Case Reports

The High Court has determined that administrators ad litem appointed for the purpose of substantiating proceedings simply provide a defendant who can be sued, and are not obliged to take active steps in defence of the action. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Siobhan Stack commented

The Court of Appeal has determined that a party to a marriage of convenience was not entitled to an oral hearing prior as of right. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly determined that where no conflicts of evidence were found the information before the Minister, a

The holding company responsible for easyJet and other related businesses with ‘easy’ in their names has lost an appeal against a judgment of the High Court of England and Wales that a business called “EasyOffices” had not infringed on its trade marks and the revocation of its

The High Court has refused to remit a matter for fresh consideration to the Information Commissioner on the basis that a dispute as to whether the Commissioner erred was still live. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Garrett Simons determined that a distinguishing feature of the

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of a hotelier convicted of rape who claimed that his legal team did not perform in accordance with his instructions, depriving him of a trial in due course of law.  Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice George Birmingham commented t

The Court of Appeal has upheld the sentence imposed on a minor for sexual offences, notwithstanding the result that he would serve the last part of his detention in an adult prison. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice John Edwards stated that “to engineer a situation where

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has upheld an appeal brought by a man in his 70s who claimed damages resulting from the fact that he was a secondary victim of asbestos exposure via his father’s employment at the Harland & Wolff shipyard. Delivering the judgment, Lady Chief Justice

The High Court has determined that leave granted to bring judicial review proceedings concerning Kilkenny wind farm must be set aside. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Humphreys warned that “one can only encourage people not to leave it until the last day to try to institute

The High Court has determined that a strict liability tax offence concerning the sale of tobacco is not unconstitutional, despite removing the discretion of the trial judge to apply s.1(1) of the Probation of Offenders Act 1907. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Oisín Quinn c

The High Court has affirmed a decision of the Circuit Court to grant a planning injunction sought by the neighbour of the first respondent. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Michael Twomey stated: “While there will be hardship to Mr Hogan... when a planning injunction is sough

The Supreme Court has confirmed that that a five-point test applies in respect of identifying whether contracts are ‘contracts of service’ or ‘contracts for service’. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Brian Murray cautioned that the judgment did not bind a

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal from a refusal to prohibit the criminal trial of an accused who was 15 at the time of the incident complained of. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice George Birmingham stated: “I do accept that the loss of anonymity is a significa

The High Court has dismissed an appeal from the refusal of the Circuit Court to join the plaintiff’s sister as a co-plaintiff to his “proper provision” proceedings. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Siobhan Phelan that the six-month time limit to institute proceedi

The UK Supreme Court this month rejected an appeal challenging a decision which found that police officers and staff in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) were historically underpaid holiday pay since 1998, up to a total value of £30 million. Delivering the judgment, Lord Kitchin an

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of the parents of a newborn boy who died following a difficult birth. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Charles Meenan observed that despite the appellants’ contention that the verdict of natural causes was incorrect, “no