Court overturns €158,864 award to woman for 2014 trip and fallFormer Revenue employee Geraldine McHugh (66) alleged concrete pavers were in a dangerous conditionThu Jan 30 2020 - 20:01
Judge orders woman (70s) with dementia be moved to daughter’s homeThe woman has been in a community nursing unit for some monthsThu Jan 30 2020 - 17:57
Man with acquired brain injury challenges constitutionality of High Court’s wardship jurisdictionJudge says he is ‘very surprised’ at HSE’s ‘extraordinary’ stance on adjournmentWed Jan 29 2020 - 21:34
Judge urged to prevent gardaí interviewing boy (14) over alleged sexual contact with childCourt told teen has intellectual age of a four-year-old and emotional capacity of a toddlerWed Jan 29 2020 - 14:00
Homeless woman wins appeal over failure to pay her Jobseeker’s AllowanceCourt concerned over failure of Minister’s side to address ‘simple’ question over future applicationsTue Jan 28 2020 - 18:25
Intellectually disabled man challenges marriage ban and court wardshipSiblings say he lacks capacity to make decisions about finances including substantial inheritanceTue Jan 28 2020 - 17:21
Abtran challenges award of €63m contract by Irish Water to rival companyCork-based firm claims utility acted unlawfully in allegedly accepting ‘unlawfully low’ tenderMon Jan 27 2020 - 20:42
Firm sues Trinity College over contract for managing visitorsMore than one million people visit Book of Kells annuallyMon Jan 27 2020 - 16:22
Man appointed as executor of €5.1m estate should be replaced, court rulesBehaviour of late woman’s son raised a ‘very serious’ question as to his suitability in role, judge saysFri Jan 24 2020 - 19:04
Couple lose appeal over possession order for €2m Foxrock homeCourt told businessman and wife owed €1.128m in arrears on 2008 mortgageFri Jan 24 2020 - 15:09
Judge rules Scientology-linked rehab centre does not need planning permissionNarconon Trust took the case after An Bord Pleanála said Co Meath site was nort exemptFri Jan 24 2020 - 13:49
Case over pregnant woman kept on life support settled for €1.5mNatasha Perie was deemed brain dead but kept alive for weeks due to fears over Eighth AmendmentFri Jan 24 2020 - 12:54
Young woman tells High Court judge of anorexia relapseJudge says woman’s email shows she has some insight into the seriousness of her conditionThu Jan 23 2020 - 15:20
Woman loses appeal over sale of family home in Co WestmeathCourt tells Anne Daly she has until early April to deliver up vacant possession of houseThu Jan 23 2020 - 13:12
Man ordered to perform contract for sale of lands where he lives in Co DublinAfter Gavin Crowley failed to complete sale, Brian Leggett had issued proceedingsWed Jan 22 2020 - 20:45
Media firms lose appeal over reporting restrictions order in sexual assault caseRestrictions order remains in force, but firms can apply to have it lifted, court rulesWed Jan 22 2020 - 13:34
HSE disputes extent of damages sought over pregnant woman kept on life supportWoman kept on life support for weeks due to concerns about Eighth AmendmentTue Jan 21 2020 - 16:47
Domino’s Pizza spared costs despite losing appealCourt said it would make no order as judgment would assist to RevenueTue Jan 21 2020 - 16:16
Dáil urged to reconsider refusal to mediate Angela Kerins claimKerins willing to engage in mediation to end litigation which has had adverse effect on herMon Jan 20 2020 - 17:20
Judge seeks clarity post-Brexit on wards of Irish court placed in UK‘Deeply vulnerable’ woman to stay in secure care due to ‘serious risk’ concernsMon Jan 20 2020 - 17:17
Property firm sues engineering company over waterproofing of basementGroundwater discovered in number 40 Molesworth StreetMon Jan 20 2020 - 16:16
Supreme Court to hear State appeal over refugee marriage lawsHigh Court ruled law preventing recognition of certain weddings was unconstitutionalFri Jan 17 2020 - 16:55
Council sued by ‘vulnerable’ homeless couple seeking housing supportsCouple from Romania with health problems bring action against South Dublin County CouncilFri Jan 17 2020 - 13:14
Supreme Court to rule on State appeal over meaning of ‘child’Judges to rule on appeal over finding with implications for family reunificationThu Jan 16 2020 - 23:05
Action by TDs over 'money message' process adjourned to MarchMr Justice Peter Kelly agrees to put back case after hearing of discussions between legal partiesThu Jan 16 2020 - 19:21
