Supreme Court reverses residency decisionRuling overturned: The Supreme Court has unanimously overturned a High Court decision that the Minister for Justice unlawfully…Fri Dec 21 2007 - 00:00
Rapist's sentence increased to 10 yearsThe Court of Criminal Appeal (CCA) has upheld the DPP's arguments that a three-year suspended sentence imposed on a man for the…Thu Dec 20 2007 - 00:00
Challenge to tender processPublications distributor Newspread has taken a legal challenge to a "flawed" and "unfair" tendering process under which its contract…Wed Dec 19 2007 - 00:00
DPP appeals High Court decision over newspaper's alleged contemptThe DPP has brought an appeal to the Supreme Court against a High Court decision refusing to jail a newspaper editor and journalist…Wed Dec 19 2007 - 00:00
VHI tells court of concern at 'risk selection'The VHI has expressed concerns to the High Court that new companies in the health insurance market, while not making "risk equalisation…Wed Dec 19 2007 - 00:00
Bank pursues order requiring couple to repay €2m home loanA bank has brought a legal action seeking an order requiring an Air Corps officer and his wife to repay loans of more than €2…Tue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
Builder takes case against solicitorA building company has brought a legal action against a solicitor requiring him to complete contracts for the sale of apartments…Tue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
Missing solicitor contacts wife by phoneMissing solicitor Michael Lynn has been in phone contact with his wife Bríd Murphy in recent days, but she does not know his …Tue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
Property owners in legal action against solicitor and bankTwo Dublin property owners have brought legal proceedings against solicitor Thomas Byrne, and others, alleging they are entitled…Tue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
'Wrong standards upheld'In his 94-page judgment, Mr Justice Kelly ruled the Fitness to Practise Committee (FPC) had applied, and the Medical Council …Sat Dec 15 2007 - 00:00
Court overturns misconduct findingsTwo consultant obstetricians have won a High Court order overturning as "unlawful" findings of professional misconduct against…Sat Dec 15 2007 - 00:00
Move to strike off Lynn postponedThe Law Society will move to strike off missing solicitor Michael Lynn from the register of solicitors once insurance cover for…Fri Dec 14 2007 - 00:00
Court orders Lynn's arrestGardaí have been ordered to arrest solicitor Michael Lynn and bring him before the High Court this morning for failing to comply…Thu Dec 13 2007 - 00:00
Court orders arrest of solicitor Michael LynnGardaí have been ordered to arrest Dublin solicitor Michael Lynn and bring him before the High Court tomorrow for failing to …Wed Dec 12 2007 - 00:00
Barrister to pay €200,000 to settle disputeA barrister has agreed to pay €200,000, including costs, as part of the terms of settlement of a two-year dispute over a Dublin…Wed Dec 12 2007 - 00:00
Sentence reversed on drink driving fatalityThe Court of Criminal Appeal has overturned a suspended five-year sentence imposed on a man for dangerous driving causing the…Wed Dec 12 2007 - 00:00
Dunne in legal challenge to docklands developmentProperty developer Seán Dunne has brought legal proceedings challenging a decision by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority…Tue Dec 11 2007 - 00:00
Apology and payout for false article on Elin WoodsElin Nordegren Woods, the wife of champion golfer Tiger Woods, yesterday settled her libel action over an article in the September…Sat Dec 08 2007 - 00:00
Appeal court adds to driver's sentenceA man who had heroin and Valium in his system when the stolen car he was driving on the wrong side of the road collided with …Sat Dec 08 2007 - 00:00
Supreme Court overturns M50 costs awardA Dublin man is facing an estimated €500,000 legal bill after the Supreme Court overturned a High Court order directing the State…Fri Dec 07 2007 - 00:00
Master urges 'robust agency' to deal with rogue solicitorsNo "spinning" by the Law Society can disguise the "systemic failure" of self-regulation of solicitors and what is needed now …Fri Dec 07 2007 - 00:00
Couple sue over refusal to register stud stallionA couple have claimed the refusal of the Irish Horse Board to register a Dutch-owned show-jumping stallion, valued at €1 million…Thu Dec 06 2007 - 00:00
Travel firm liable for woman's injuries in SpainThe Supreme Court has found a package holiday operator here is liable for injuries suffered by a woman who fell on a slippery…Wed Dec 05 2007 - 00:00
Teacher challenges school over work fitnessA national school deputy principal has brought a High Court challenge to a decision by her school's board of management requiring…Wed Dec 05 2007 - 00:00
Judge notes Lynn's 'witches brew'over competing claims to propertiesA High Court judge has described as a "witches brew" myriad dealings by solicitor Michael Lynn over properties which are now …Tue Dec 04 2007 - 00:00
