Case Reports

The High Court has rejected judicial review proceedings brought by Facebook Ireland Limited seeking to quash a preliminary draft decision of the Data Protection Commissioner regarding EU-US data transfers. In the case, Facebook made a number of complaints about the procedure which the DPC had adopte

The High Court has granted an injunction restraining the Director of Public Prosecutions from prosecuting assault charges against a child due to delay. The applicant was 17 years old at the time of the offending but was only charged 15 months after the incident. The court was satisfied that there ha

The Court of Appeal has made a differential costs order against a plaintiff in personal injuries proceedings after her award was substantially reduced on appeal. Further, the court ordered the plaintiff to pay the defendants’ costs of the appeal as well. The plaintiff had previously received &

The High Court has refused to extradite a man to Poland in circumstances where the authorities had failed to effect his surrender for more than seven years. The man had previously been surrendered to the Irish authorities for extradition in 2012 but was released after the Irish/Polish authorities fa

The High Court has imposed a costs order for judicial review proceedings against Cork City Council, the notice party, on the basis that it “actively invoked, exploited and endorsed an unlawful system of taxation of costs” drawn up by the Cork County Registrar. The applicant had challenge

The High Court has acceded to an application brought by a defendant to have a case heard in Hong Kong pursuant to an exclusive jurisdiction clause. The court determined that a sea waybill produced by the defendant was “excellent evidence of contractual terms” and that no proper controver

The Crown Court has determined that interview evidence gathered by the Historical Enquiries Team cannot be used against two paratroopers charged with the murder of Joe McCann in 1972. The ruling led to the collapse of the murder trial for Soldier A and Soldier C because the interview evidence was th

The Supreme Court has upheld the admissibility of certain surveillance evidence which was used to convict members and associates of the IRA. In so ruling, the court determined that section 10 of the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 did not require the Minister for Justice to individually aut

The High Court has quashed a decision by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) which refused protection for two Albanian nationals claiming to be the victims of political violence. The court held that the IPAT decision was flawed for several reasons, including that certain findings re

The High Court has quashed the refusal of an international protection application brought by a woman who claimed that she would be subjected to female genital mutilation if returned to Sierra Leone. The court determined that the International Protections Appeal Tribunal did not provide adequate reas

The Court of Appeal has rejected a defendant’s application to adduce further grounds of appeal relating to the particularisation of the debt in summary judgment proceedings. The defendant attempted to adduce new grounds of appeal based on the important decisions in Bank of Ireland Mortgage Ban

The High Court has delivered a further judgment in the landmark FBD case involving publicans claiming insurance cover for losses arising from the pandemic. In this second case, the court outlined that cover would be available for partial closures of the pubs’ premises due to the pandemic, rath

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland has allowed an appeal against a decision by the High Court to adjourn a case arising from the Renewable Heat Initiative (RHI) scheme. The case had previously been adjourned to allow for further legislation to be enacted which might have disposed of the applica

The High Court has decided to refer a point of EU law to the CJEU regarding an access to information claim brought by the information activist group Right To Know CLG (RTK) against the Taoiseach. Specifically, it was claimed that the applicant was entitled to certain greenhouse emissions information

The High Court has ruled that a hotel is not covered for losses from the Covid-19 pandemic under a policy of insurance. The court was asked to interpret an AXA policy which provided certain indemnities for closures resulting from specified diseases and sanitary requirements. The plaintiff also argue