Edmund Honohan

The next government should requisition land for housing and overhaul the examinership process to help businesses survive the coronavirus crisis, the Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan SC, has said. In an interview with the Irish Independent, the quasi-judicial office-holder set out a series of

The High Court has ruled that Edmund Honohan SC, the Master of the High Court, erred in extending time for an appeal of a decision of the Circuit Court. Mr Justice Charles Meenan heard the matter by way of an appeal taken by Malcolm Trevor Jones against an Order of the Master of the High Court where

The Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan SC, has criticised the Courts Service for not publishing his rulings on its website. Mr Honohan, who is not a judge, said he was told by officials that "there is no room on their website" for his extensive written rulings, which have often criticised judg

High Court judges are making errors in law due to a lack of experience with certain types of banking cases, the Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan SC, has claimed. Mr Honohan yesterday decided there should be a full hearing of a bank's claim for final judgment of €945,613 against a woman,

The Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan SC, has expressed concern that High Court judges are overlooking the "exacting" test for summary or final judgment applications in cases involving personal litigants. In a written decision seen by The Irish Times, Mr Honohan called for an overhaul of the

A senior High Court judge has set aside an order by the Master of the High Court, Edmumd Honohan SC, appointing a convicted criminal as guardian ad litem for three children. Mr Justice Peter Kelly, president of the High Court, said it would be "grotesque" to allow Michael Grimes to act as guardian a

The Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan SC, has called on judges to resign if they knowingly favour banks during litigation. Mr Honohan made the comments on Friday while dismissing a fund's contested application for liberty to enter final judgment of around €944,550 including interest agai

The Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan SC, has publicly challenged the president of the High Court to explain why he has been removed from debt cases, the Irish Independent reports. Mr Justice Peter Kelly signed an order last month to remove debt cases from the master's list with effect from M

Thousands of people have signed a petition demanding that the Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan, be allowed to continue dealing with debt cases. Mr Justice Peter Kelly, president of the High Court, signed an order last month to remove debt cases from the master's list with effect from Monday

Debt cases are no longer to be dealt with by the Master of the High Court following an order by the court's President, The Times reports. Edmund Honohan, whose role is non-judicial, deals with as many as 200 cases a week concerning debt.