Case Reports

The Court of Appeal has upheld an 18-year sentence imposed on a man who committed sexual assaults of “exceptional depravity” on his daughter. The accused was charged with 92 counts of various sexual offences which occurred between the ages of three and 15. In an ex tempore ruling, Ms Jus

Northern Ireland's High Court has upheld the refusal of a parental order for a "vindictive" father who called police on the mother of his 11-year-old son under false pretences. The court found that a County Court judge was right to refuse the application for a parental responsibility order and a dir

The Court of Appeal has increased the sentence for a man who stabbed a treating doctor with a used needle. The accused was originally sentenced to one year's imprisonment for the offence, which was committed while the accused was intoxicated with drugs. Delivering judgment in the case, Ms Justice Is

The High Court has ruled that a child with severe dyslexia did not receive an appropriate education in a mainstream school. The child had significant difficulties with reading and an expert stated that he needed intensive support. However, the Minister for Education insisted that the child could be

The High Court has criticised a personal insolvency practitioner for providing misleading information to creditors in a proposal which would have written off most of a €13 million debt. The court said that the PIP had “fallen well below the appropriate ethical standards” expected of

Northern Ireland's High Court has refused an application for judicial review into the investigation of the 1972 death of Telford Stuart, a member of a covert security force. The court found that the PSNI was entitled to limit their investigations to Troubles shootings by the Army, rather than cases

The High Court has dismissed a challenge to an award by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) where the applicant claimed that inadequate reasons were provided for its decision. The applicant had an application for compensation assessed at €11,000 and it was claimed that PIAB did not pr

Northern Ireland's High Court has struck out a negligence claim against publishers of personal information relating to a young offender. However, the court also denied the Daily Mail's request to strike out proceedings on the basis of want of prosecution and abuse of process. The court found that al

The Court of Appeal has increased a personal injuries award by more than €28,000 after it was held that the trial judge erred by applying a 40 per cent deduction for future loss of earnings based on the Reddy v. Bates [1983] IR 141 criteria. It was held that the reduction was “significant

The Court of Appeal has upheld an award of €83,000 for a woman who slipped on a supermarket floor despite the circumstances of the accident being in complete dispute between the parties. The plaintiff initially claimed that the floor was highly polished, although at trial it was submitted that

The Supreme Court has determined that it will hear an appeal relating to the surrender of a man to Lithuania where the State had failed to implement Framework Directive 2008/909/JHA. In the determination delivered by the court yesterday, it was noted that the High Court appeared to have been led int

The High Court has refused an application by a defendant in a personal injuries action to dismiss the plaintiff’s case pursuant to section 26 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004. It was alleged that the plaintiff gave false or materially misleading evidence to the court in relation to b

A journalist who was sued by pro-Brexit businessman Arron Banks for libel in relation to a TED talk video and a tweet has won in the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division). The court found that although the statements in the video were defamatory, there was a legitimate public interest defen

The Court of Justice of the European Union has confirmed that UK citizens no longer possess EU citizenship after it was asked to rule on the topic by a British woman living in France. The woman, EP, was challenging her removal from the French electoral roll, which in turn required the French court h

Northern Ireland's High Court has rejected all grounds of appeal against an extradition warrant to Poland. Although Poland’s courts had a "general systemic deficiency", the court held that this did not create a presumption that the applicant would be denied a fair trial. The applicant, Kamil C