Case Reports

The Provincial of the Oblate Fathers of Ireland has been granted an order dismissing personal injury proceedings brought against him, in which a man who alleged he had suffered sexual abuse by an Oblate priest in the 1950s sought to hold him vicariously liable for the priests actions. Dismissing the

The Adoption Authority of Ireland has been granted an order dismissing proceedings brought by a woman whose child was adopted in 1980. The woman was 16 at the time and submitted that the circumstances surrounding the adoption of her daughter entailed a breach of her rights. Granting the order to dis

A member of Monaghan County Council who was recorded by RTÉ asking for a fee to influence an application for planning permission has failed to stop an investigation into his conduct being carried out by the Standards in Public Office Commission. Dismissing the application for judicial review

A development company that instituted proceedings against the surety under a building contract has had its claim dismissed as an abuse of process. Finding that it was clear from the contract that damages must be quantified in accordance with the dispute resolution mechanisms set out in the building

The High Court in Belfast has dismissed three conjoined applications challenging the UK Government’s Brexit strategy, which the applicants argued would result in a no-deal Brexit and a hard border in breach of the Good Friday Agreement. Finding that the subject matter of the applications was "

A man who was convicted of raping a 91-year-old woman in 2001 has had his application to appeal his conviction for failure to comply with notification requirements under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 refused. Finding that the enhanced notification requirements did not breach Article 7

A woman who was made redundant two weeks after she informed her employer of her pregnancy, has been awarded €55,000 in the Workplace Relations Commission. Finding that the company had failed to establish that there was no link between the woman’s pregnancy and her redundancy, Adjudication

A local authority that failed to increase the salary of one of its employees with 17 years’ service has been told to place the employee on the highest salary scale for his position. Stating that the employee’s dissatisfaction was understandable, Adjudication Officer Ray Flaherty said tha

An airline has been ordered to repay training costs which were deducted from a pilot’s wages when he resigned from the company within three years of being trained on a new aircraft. The pilot had signed a training bond with the airline when he was based in London, however, when he was relocate

The Court of Appeal in Belfast has found that the Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal erred in its interpretation of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 when it found that ramps were qualifying facilities for the purpose of being granted rates relief under the legislation. Delivering the judgmen

A former police officer who was convicted of a number of sexual offences involving children has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment and two years on licence, after the Court of Appeal in Belfast found his suspended sentence to be unduly lenient. The 85-year-old man committed his most recent o

A woman who worked as a financial controller for an engineering firm for over 17 years when she was unfairly dismissed has been awarded €6,680 in the Workplace Relations Commission. Finding that the woman was unfairly selected for redundancy before being summarily dismissed, Adjudication Office

A man who worked as a driver for a plumbing firm for over ten years before being dismissed on grounds of misconduct has been awarded €9,331 in the Workplace Relations Commission. Finding that the man was unfairly dismissed, Adjudication Officer Kevin Baneham did not accept that there had been a

The former business development manager of a gin distillery start-up has been awarded €9,533 for constructive dismissal and non-payment of wages. Adjudication Officer Marguerite Buckley said that the managing director of the company, for whom the start-up was a side venture, took “a lax v

Sitting as a Coroner in the inquest on the death of a 19-year-old man in Derry in 1972, Judge Patrick Kinney has found that the soldier who shot and killed Seamus Bradley was not justified in opening fire and that the investigation into his death was flawed and inadequate. Finding that the use of fo