Case Reports

A gym owner has avoided a prison sentence for beating his girlfriend and breaking her teeth after she questioned him about being out late. Kevin Loughnan (28) ...

A man who began sexually abusing the younger sister of his wife when she was six, and continued to do so until she was 18, has been ...

A man who attempted to claim Irish citizenship on the contention that he was born in a house in Dublin in 1940, and was brought back to ...

A High Court judge has strongly criticised "shadowy advisers" who he said are giving flawed legal advice to those challenging repossession orders. The comments were made by ...

A man who was systematically abused by a former Marist Brother while at National School has been awarded €75,000 by a five-judge Supreme Court. The current Provincial ...

of further offers from other interested parties. The Court heard that in the end, Mr Mellon did not actually submit a tender – Justice Humphreys said ...

Comparative advertising based on prices as between shops having different formats and sizes is unlawful in certain circumstances and is also liable to be misleading if the ...

The mother of a pupil attending an all-girls school in north Belfast has been unsuccessful in challenging the Department of Education decision to amalgamate her daughter’s school ...

A 35-year-old man convicted of murdering a 21-year old man for “coming on to him” has been unsuccessful in appealing his conviction based on the defence of ...

A cohabitee who was refused a survivor’s pension after a local government body claimed her deceased partner did not nominate her has succeeded in an appeal and ...

The Sunday World has been unsuccessful in its appeal to overturn the €85,000 award made to former English Premier League footballer, David Speedie, in defamation proceedings. In ...

A man who served five years for possession of heroin with intent to supply, has been unsuccessful in his appeal to the Supreme Court in which he ...

A woman who suffered severe lacerations to her leg while attending a masquerade ball in Belle Isle Castle has lost her £100,000 claim against the company owning ...

Convicted drug-dealer John Gilligan has been unsuccessful in challenging various orders made in relation to the disposal of his properties, which were adjudicated to have been acquired ...