Power plant joint venture action settledA DISPUTE over a multimillion-euro joint venture agreement to build and operate two power plants to provide power at peak times…Wed Jul 16 2008 - 01:00
Student in court over 'unfair' medicine coursesA student has brought a High Court action alleging he cannot get a place on a medicine undergraduate degree course at an Irish…Tue Jul 15 2008 - 01:00
Family in one-bedroom house 'not overcrowding'A Traveller couple and their three young children who are living in a one-bedroom chalet on a temporary halting site in Killarney…Tue Jul 15 2008 - 01:00
Hoteliers ordered to repay €2m loanA BANK has secured a court order requiring two men to repay loans of some €2 million secured on the Old Mill Hotel in Julianstown…Tue Jul 15 2008 - 01:00
Bank still unable to locate solicitor owing €9mIIB BANK is still unable to locate struck-off solicitor Thomas Byrne in order to serve legal proceedings on him aimed at recovering…Tue Jul 15 2008 - 01:00
Legal action over structural defects in Ballymun youth facilityA LEGAL action has been brought over structural defects in a Ballymun youth facility alleged to have been caused by defective…Tue Jul 15 2008 - 01:00
Couple sue builders over €11m land dealA DISPUTE over a contract for the €11.2 million sale of lands in Co Tipperary has come before the Commercial Court.Tue Jul 15 2008 - 01:00
Bank to place advert to find missing solicitorIIB Bank has still been unable to find struck-off solicitor Thomas Byrne in order to serve legal proceedings on him aimed at …Mon Jul 14 2008 - 01:00
Medical Council wins ruling on surgeon caseA Supreme Court decision has cleared the way for the Medical Council to expand its inquiry into allegations of professional misconduct…Mon Jul 14 2008 - 01:00
Court told of Lawlor widow's legal billsTHE WIDOW of the late Liam Lawlor TD is unable to afford ongoing legal representation at the Mahon tribunal, the High Court heard…Sat Jul 12 2008 - 01:00
Domestic violence law challenge dismissedAN ESTRANGED father of five has lost his High Court bid to have provisions of the Domestic Violence Act related to the making…Sat Jul 12 2008 - 01:00
Restraining order for man in pension rowA RETIRED construction worker who has been in dispute for years over the amount of the pension paid to him by the construction…Sat Jul 12 2008 - 01:00
High Court reserves judgment on Davy appealTHE HIGH Court has reserved judgment on a challenge by stockbroking firm JE Davy to a decision by the Financial Services Ombudsman…Fri Jul 11 2008 - 01:00
State's appeal against mental health Act decision rejectedTHE SUPREME Court has rejected the State’s appeal against a High Court decision in 2004 that a section of the Mental Treatment…Fri Jul 11 2008 - 01:00
Bid to force investigation of Aer Lingus decision rejectedRYANAIR HAS lost a High Court bid to compel the financial services regulator to investigate whether Aer Lingus had breached EU…Fri Jul 11 2008 - 01:00
Action reveals legal failure over release conditionsA HIGH Court action by a man found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity has exposed an apparent defect in new mental health…Thu Jul 10 2008 - 01:00
Davy claims watchdog acted unfairly on bond rulingTHE FINANCIAL Services Ombudsman Joe Meade acted unfairly while deciding that stockbroking firm JE Davy failed to properly advise…Wed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
€1.5m settlement in brain injury caseA €1.5 million settlement has been reached in High Court proceedings brought in relation to a mother of five who suffered severe…Wed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
Action over €20m bill for 'defective' housing infillA COURT action over an estimated €20 million bill for repairing damage allegedly caused by the use of “defective” infill in the…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Investigator for bank fails to find struck-off solicitor ByrneA PRIVATE investigator hired by IIB Bank plc to track down struck-off solicitor Thomas Byrne arising from default on a loan of…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Ryanair sues website firm over alleged copying of flight detailsA COMPANY which operates several websites offering search and booking facilities for low-cost flights is being sued by Ryanair…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Covert contract alleged in docklands caseTHE SPENCER Dock Development Company has claimed that an alleged “covert contract” between the Dublin Docklands Development Authority…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Imro to get €216,000 for outstanding royaltiesTHE IRISH Music Rights Organisation is to receive some €216,000 from Pod Concerts following an agreement reached in a dispute…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Developers settle dispute over siteA DISPUTE between two Cork-based property developers over a valuable development site in Cork’s docklands has been settled at…Sat Jul 05 2008 - 01:00
