Action by ex-Smart chief 'abuse of process', court toldA LEGAL action by former Smart Telecom chief executive Oisin Fanning over the conduct of the affairs of Smart is an abuse of …Wed Apr 30 2008 - 01:00
Ex-Waterford Crystal employee can proceed with pension claimTHE HIGH Court has cleared the way for a former Waterford Crystal worker, who has alleged fraud by the company in the operation…Wed Apr 30 2008 - 01:00
EBS takes action over €22m loans to developerTHE EBS Building Society has brought legal proceedings against a property developer aimed at securing repayment of loans of €…Tue Apr 29 2008 - 01:00
Experts to advise Eircom on illegal downloadingEIRCOM HAS agreed before the Commercial Court to consider information from experts relating to the operation of filtering or …Tue Apr 29 2008 - 01:00
High Court vindicates hospital's action on transfusionA LANDMARK High Court decision that the Coombe Women's Hospital acted lawfully in getting a court order allowing it give a necessary…Sat Apr 26 2008 - 01:00
Court allows blood treatments to save twin babies' livesTHE HIGH Court has made an order allowing doctors to provide blood transfusions and other medical treatments considered "almost…Fri Apr 25 2008 - 01:00
High Court grants twins transfusion orderThe High Court has made an order allowing doctors provide blood transfusions and other medical treatments considered “almost …Thu Apr 24 2008 - 01:00
Court disqualifies retired NIB official from being a managerA RETIRED senior manager with National Irish Bank has been disqualified by the High Court from involvement in the management …Wed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
Mother objects to blood transfusion for twinsA WOMAN who is 32 weeks pregnant with twins who are severely anaemic and at risk has objected to the babies receiving a vital…Wed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
Solicitor application on loansA SOLICITOR who was employed by the Walkinstown firm of Thomas A Byrne, which has been closed by the Law Society, has asked the…Tue Apr 22 2008 - 01:00
Businessman and lawyer in €18m land case attending clinics, court toldA BUSINESSMAN at the centre of a controversial €18 million land deal in which €7 million lent by a bank has allegedly gone missing…Tue Apr 22 2008 - 01:00
Eircom rejects claim it should be liable for illegal downloadsEIRCOM HAS rejected claims by four major record companies that, as the largest broadband internet service provider in the State…Tue Apr 22 2008 - 01:00
Soldier injured in Lebanon loses claim for damagesA YOUNG soldier who was injured and suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after a no-warning mortar attack on an Irish peacekeeping…Sat Apr 19 2008 - 01:00
Treasury Holdings firm wins Louth land deal caseDROCARNE LTD, a subsidiary company of Treasury Holdings, has secured a High Court order compelling the owner of 125 acres in …Fri Apr 18 2008 - 01:00
Sperm donor to lesbian couple fails in rights bidA GAY friend of a lesbian couple who donated his sperm to one of them, resulting in the birth of a boy now aged almost two, has…Thu Apr 17 2008 - 01:00
Director asked to write €7m cheque, court toldA COMPANY director told the High Court yesterday he was asked by a solicitor to write a € 7 million cheque related to an € 18…Thu Apr 17 2008 - 01:00
Judge rejects claim by woman over vote on public right of way in DonegalA HIGH Court judge has rejected claims by a local woman that a vote to extinguish a public right of way on a road in Bunbeg, …Wed Apr 16 2008 - 01:00
Second credit union takes action against DavyA SECOND credit union has made complaints about advice on investments provided to it by stock- broking firm J&E Davy.Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00
Pharmacies take payments action against HSEMORE THAN 400 pharmacies have initiated legal actions against the HSE over its unilateral and controversial changes in the community…Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00
Kenny land case due back in courtThe legal action between Pat Kenny and his neighbour over ownership of lands near their homes in Dalkey will be back before the…Mon Apr 14 2008 - 01:00
Mother ordered to return son to AustraliaTHE SUPREME Court has ordered a mother, who claims she had to flee Australia for Ireland 2½ years ago because her …Sat Apr 12 2008 - 01:00
Supreme Court rules man's hep C award is finalTHE SUPREME Court has ruled that a €5,000 award from the hepatitis C compensation tribunal to a husband, for loss of earnings…Fri Apr 11 2008 - 01:00
Kennys say disputed land kept as 'reserve'RTÉ BROADCASTER Pat Kenny and his wife Kathy claim they maintained part of disputed lands on Gorse Hill in Dalkey as a "nature…Thu Apr 10 2008 - 01:00
Cunningham firm says €1.3m wrongly withheld by RevenueKANWELL DEVELOPMENTS, a building company in the Cunningham group of companies, has argued before the High Court that the Revenue…Thu Apr 10 2008 - 01:00
Man tells court he incurred serious financial losses on Spanish property dealA MAN has claimed before the High Court that he sustained serious financial losses of some €540,000, plus lost expected profits…Wed Apr 09 2008 - 01:00
