US company alleges fraud and conspiracy at Irish branchThree Irish businessmen abused their positions as directors or employees of the Irish branch of a US-based office products company…Tue Jul 03 2007 - 01:00
Leech judge gives more leeway to media on libel defenceA High Court judge has set out a more liberal interpretation of the law in relation to the circumstances in which the media may…Sat Jun 30 2007 - 01:00
PR adviser faces large bill after libel claim rejectedPR consultant Monica Leech has lost her High Court action for damages alleging she was libelled in an article in the Irish Independent…Fri Jun 29 2007 - 01:00
Leech 'sick' after hearing commentsPR consultant Monica Leech was physically sick on the side of the road after hearing crude and vulgar comments made about her…Thu Jun 28 2007 - 01:00
Leech 'sick' after vulgar radio remarksPublic relations consultant Monica Leech told the High Court today she was physically sick on the side of the road after hearing…Wed Jun 27 2007 - 01:00
PR adviser claims article repeated lewd libelAn article published in the Irish Independent about a call to RTÉ's Liveline show repeated a scurrilous libel which wrongly meant…Wed Jun 27 2007 - 01:00
Injunction continued to prevent broker's dismissalThe High Court has continued a temporary injunction preventing investment firm Bloxhams from dismissing a stockbroker who has…Tue Jun 26 2007 - 01:00
Toni & Guy seeks protection from creditorsUpmarket hairdressing chain Toni & Guy has sought court protection from creditors owed €3Sat Jun 23 2007 - 01:00
Judgment reserved on Baileys' bidThe High Court has reserved judgment on an application by property developer brothers Michael and Thomas Bailey to have certain…Sat Jun 23 2007 - 01:00
State to pay costs of legal challenge to constituency revisionThe State has agreed to pay the substantial legal costs of the High Court challenge by two politicians and a Dublin West constituent…Sat Jun 23 2007 - 01:00
Test used by court to decide Fyffes case challengedThe High Court applied the wrong legal test when deciding that DCC chief executive Jim Flavin did not have price-sensitive information…Fri Jun 22 2007 - 01:00
Baileys' bid to exclude documents unrealisticThere is a "complete lack of reality" to the bid by developer brothers Michael and Thomas Bailey to have certain documents excluded…Fri Jun 22 2007 - 01:00
Action against Treasury beginsAn Allied Irish Banks trust company has brought High Court proceedings against property development company Treasury Holdings…Fri Jun 22 2007 - 01:00
Fyffes' price fuelled by dotcom 'mania'The surge in the Fyffes share price in early 2000 was fuelled by a "mania" for dotcom stocks and "immense" market interest in…Thu Jun 21 2007 - 01:00
High Court to examine refugee statisticsThe Supreme Court has cleared the way for the High Court to examine statistics relating to refugee appeal hearings.Wed Jun 20 2007 - 01:00
Baileys seek to restrict use of documents in Bovale applicationDeveloper brothers Michael and Thomas Bailey have asked the High Court to prevent the director of corporate enforcement from …Wed Jun 20 2007 - 01:00
Appeal by Fyffes on DCC court finding opensThe High Court was wrong in concluding that the chief executive of DCC plc did not have "price-sensitive" information when he…Tue Jun 19 2007 - 01:00
Flynn begins challenge to legislation on undischarged bankruptcyIndependent Co Mayo TD Beverley Flynn has initiated a constitutional challenge to provisions of the Electoral Act 1992 which …Sat Jun 16 2007 - 01:00
Judge calls for legal framework on child detentionA High Court judge has stressed the urgent need for a legal framework governing how the courts deal with exceptional cases where…Sat Jun 16 2007 - 01:00
Judge rules sugar aid package must be reallocatedThe High Court has overturned as unlawful the government's decision on how €145Fri Jun 15 2007 - 01:00
Flynn challenges threat to seatIndependent Co Mayo TD Beverly Flynn has initiated a constitutional challenge to provisions of the Electoral Act 1992 which prevent…Fri Jun 15 2007 - 01:00
Judgment reserved in Portuguese transfer caseThe High Court has reserved judgment on an attempt by a Portuguese man, who is serving a life sentence here for the murder of…Fri Jun 15 2007 - 01:00
Action seeking schooling for deaf girl (11) settledA High Court action aimed at compelling the State to provide for a young deaf and mute girl to be taught the curriculum through…Thu Jun 14 2007 - 01:00
Court halts Esat phone licence actionsThe State has won a High Court order halting legal challenges by two unsuccessful bidders for the State's second mobile phone…Thu Jun 14 2007 - 01:00
Prisoner serving life seeks transfer to Portuguese jailA man serving a life sentence for the murder of a young woman in a Limerick hotel has asked the High Court to overturn the Minister…Wed Jun 13 2007 - 01:00
Consultants admit liability over 'horrific' stillbirthLiability has been admitted by two consultants in a High Court action by a woman who claimed her baby girl was born dead at a…Tue Jun 12 2007 - 01:00
Date set for RTÉ case against FlynnThe RTÉ bankruptcy case against recently elected Independent TD for Mayo Beverly Flynn will come before the High Court on June…Fri Jun 08 2007 - 01:00
Court dismisses claim over revision of constituenciesThe High Court has dismissed claims by two politicians that the Oireachtas breached its constitutional obligations in the way…Fri Jun 08 2007 - 01:00
IMO settles action on alleged price-fixingThe High Court has received terms of settlement of an action by the Competition Authority against the Irish Medical Organisation…Fri Jun 08 2007 - 01:00
Right to seek residency stressedThe Irish Human Rights Commission has told the Supreme Court that immigrants have a "freestanding" right to apply at any time…Fri May 25 2007 - 01:00
July date set for tribunal case against 'Irish Times'Important issues relating to press freedom are expected to dominate the hearing in July of a High Court action over publication…Fri May 25 2007 - 01:00
Court told of 'best interests' of Irish-born childrenThe Minister for Justice had an obligation to have regard to "the best interests" of an Irish-born child before refusing the …Thu May 24 2007 - 01:00
Rights of disabled Travellers breachedThree severely disabled young Travellers are living in "appalling" and "unacceptable" conditions with seven other family members…Wed May 23 2007 - 01:00
Minister challenges court ruling on Irish-born childrenThe Minister for Justice was not required to and did not consider the rights of Irish-born children when dealing with applications…Wed May 23 2007 - 01:00
Supreme Court rules rape trial may proceedThe Supreme Court has cleared the way for the trial of a prison officer for the rape and indecent assault of two of his sisters…Tue May 22 2007 - 01:00
Bid to stop Treasury 'spoiling' saleAn Allied Irish Banks trust company has initiated High Court proceedings seeking to stop development company Treasury Holdings…Tue May 22 2007 - 01:00
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
