Case Reports

A former parish priest who sexually abused and raped a 12-year-old boy has been successful in his appeal against the severity of his sentence. In 2017, the man was sentenced to a total of eight years imprisonment for rape and sexual assault, to run consecutive to a sentence of seven years imposed in

A vulture fund has been granted summary judgment against a man who secured loans from Anglo Irish Bank in 2008, which were bought by the fund from IBRC in 2014. The two loans amounted to €1.06 million, and the man owed approximately €1.33 million when they were called in by the fund in 201

The Director of Public Prosecutions has successfully appealed the finding that a trial judge misdirected a jury in a prison officer’s trial for possession of €6,000 worth of drugs. In the Court of Appeal, the man’s conviction for possession was overturned on grounds related to the a

A woman who taught in a grant-aided pre-school in Galway for over 20 years, but was not admitted to the Teachers Superannuation Scheme, has had her award of compensation overturned in the Supreme Court. Finding that the woman was treated less favourably than her comparators, the woman was awarded &e

A man who was thrown off a horse while he was working at a farm in Cork has been awarded €77,345 in the High Court. Finding that the employer was liable for the accident due to his decision to park his tractor in a location which was likely to spook the horses when they rode past it, Mr Justice

A woman who was seven months pregnant at the time of her dismissal from a job in which she worked for approximately 10 weeks, has lost her appeal to the Labour Court. The woman asserted in evidence that she had told a colleague of her pregnancy the week before her dismissal, and although her uniform

A man who was arrested pending extradition to the US upon his release from a term of imprisonment for child sexual assault and child pornography convictions in Ireland, has lost an application for judicial review in which he sought to be prosecuted in Ireland for offences investigated in the US. Fin

The ‘truly exceptional’ personal and family circumstances of a mentally-ill woman have been found to outweigh the public interest in her extradition to the US, where she faces five alleged offences of drug trafficking and money laundering. Finding that the woman’s surrender to the

Three men who were handcuffed when they were arrested on suspicion of separate drink-driving offences have lost their appeal to the Supreme Court regarding the lawfulness of their arrest. The District Court judge in all three cases had found that the use of handcuffs in the course of their arrests h

A man has been granted an injunction restraining the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) from further processing his appeal against the refusal of his applications for refugee status and subsidiary protection, which were examined by a contractor The technical objection to the use o

A man who provided interviews in the “Boston Tapes” project documenting paramilitary involvement in Northern Ireland during the Troubles has had his application for an injunction restraining their use by the PSNI dismissed by the Divisional Court. Background

The question of vires has been remitted to the High Court for re-argument in judicial review proceedings. Finding that, although alluded to, the specific argument of vires had not been raised in the High Court, Mr Justice John MacMenamin said that the High Court judge’s determination that the

The managing director and principal shareholder of a fishing company has been unsuccessful in challenging the rule that, in the absence of exceptional circumstances or otherwise provided by statute, companies must be represented by lawyers with a right of audience in court proceedings. Dismissing th

A 21-year-old man who stabbed a victim in the eye at a New Year’s Eve party in 2014, and went on to assault another victim nine months later, has had his unduly lenient sentence increased in the Court of Appeal. Sending the man back to prison for a further twelve months, Mr Justice George Birm

A man who was refused payment of his legal fees under the Legal Aid Custody Issues Scheme has been granted an Order of certiorari, quashing the decision of the Legal Aid Board. Finding that the decision was ultra vires the scheme and ultra vires the Board’s powers under the scheme, Ms Justice