Case Reports

The High Court has made orders permitting HSE staff to terminate a minor’s pregnancy in light of her lack of capacity and the risk of serious harm to her life should the pregnancy continue. Delivering an ex tempore judgment for the High Court in October, Mr Justice David Barniville concluded:

Discrimination cases against pubs, bars and other licensed venues should be heard in the Workplace Relations Commission instead of the District Court, a report has recommended. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission today published its review of section 19 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003

The Supreme Court has determined that participants to the State Witness Security Programme are not entitled to the issue of a new birth certificate which records their altered identity. Delivering the lead judgment for the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Donal O’Donnell observed that "it cannot b

The High Court has refused to set aside grants of leave to apply for judicial review obtained by two stagehands in respect of Labour Court decisions concerning their alleged employment with a film production company. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Garrett Simons determined that t

The Supreme Court has determined that the Garda Commissioner could not rely on s.9 of the Criminal Law Act 1976 to retain a garda’s phone for the purposes of a Garda disciplinary investigation. Delivering judgment for the majority of the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Brian Murray concluded that s.

Northern Ireland’s High Court has struck out defences to defamation raised by a woman who published material received in discovery and defamatory material concerning her former employer on X and Substack. Delivering judgment in October, Mr Justice Adrian Colton said: "On any showing it is clea

The High Court has refused a habeas corpus application brought on behalf of all persons detained on foot of evidence obtained through search warrants issued by peace commissioners. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Brian Cregan opined that the application was more akin to a request

The High Court has awarded €115,000 in damages to a man who was sexually abused by his friend’s father over a six-month period in 1998. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Anthony Barr in awarding damages was satisfied that the plaintiff would require significant psychologi

The Court of Appeal has determined that the High Court did not err in finding that a man’s spinal surgery, and a prospective spinal surgery, were not attributable to his road traffic accident in light of his medical expert’s revised opinion at trial. Delivering judgment for the Court of

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a High Court judgment which found that the State’s prohibition on CBD products containing no more than 0.20 per cent THC did not offend the principle of the free movement of goods in the EU. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Jus

The Supreme Court has determined that the High Court had jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a Circuit Court order granting access to a DAR transcript of criminal proceedings to a non-party for use in unrelated injunction proceedings. Delivering the leading judgment for the Supreme Court, Ms Justice

The High Court has, on appeal, made orders for proper provision for a woman who was misled into signing an unfavourable separation agreement by her then-husband. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice John Jordan opined: “The husband literally led his wife up the garden path and fo

The Court of Appeal has overturned a decision of the High Court permitting the registration of trademarks in Ireland by Diesel SpA, an Italian clothing manufacturer. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Ms Justice Niamh Hyland concluded: "The position is clear: all parties accept there will

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of Oleksi Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko against his extradition to the USA to stand trial for ransomware conspiracy charges. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Ms Justice Tara Burns was satisfied inter alia that the fact that the appellant had acquire

The High Court has indicated that it will refer questions concerning the principle of equivalence and the legality of charges for time spent by public authority staff in answering environmental information requests to the CJEU. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Richard Humphreys ind