High Court overturns permission on consent for 164 houses in HowthFresh application for a ‘very similar’ development has been made, court toldThu Jan 16 2020 - 15:16
Judge permits emergency surgery on intellectually disabled manSurgeon describes man’s condition as life-threateningWed Jan 15 2020 - 17:39
Judge orders contraceptive injections for vulnerable mother of twoFoster parents continue to look after woman and her first childWed Jan 15 2020 - 16:22
Sisters of cinema businessman Paul Ward sue him for €31.5mCase centres on payments for shares in various companies and tax liabilitiesTue Jan 14 2020 - 16:53
Cataract procedure allows non-verbal woman to communicate with her eyesJudge welcomes rare ‘good news story’ in case of disabled womanTue Jan 14 2020 - 16:46
Intellectually disabled man cannot return to ‘squalid’ home, judge directsThe house, in a rural area, was described as cold, dilapidated and neglectedTue Jan 14 2020 - 15:44
Dentist struck off register over unlawful export of cancer drugsHigh Court president refers to ‘sad situation’ for Jim Madden due to 2018 convictionsMon Jan 13 2020 - 18:23
HSE and Tusla may be sued over care of intellectually disabled adult siblingsSister has been in full-time residential care for more than 20 yearsMon Jan 13 2020 - 17:28
€70,000 settlement for girl who fell on laneway near her homeLaneway was allegedly potholed and ‘patched’, court toldMon Jan 13 2020 - 14:22
Homeless mentally ill man in battle to prevent deportationCase centres on issue whether Minister has duty to consider consequences of deportationMon Jan 13 2020 - 00:26
Graham Dwyer and Angela Kerins appeals among major cases of 2020Women are at the centre of several important cases in the higher courts this yearSat Jan 04 2020 - 06:00
Monica Leech loses court challenge over €165,000 legal fee rulingsMcCann Fitzgerald represented former PR consultant in defamation case over Evening Herald articlesFri Dec 20 2019 - 14:59
Supreme Court overturns man’s conviction for murder of his motherCourt finds judge’s instruction on intoxication to jury in trial of Celyn Eadon inadequateFri Dec 20 2019 - 12:31
Supreme Court rejects man’s appeal over conviction for rape of niece (11)Man claimed he did not get fair trial because of a 44-year delay between offence and trialFri Dec 20 2019 - 10:12
Man who raped 11-year-old niece in 1970s loses Supreme Court appealJudges rule trial was fair despite 44-year delay in prosecution, and absence of witnessThu Dec 19 2019 - 17:27
Separated father wins Supreme Court appeal on housing supportCouncil told it was not entitled to operate a ‘blanket’ policy of lower HAP paymentThu Dec 19 2019 - 13:52
Supreme Court rejects man’s appeal over €9.2 millon judgmentCharles Fergus’ appealed ruling on guarantees over unpaid loans to his building companyThu Dec 19 2019 - 11:34
Supreme Court rejects man’s appeal over €9.2m judgmentBank of Scotland sought judgment against Donegal developer over guarantees provided between 2004 and 2006Thu Dec 19 2019 - 11:17
Supreme Court rejects appeal over Defence Forces Ombudsman postFormer officer and PDFORRA took case over appointment of candidate on part-time basisWed Dec 18 2019 - 15:14
Supreme Court reserves judgment in Graham Dwyer caseState appealing key phone data ruling which could help murderer to overturn convictionWed Dec 18 2019 - 13:41
State advancing ‘worst case’ scenario in appeal over Graham Dwyer’s phone dataMurderer wants to dispute admissibility of call data in attempt to overturn convictionTue Dec 17 2019 - 16:22
Group suing Denis O’Brien and State can amend case over licence awardCourt of Appeal rules that claim must be ‘firmly anchored in corruption’Mon Dec 16 2019 - 17:33
State appeals against key ruling in favour of convicted murderer Graham DwyerSupreme Court is told there is an ‘enormous amount’ at stake in this appealMon Dec 16 2019 - 11:56
Tusla seeks orders to continue detention of ‘deeply vulnerable’ girlTeenager who set out plan to kill someone in manuscript deemed ‘very serious risk’ to someFri Dec 13 2019 - 20:43
Barring order must be ‘produced’ to person accused of breaching it, High Court ruleIt is not enough that person is aware of the order, Mr Justice Garrett SimonsFri Dec 13 2019 - 17:37