Education board claims fraud by employeeThe National Education and Welfare Board has brought a High Court action alleging a former employee, who has since resigned, …Tue Dec 04 2007 - 00:00
Holiday firm liable for woman's injuriesThe Supreme Court has found a package holiday operator here is liable for injuries suffered by a woman who fell on a slippery…Tue Dec 04 2007 - 00:00
Examiner appointed to insolvent lending firmThe High Court has appointed an interim examiner to Dublin firm International Securities Trading Corporation (ISTC), which lends…Fri Nov 30 2007 - 00:00
Eircom settles dispute with College of SurgeonsA legal dispute over the refusal of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) to agree to Eircom assigning its interest…Thu Nov 29 2007 - 00:00
Family awarded 'derisory' €36,000 for baby's hospital deathThe family of a baby girl who died of acute peritonitis after a feeding tube was inserted into the wrong place in her body is…Thu Nov 29 2007 - 00:00
Disqualification of former NIB manager soughtThe Director of Corporate Enforcement, Paul Appleby, has applied for a High Court order disqualifying a retired former senior…Wed Nov 28 2007 - 00:00
Right of way order agreed 'behind closed doors'Fianna Fáil councillors who voted to extinguish a public right of way on a road in Co Donegal did so on the basis of a party …Wed Nov 28 2007 - 00:00
Judge to rule on INBS manager's injunctionA High Court judge will rule today on an application to continue an injunction preventing the suspension of an Irish Nationwide…Wed Nov 28 2007 - 00:00
Callan to transfer clients' filesA solicitor alleged to have concealed substantial deficits in client accounts has agreed to have his practice files taken over…Tue Nov 27 2007 - 00:00
Review of Murphy Cab tax caseA brother of Thomas "Slab" Murphy has brought a High Court challenge over the Criminal Asset Bureau's refusal to disclose to …Tue Nov 27 2007 - 00:00
Law Society to cross-examine Lynn on dealingsLawyers for the Law Society will cross-examine solicitor Michael Lynn in the High Court about his dealings in relation to six…Tue Nov 27 2007 - 00:00
Solicitor takes case against LynnA Dublin solicitor has brought High Court proceedings alleging that failures by solicitor Michael Lynn to honour undertakings…Fri Nov 23 2007 - 00:00
Mother in breach of abduction conventionThe Supreme Court has declared that a mother's decision to keep her three-year-old twin sons in Britain contrary to the wishes…Fri Nov 23 2007 - 00:00
Libel alleged in farm TV show articleRTÉ presenter Paddy O'Gorman has told the High Court he was accused of having a "perverted sexuality" in an article written about…Thu Nov 22 2007 - 00:00
Drocarne seeks ruling on alleged land agreementA Treasury Holdings subsidiary, Drocarne Ltd, has brought High Court proceedings aimed at enforcing an alleged agreement with…Wed Nov 21 2007 - 00:00
Court says Lynn's wife need not repay loanA High Court judge has refused to make a summary order requiring Brid Murphy, wife of solicitor Michael Lynn, to repay Bank of…Wed Nov 21 2007 - 00:00
Solicitor who had €1.9m deficit to halt practiceA solicitor alleged to have concealed substantial deficits in client accounts has undertaken before the High Court not to practice…Tue Nov 20 2007 - 00:00
Law Society hands over files seized from Byrne to CabFiles seized by the Law Society from solicitor Thomas Byrne have been given to the Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) and the Garda…Tue Nov 20 2007 - 00:00
Court orders extradition of Irishman to UKThe Supreme Court has made an order for the extradition of an Irishman wanted in the UK on charges of allegedly indecently assaulting…Fri Nov 16 2007 - 00:00
Law Society takes case against unnamed solicitorThe Law Society has initiated court proceedings against a solicitor who has given an undertaking not to practise and who has …Fri Nov 16 2007 - 00:00
Case of boy disabled at birth finishesA marathon action for damages for alleged negligence in the circumstances of the birth of a seriously mentally and physically…Fri Nov 16 2007 - 00:00
Bank secures orders for Lynn to repay €6.3mUlster Bank has secured orders from the Commercial Court requiring solicitor Michael Lynn to repay to it loans of about €6Thu Nov 15 2007 - 00:00
Court rejects organ retention damages claimThe Supreme Court has ruled a Dublin couple is not entitled to damages from the National Maternity Hospital for nervous shock…Thu Nov 15 2007 - 00:00
Watchdog to seek disqualification orders in DCC caseThe director of corporate enforcement will ask the High Court to consider making disqualification orders arising from the Supreme…Wed Nov 14 2007 - 00:00
Byrne ordered to repay over ¬8mSolicitor Thomas Byrne was yesterday ordered by the Commercial Court to repay more than €8 million to Bank of Scotland (Ireland…Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00