Case Reports

A defendant in a criminal trial described as “deaf and effectively mute” has had his application for Judicial Review of a decision of the Department of Justice for Northern Ireland dismissed in the High Court. Accepting that Registered intermediaries (RIs) were subject to legal professional priv

A man who was identified as having links with the UVF, and as being involved in “punishment attacks” in the Village area of South Belfast, has had his case against the Sunday World dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Agreeing with the trial judge’s finding that the newspaper had satisfied all as

A shareholder in Conroy Gold and Natural Resources PLC has lost his application for declarations that the appointment of three new directors to the company’s Board were valid. Finding that there was a failure to comply with the notification requirements in the company’s articles of association,

A man who drove into a crowd of people while on his way home from an Orange Order parade, has been given a two year custodial sentence, to serve one in custody and one on licence. Judge Patricia Smyth stated that continuing to drive after striking several pedestrians was an aggravating factor in the

in the planning process. v. As a result of this deficient site notice, members of the public whose lands were affected by the two possible grid connection routes made any submissions to the Board in relation to the application for planning permission nor was any consent given for grid connection wo

The father of two children has successfully applied for his children to be returned to the jurisdiction of England and Wales after they were removed from their habitual residence there without his consent in July 2016. The mother of the children brought the two children to Ireland without his knowle

A man who lost his fingers while using a machine at a metal welding workshop in Wheatfield Prison, has had his claim for damages dismissed in the High Court. It was claimed that he was left unsupervised in the workshop at a time when he was adversely affected by methadone, however Mr Justice Bernard

An environmentalist who argued that a section of the proposed road from Randalstown to Castledawson would threaten protected species, and therefore breach EU legislation, has had his appeal dismissed in the Court of Appeal in Belfast. Delivering the judgment of the Court, Lord Chief Justice Declan M

A man who complained that his human rights were breached by members of the police service when attempting to recruit him as an informer, has lost his appeal to bring judicial review proceedings because an alternative remedy was open to him in the form of the Tribunal established under section 65 of

When a financial institution grants a loan denominated in a foreign currency, it must provide the borrower with sufficient information to enable him to take a prudent and well-informed decision, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. In 2007 and 2008, Ms Ruxandra Paula Andriciuc and o

A Malaysian woman who moved to Ireland with her daughter, an Irish citizen, and had her application for emergency homeless accommodation refused by Wicklow County Council has had her application for judicial review dismissed by the High Court. Finding that the Council’s decision was not ultra vire

A boy who was found guilty of numerous dangerous driving charges involving stolen vehicles, has been given a Deferment of Detention Order in the District Court. In a recently published judgment, Judge John O’Connor stated that, since the child had engaged well recently with his Bail Support and wi

The father of two children who were wrongfully removed from their habitual residence in England in July 2015 has had his application for their return pursuant to The Hague Convention refused in the High Court. Whilst it was accepted that the mother had engaged in subterfuge and concealment in respec

A woman who was convicted of the murder of a homeless man in Newry in 2009 has had her appeal dismissed by the Court of Appeal in Belfast. The woman contended that the trial judge had failed to give adequate direction on the effect of intoxication on her intent, and also sought leave to appeal on th

Preliminary issues raised by the mother of a child who was ordered to be returned to the US to live with her siblings and their father, have been rejected in the High Court. Criticising the woman for frustrating the litigation process, Ms Justice Reynolds stated that the reliefs claimed by the woman