care of the Health Service Executive (HSE), whose foetus has a stated after-birth…Tue May 01 2007 - 01:00
Spanish property deal ends up in courtA man has brought High Court proceedings against a businessman and three companies involved in the sale of properties in Spain…Sat Apr 28 2007 - 01:00
Judgment reserved on birth cert caseThe High Court has reserved judgment on a bid by a dentist, who was registered at birth as male but who has undergone a sex change…Fri Apr 27 2007 - 01:00
High Court told of separated wife's 'alarm'The separated wife of a dentist, who was registered at birth as male but later underwent a sex change operation, is "alarmed" …Thu Apr 26 2007 - 01:00
Schoolboy in High Court to challenge expulsionA schoolboy has brought a High Court challenge to his expulsion from a school over an incident during a school charity football…Tue Apr 24 2007 - 01:00
Danone loses court action against GlanbiaFrench dairy giant Danone has lost its High Court action against Irish dairy company Glanbia over the introduction by Glanbia…Sat Apr 21 2007 - 01:00
Shell faces €1m costs after ending actionShell E&P Ireland is facing a legal costs bill of more than €1 million after the High Court yesterday agreed to allow it …Thu Apr 19 2007 - 01:00
Dentist tries again to have birth registered as femaleA dentist who underwent a sex change operation has begun a further stage of a 10-year legal battle to be registered as female…Wed Apr 18 2007 - 01:00
Jackson Way seeks to stop Cab action on land saleJackson Way Properties Ltd (JWP) has asked the High Court to stop an action by the Criminal Assets Bureau aimed at securing some…Tue Apr 17 2007 - 01:00
Businessman challenges Dartmouth park orderBusinessman Noel O'Gara has brought a High Court challenge to an order preventing him using Dartmouth Square park in Ranelagh…Tue Apr 17 2007 - 01:00
Supreme Court finds in favour of tribunalMajority judgment: The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Mahon tribunal to further inquire into allegations made against…Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
Inquiry would represent 'coarsening' of standardsMinority judgment: The Mahon tribunal has treated property developer Owen O'Callaghan unfairly to date and, as presently constituted…Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
Mahon tribunal refused banning orderThe Supreme Court has refused, by a three to two majority, to give the Mahon planning tribunal an order banning publication by…Fri Mar 30 2007 - 01:00
Judge says tribunal has right to seek injunctionThe "serious" and "sleazy" leaking over years to the media of documents circulated by the Mahon tribunal in advance of public…Fri Mar 30 2007 - 01:00
Court orders Hibernian to halt dismissalInsurance giant Hibernian has been ordered not to dismiss the group's human resources directorThu Mar 29 2007 - 01:00
Court clears way for Christian Brother to challenge abuse lawsThe Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Christian Brother to bring a challenge to the constitutionality of laws which provide…Thu Mar 29 2007 - 01:00
Supreme Court grants 'Lusitania' owner divinglicence to explore wreckThe American owner of the wreck of the Lusitania has secured a licence to carry out a $2 million (€1Wed Mar 28 2007 - 01:00
Auctioneer accused of bullying in land disputeThe wife of multi-millionaire businessman JP McManus has brought High Court proceedings over lands intended to be used as a driveway…Tue Mar 27 2007 - 01:00
Firm seeks to overturn Labour Court pay decisionA pharmaceutical company has brought legal proceedings aimed at overturning a Labour Court decision directing it to pay higher…Tue Mar 27 2007 - 01:00
'Times' case adjourned until summerA High Court action over the disclosure by The Irish Times that Taoiseach Bertie Ahern received cash from businessmen when he…Mon Mar 26 2007 - 01:00
Autistic boy loses case on State fundingThe parents of an autistic boy were clearly devastated yesterday after losing a test High Court action aimed at securing State…Sat Mar 24 2007 - 00:00
Court to rule on autism teaching test caseA decision by the High Court today on a test case aimed at securing a specific form of education for a five-year-old autistic…Fri Mar 23 2007 - 00:00
Taylor and wife given five-year ban as company directorsThe founder of the collapsed Taylor group of five finance companies has claimed before the High Court that other directors of…Fri Mar 23 2007 - 00:00
Supreme Court increases Shortt awards to €4.7mA 14-year nightmare for wrongly jailed Co Donegal nightclub owner Frank Shortt has ended with a €4Thu Mar 22 2007 - 00:00
Hardiman says innocent man 'perjured into prison'The State authorities conceded only after "a long struggle" that Frank Shortt was the victim of "the worst-known oppression of…Thu Mar 22 2007 - 00:00
Nightclub owner awarded increased damagesThe family and lawyers of Co Donegal nightclub-owner Frank Shortt have welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to increase the …Thu Mar 22 2007 - 00:00
Former NIB director disqualified for 9 yearsA former executive director of National Irish Bank, Barry Seymour, has been disqualified by the High Court from involvement in…Wed Mar 21 2007 - 00:00
Court finds Hobbs acted responsibly as directorThe High Court has refused to make restriction orders against television personality Eddie Hobbs and two other directors of companies…Wed Mar 21 2007 - 00:00
Case dismissed against nuns and health boardClaims by a woman that she was badly treated in unmarried mothers homes run by a religious order, and that it facilitated the…Sat Mar 17 2007 - 00:00
