Case Reports

A man who was sentenced to three-and-a-half years imprisonment for stealing a car with a heavily-pregnant woman in the passenger seat, has had his sentence increased in the Court of Appeal. The Court heard that the man had not given the pregnant woman any opportunity to get out of the vehicle, had r

A solicitor who was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has had her appeal dismissed in the High Court. The principal finding of misconduct was in relation to the transfer of €259,000 from a client account in breach of Solicitors Accounts Regulations 200

A woman who claimed that the father of her child had remained untraceable since causing a crash in which she was injured in 2011 has had her claim against the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland dismissed in the High Court. Describing the facts of the case as somewhat unusual, Mr Justice Anthony Barr w

A plumbing business has had its appeal against a decision of an employment tribunal unanimously dismissed after justices in the Supreme Court endorsed the decision of the tribunal, namely that the respondent was, inter alia, a worker in terms of the Employment Rights Act 1996. The Respondent, Gary S

The legal representatives of a Polish national who was served a removal order while imprisoned in 2015 have been ordered to pay the costs incurred by the State in judicial review proceedings brought on behalf of the man on the day before his scheduled removal in 2016. Stating that the legal represen

A Spanish man who was detained on the basis of allegations he had sexual relations with minors suffered violations of his Convention rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Fernandes Pedroso v Portugal the court held, unanimously, that there

A woman has been awarded almost €20,000 for past and future pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life as a result of injuries suffered when she slipped and fell at a pub in Wicklow in 2012. Mr Justice Keane said that the pub was negligent and in breach of duty by failing to install a handra

In relation to proceedings issued following the breakdown in the relationship between Carl Frampton and former manager Barry McGuigan, the High Court rejected submissions that England was the appropriate forum to hear the claims and that Northern Ireland was forum non conveniens. Finding that one of

A request for a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a ruling on the question of whether the United Kingdom can unilaterally revoke its notice of intention to the leave the EU has been refused, Scottish Legal News reports. A judge in the Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled tha

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has lost an appeal to the UK Supreme Court in which it sought declarations that the current law on abortion in Northern Ireland is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights in cases of rape, incest, and fatal foetal abnormality. By

The Government has agreed to nominate High Court judges Ms Justice Marie Baker and Mr Justice Brian McGovern for appointment to the Court of Appeal, as well as Tara Burns SC for appointment to the High Court. The Government also agreed in principle to nominate Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy of the High

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Irish Government did not violate the property rights of a mussels company by the way it had complied with EU environmental legislation. The case was brought by O'Sullivan McCarthy Mussel Development Ltd, a company based in Killorglin which cultiv

The High Court has found that it is entitled, of its own motion, to consider granting bail to a man sought for surrender pursuant to a European Arrest Warrant. Where the man had not made an application for bail, but where it was almost certain that he would be further remanded pending the outcome of

Judicial review proceedings brought by a former prisoner who was subject to screened visits when granted status as a protected prisoner in Mountjoy Prison have been ruled moot. Concluding that the proceedings had been rendered moot, Mr Justice Gerard Hogan said that it would be inappropriate to pron

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan is expected to propose new appointments to the Court of Appeal bench this week following a public plea from the court's president, The Irish Times reports. Shortly after being sworn in, Mr Justice George Birmingham called for urgent appointments to address the long