Case Reports

An inquest into the death of 15-year-old Manus Deery, who was shot and killed by a soldier in Derry in 1972, has found that Manus was a totally innocent victim and that in any event, the shot fired was unjustified. Background

Dunnes Stores has successfully appealed a decision of the High Court which found that its comparative advertising directed towards products trademarked by Aldi Stores (Ireland) Ltd, was in breach of EU Regulations. The Court of Appeal ruled that the trial judge had erred in interpreting the regulati

Russian nationals who had either been taken hostage and/or injured during the Beslan massacre and their families as well as those of the dead suffered violations of their article 2 rights. The case concerned the September 2004 terrorist attack on a school in Beslan, North Ossetia (Russia). For over

Newspapers that challenged orders for costs made following trial have had their appeals unanimously dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court. Lord Neuberger gave the lead judgment, with which Lord Mance, Lord Sumption, Lord Hughes and Lord Hodge agreed.

A company that was ordered to pay a fine of €125,000 for failing to ensure the safety of employees after an accident resulted in the death of a 28-year-old man has been ordered to pay a fine of €1 million after the Director of Public Prosecutions appealed the original sentence. Delivering the ju

A woman who, on behalf of her 6-year-old daughter, brought a claim for damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of the negligence of the Health Service Executive in the management of her birth has been granted a retrial. Ms Justice Mary Irvine held that the trial judge’s causa

According to Advocate General Wahl, agricultural producer organisations and their associations may be held liable for agreements, decisions or concerted practices contrary to EU law, in particular where concertation on prices or on the quantities placed on the market and exchanges of information occ

A 24 year old man who was sentenced to two years and six months' imprisonment for pouring boiling water over his pregnant girlfriend, causing her to spend ten days in hospital needing skin graft surgery, has had his custodial sentence increased to four years on appeal. Delivering the judgment of the

The company Forge de Laguiole may oppose the registration, at EU level, of the trade mark Laguiole in the area of, inter alia, knives and cutlery but may not oppose the registration of the trade mark Laguiole in areas in which it does not actually pursue a business activity, the Court of Justice of

of witnesses in hearings before it”. The case also raised “important questions of freedom of speech in Parliament, the separation of powers and the extent to which the court may intervene in the affairs of the Legislature”.

Two transgender persons suffered violations of their article 8 rights on account of an obligation to establish the irreversible nature of the change in their appearance in order to vary their birth names, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of A.P.

A man who was unanimously convicted by a jury on two counts of false imprisonment has had his conviction quashed in the Court of Appeal. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court, Mr Justice Alan Mahon ruled that the trial judge should have discharged the jury after a witness inadvertently di

A businessman convicted of tax fraud in the UK has lost a challenge to the European Arrest Warrant for his surrender to the UK authorities. Delivering the judgment of the seven-judge Supreme Court, Mr Justice Donal O’Donnell rejected the argument that the absence of a “statutory legal aid scheme

Businessman Denis O’Brien has lost his case against the Dáil Éireann and Members of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges in which he sought to challenge utterances made on the floor of the Dáil which disclosed information protected by a High Court injunction. Rejecting Mr O’Brien’s arg

A man who was convicted of assaulting two men in a hotel room in Dublin, one of whom was his former girlfriend’s alleged rapist, has successfully appealed the severity of his sentence. Delivering the judgment of the three-judge Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Alan Mahon found that the sentencing judge