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A man who was sentenced to three-and-a-half years imprisonment for stealing a car with a heavily-pregnant woman in the passenger seat, has had his sentence increased in the Court of Appeal. The Court heard that the man had not given the pregnant woman any opportunity to get out of the vehicle, had r

The Court of Appeal has ruled that Cork University Hospital (CUH) did not have the power to prevent a 93-year-old woman from leaving the hospital with her family in July 2016. The multi-disciplinary team at CUH which was treating the woman after she had broken both of her hips, were concerned about

Gillian Rea Gillian Rea, solicitor at Dublin firm Baily Homan Smyth McVeigh, writes on changes to the legal framework of clinical trials in the European Union.

A developer, who is the director or shareholder in a number of companies which brought proceedings against First Active Plc, has had his appeal against a costs order made against him dismissed by the Supreme Court. Finding that the High Court had jurisdiction to make the order pursuant to Order 15,

The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken Kapil Summan, assistant editor of our sister publication Scottish Legal News, reflects on the presumption of innocence in one of the best legal books of modern times.

The directors of a construction company who, along with their wives, signed guarantees in respect of the indebtedness of their company to the Bank of Ireland, have lost their Supreme Court appeal against the €1 million summary judgment granted by the High Court in 2011. Finding that there was n

The Supreme Court has ruled that a bakery's refusal to supply a cake iced with the message ‘Support Gay Marriage’ was not discriminatory on the grounds of sexual orientation, as the refusal was based on the message and not to any particular person. The Court also held that the Fair Emplo

A man sought by Polish authorities under a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) can be surrendered despite systemic and generalised deficiencies in the courts of Poland presenting a risk to the fundamental right to a fair trial being breached, the High Court has ruled. Following a referral to the Court of

Minister Josepha Madigan, a qualified solicitor and family mediator, writes on the case for divorce reform in the State. The courtroom is a barbaric venue in which to pick over the carcass of a failed marriage, said Fiona Shackleton, Paul McCartney's divorce lawyer.

Four men have been given life sentences for the murder of a man who was shot in front of his three-year-old child in Bangor in 2017. Stating that the murder had “paramilitary overtones”, Judge Adrian Colton imposed minimum tariffs of between 15 and 16 years for the men who had pleaded gu

A man who brought proceedings to challenge the constitutionality of a provision of the Electoral Act 1997 after he was told by Fianna Fáil that the candidate in his constituency “must be a woman” has successfully appealed the finding that he did not have locus standi to bring the

A Polish national convicted of a series of offences and accused of other crimes in his home country who claimed before the Scottish courts that extradition to Poland would breach his human rights has had his legal challenge dismissed in a test case. Patryk Maciejec, 27, argued that new laws and

A woman who was refused refugee status and declared ineligible for subsidiary protection has lost an application for judicial review of an International Protection Appeals Tribunal decision. Finding that the risk of prosecution for “irregular exit” from Algeria did not amo

A journalist has been fined €2,500 by a Central Criminal Court judge after he named one of the boys convicted of teenager Ana Kriegel's murder during a live radio broadcast. The radio station, Cork's Red FM, was fined €10,000.

Ciarán Ahern, associate in employment law at A&L Goodbody, writes on the urgent need for new legislation following a recent court ruling on the citizenship process. Last year, more than 10,000 people were granted Irish citizenship. In light of developments in the High Court in the past tw