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Justice Minister Heather Humphreys has defended legislation providing for five extra High Court judges in the face of criticism from the president of the High Court that it is not enough. Ms Justice Mary Irvine told The Parchment, the magazine of the Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association (DSBA), that s

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A juror who failed to appear at the High Court following a lunch break has become the subject of an arrest warrant, The Irish Times reports. The woman failed to appear on Tuesday to hear a defamation action by Turf Club head of security Chris Gordon against the Irish Racehorse Trainers Association (

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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

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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.

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