Case Reports

The High Court has determined that a woman’s signature was forged on mortgage documents purporting to charge her Wexford holiday home of which she was the sole owner, and that the evidence of her handwriting expert was uncontroverted by the defendants. Delivering judgment for the High Court, M

The Supreme Court has referred two questions about the interaction of Latvian law with Ireland's European Arrest Warrant legislation to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The questions concern whether the discretionary conversion of a supervisory sentence to a custodial sentence

The High Court has refused to appoint an administrator ad litem to defend challenge to a will where the executrix and main beneficiary seemingly lacked capacity. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Siobhán Stack stated that “the appointment of the proposed person pursuant

The High Court has refused the appeal of a firefighter from a Labour Court decision upholding the adjudicating officer’s decision that the firefighter was not working during his ‘on standby’ periods. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Anthony Barr found that the Lab

The High Court has refused to grant injunctive relief restraining the dismissal of a recruit prison officer arising from a discovery of plastic bags which tested positive for cocaine in his training accommodation. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Rory Mulcahy determined: “Com

Northern Ireland’s High Court has refused to appoint a McKenzie friend in family law proceedings on the basis that she attempted to inappropriately influence the court and lacked a basic understanding of practice and procedure. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice David McFarland

The High Court has refused leave to furnish to actor Dany Boon’s Monégasque lawyers unopened affidavits filed in his Irish fraud proceedings, which were intended for transmission to the instructing judge in a related criminal investigation in Monaco. Delivering judgment for the High Cou

The Court of Appeal determined that Lodge Gaven Limited should be restored to the Register of Companies, but varied the order of the High Court to award Circuit Court costs instead of High Court costs. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Donald Binchy observed that “where a

The High Court has determined that a decision by the Special Criminal Court to certify a miscarriage of justice was within the range of reasonable decisions and was not irrational. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Garrett Simons found that the decision of the Special Criminal Court

The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022 following an Article 26 reference. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne confirmed that “there is nothing express or implicit in s. 51” requiring the gover

In spring 1928, the Ballina Circuit Court awarded damages of £200 with costs and expenses to Mr Patrick Joseph Cunningham for the loss of services of his daughter, Bridie, who had been seduced by Mr John Horan at a farewell party for a local girl who was leaving for America. That case from les

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has refused John Miller leave to appeal his conviction for the murder of his fiancée Charlotte Murray. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan determined that the trial judge had appropriately decided to leav

The Court of Appeal has determined in an appeal brought by a Russian aircraft insurer that the High Court did not err in concluding that choice of law and jurisdiction clauses in the insurance documentation prevailed, and that the forum conveniens for the proceedings was Ireland. Delivering judgment

The High Court has determined that Order 36 of the Circuit Court Rules precludes the issuance and renewal of execution orders after the expiration of 12 years from the date of the relevant decree or judgment. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Garrett Simons determined that the langu

The High Court has determined that mortgagees cannot rely solely on a memorial in lieu of a mortgage deed in a possession claims concerning mortgages over unregistered land created prior to the commencement of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr