Case Reports

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

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the court’s inherent jurisdiction to extend time for seeking leave to bring judicial review proceedings has been excluded by Order 84 RSC and has addressed, obiter, novel issues in relation to the 'Legal Aid – Custody Issues Scheme'. Delivering judg

The High Court has ordered a quarrying company to remediate unauthorised works carried out in breach of a court order near the home of a Carlow family. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice David Nolan opined: “The development of a quarry adjacent to housing without any planning p

The High Court has prohibited the surrender of a man to the US for a “bail jumping” offence on the basis that he is immune from prosecution under s.18 of the Extradition Act 1965. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Patrick McGrath concluded: “The intention of s.18 w

The High Court has made orders suspending the registration of a doctor who is the subject of criminal charges for possession of child pornography in the UK. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice David Barniville in making the orders sought was satisfied that "the need the ensure the pub

The Master of Northern Ireland’s High Court has assessed damages for defamation at £100,000 in favour of Peter Jackson, father of Paddy Jackson. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Master Mark Harvey highlighted: “The lesson for the defendant in this case, and frankly for those