Judge urges review of rules on gun licencesA HIGH Court judge has said reasonable people are “entitled to feel alarmed” about a large increase in the number of pistols …Sat Jul 05 2008 - 01:00
Whiskey label too similar to Jameson, court rulesTHE HIGH Court has ruled that Cooley Distillery caused confusion among customers by selling bottles of Irish whiskey on the Russian…Sat Jul 05 2008 - 01:00
'Irish Times' appeal may be heard by end of yearTHE SUPREME Court is likely to hear before the end of this year the appeal by Irish Times editor Geraldine Kennedy and Public…Fri Jul 04 2008 - 01:00
Man loses bid to stop dangerous driving trial over destruction of carA MAN charged with dangerous driving causing serious injury to a passenger, who died some months later, has lost a Supreme Court…Fri Jul 04 2008 - 01:00
Papers filed in Irish Times court appealThe Supreme Court is likely to hear before the end of this year the appeal by two Irish Times journalists against an order requiring…Thu Jul 03 2008 - 01:00
Court order on €1.5m land dealA BUSINESSMAN described by his lawyer as prominent in GAA circles in Co Mayo has secured a High Court order restraining another…Thu Jul 03 2008 - 01:00
Cork docklands row before Commercial CourtA BITTER dispute between two of the country's biggest property developers over a valuable development site in Cork's docklands…Wed Jul 02 2008 - 01:00
Court disqualifies director of freight transport companyA DIRECTOR of a freight transport company has been disqualified for a five-year period by the High Court from involvement in …Wed Jul 02 2008 - 01:00
Insurers seek to have Lynn policies declared voidTWO INSURANCE companies have initiated a court action to have insurance policies taken out with them in relation to the practice…Tue Jul 01 2008 - 01:00
Tests suggest lawyer's signature was forgedRESULTS OF tests carried out for Permanent TSB by a handwriting expert on signed undertakings in the name of Fiona McAleenan, …Tue Jul 01 2008 - 01:00
Man loses rape conviction appealAn African man jailed for 15 years for raping a teenage girl, whom he alleged was his bride, has lost his appeal against his …Mon Jun 30 2008 - 01:00
Graduate jailed over Real IRA bomb plot denied legal aid for parole bidA UNIVERSITY graduate serving a 22-year sentence here for planning a firebomb campaign in London has lost his High Court bid …Sat Jun 28 2008 - 01:00
DPP asks court to jail former editorTHE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions has made an unprecedented application to the Supreme Court to find a newspaper editor and…Fri Jun 27 2008 - 01:00
€4.35m awarded to boy after HSE admits negligence at birthA FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy who is permanently brain-damaged, blind and quadriplegic as a result of admitted negligence in the circumstances…Wed Jun 25 2008 - 01:00
Banks settle €4.7m dispute with wife of rogue solicitorTHE HIGH Court dispute between the wife of missing solicitor Michael Lynn and several banks over distribution of the €4Tue Jun 24 2008 - 01:00
Court orders developer to repay IIB Bank over €14mIIB BANK has secured a court order requiring a property developer to repay some €14Tue Jun 24 2008 - 01:00
Further stay put on electricians' hearingThe High Court has continued for another two weeks a stay on a Labour Court hearing that could lead to a 5 per cent wage increase…Tue Jun 24 2008 - 01:00
Lynn's wife, banks settle in courtThe High Court dispute between the wife of missing solicitor Michael Lynn and several banks over distribution of the €4Mon Jun 23 2008 - 01:00
Woman loses appeal in bullets caseA woman has lost her appeal against her conviction for having pistol ammunition in her handbag in her home.Mon Jun 23 2008 - 01:00
Court reserves judgment on bid to appoint inspector to DCCTHE HIGH Court has reserved judgment on the application by the Director of Corporate Enforcement for the appointment of an inspector…Sat Jun 21 2008 - 01:00
Hearing of Smart Telecom buyout challengeFORMER SMART Telecom chief executive Oisín Fanning is not a credible person to challenge the October 2006 buyout of the company…Thu Jun 19 2008 - 01:00
Former Smart Telecom chief executive claims Murtagh threatened to put firm into liquidationFORMER SMART Telecom chief executive Oisin Fanning has claimed before the High Court that businessman Brendan Murtagh threatened…Wed Jun 18 2008 - 01:00
High Court updated on HSE-IPU mediationA HIGH COURT judge has been told it should become clear later this week whether any resolution has been achieved in the mediation…Tue Jun 17 2008 - 01:00
Tarbert challenge moves step closerAPPLICATIONS BY an environmental group and a local man for permission to bring proceedings challenging the proposed development…Tue Jun 17 2008 - 01:00
Byrne struck off roll of solicitors and fined €1mTHE HIGH Court has struck off disgraced lawyer Thomas Byrne, who owes almost €57 million to financial institutions, from the …Tue Jun 17 2008 - 01:00
€432,000 sought from Electric Picnic promoterTHE IRISH Music Rights Organisation has brought court proceedings against POD Concerts seeking more than €432,000 in alleged …Tue Jun 17 2008 - 01:00