Hearing opens into dispute over profits at K Club projectA DISPUTE between two developers over the share of profits from a multimillion-euro residential development on part of the grounds…Tue Apr 08 2008 - 01:00
Court told of solicitor and developer disputeA DISPUTE between solicitor Ivor Fitzpatrick and property developer Paddy McKillen about the conduct of the affairs of a major…Tue Apr 08 2008 - 01:00
ESB worker awarded €45,000 for 'tennis elbow'A HIGH Court judge has awarded €45,000 damages to an ESB worker after finding the ESB breached health and safety regulations …Sat Apr 05 2008 - 01:00
Waste firm agrees not to use rival's computer dataONE51 PLC and five former senior managers of Mr Binman Ltd, a large midlands waste company, have all undertaken before the High…Fri Apr 04 2008 - 01:00
Mahon not precluded from referring to Dáil statements, High Court toldTHE CONSTITUTION does not prevent the Mahon tribunal referring to the fact that Taoiseach Bertie Ahern made statements in the…Thu Apr 03 2008 - 01:00
Judgment reserved on Ahern's privilege caseTHE HIGH Court has reserved judgment on the challenge by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to the handling by the Mahon tribunal of its …Thu Apr 03 2008 - 01:00
Taoiseach cannot be questioned about statements made in DáilTHE MAHON tribunal has now accepted that the Constitution prohibits it from questioning Bertie Ahern about the veracity of statements…Wed Apr 02 2008 - 01:00
Tribunal entitled to query banking expertTHE MAHON tribunal is entitled to question Bertie Ahern's banking expert Paddy Stronge about his view that the tribunal has advanced…Wed Apr 02 2008 - 01:00
Tribunal seeks access to financial advice documentsA THREE-JUDGE High Court has begun hearing the challenge by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to the conduct by the Mahon tribunal of its…Wed Apr 02 2008 - 01:00
Man's appeal against15-year rape sentence failsA YOUNG man jailed for 15 years for the horrific and degrading rape of a 74-year-old widow in her home in the middle of the night…Tue Apr 01 2008 - 01:00
Pharmacist wins court injunction halting HSE drugs planA PHARMACIST has secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing the HSE from changing the way he is paid for dispensing…Sat Mar 15 2008 - 00:00
Judge criticises wind farm projectA DEVELOPMENT society in Derrybrien, Co Galway, scene of a massive bogslide in 2003, has won its High Court challenge to the …Sat Mar 15 2008 - 00:00
Court upholds deportation of woman and daughtersA LENGTHY legal battle by a woman to prevent the deportation of herself and her two daughters on grounds of fear of female genital…Fri Mar 14 2008 - 00:00
Rape victim sisters awarded €1.2m damagesTWO SISTERS who sued a neighbour after he raped and sexually assaulted them while they babysat his children when they were teenagers…Fri Mar 14 2008 - 00:00
Court dismisses legal challenge by five men convicted on IRA chargesFIVE MEN jailed for membership of the IRA were not legally entitled to challenge the legality of their detention before the Supreme…Thu Mar 13 2008 - 00:00
Dramatic rise in number of cases before Commercial CourtNew figures released yesterday show a dramatic increase in the number of cases coming before the Commercial Court.Wed Mar 12 2008 - 00:00
Music firms sue Eircom over downloadsFOUR MAJOR record companies have brought an unprecedented High Court action aimed at compelling Eircom, as the largest broadband…Tue Mar 11 2008 - 00:00
Eircom taken to court over illegal music downloadsFour major record companies have brought a High Court action aimed at compelling Eircom to take measures to prevent its networks…Mon Mar 10 2008 - 00:00
High Court finds hospital negligent over birth injuryA YOUNG boy would not be severely mentally and physically disabled except for the "substandard and negligent" management of his…Sat Mar 08 2008 - 00:00
Irish translation sought in criminal trialA DUBLIN man seeking to have his criminal trial simultaneously translated into Irish made legal history yesterday.Fri Mar 07 2008 - 00:00
Appleby reminds court of powers in DCC caseTHE DIRECTOR of Corporate Enforcement has reminded the High Court it can of its own volition make disqualification orders following…Fri Mar 07 2008 - 00:00
State to oppose Livingstone claim over inquiry on death of wifeTHE STATE has indicated in the High Court that there is "a major issue" over the entitlement of a former senior inspector of …Fri Mar 07 2008 - 00:00
Maze escaper can stand trial over Tidey kidnapping, court rulesTHE SUPREME Court has cleared the way for the trial of Maze Prison escaper Brendan McFarlane on charges connected with the 1983…Thu Mar 06 2008 - 00:00
Decision to preserve school land as playing fields overturnedA HIGH Court judge has overturned as unlawful a local authority decision aimed at preserving 4Wed Mar 05 2008 - 00:00
Court adjusts will for daughter who was left outONE OF two sisters who was left out of their late mother's will despite devoting herself for a long time to the care of her disabled…Wed Mar 05 2008 - 00:00
