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The recent decision of the High Court in Dardis v Poplovka IEHC 249 highlights the fact that while costs generally follow the event the court can look behind the rule and exercise its discretion in awarding costs.

A recent decision of the Court of Appeal overturned an award of €900,000 made in 2008 arising from a defamation action taken against the Sunday World.

Momentum towards the proposed reform of defamation laws was a casualty of the dissolution of Dáil Éireann last November; however, the Defamation Bill has since been restored to the Dáil Order Paper.

High Court Proceedings issued by a borrower, whose residential property was the subject matter of a High Court Order for Possession...

In November 2022, the High Court (Court) held that Mr Delaney had failed to make out his claim that Legal Professional Privilege (LPP) applied to certain documents sought by the Corporate Enforcement Authority.

The English High Court considered this question recently in a case involving a lay litigant who alleged that a cognitive impairment meant that he was unable to properly conduct the proceedings.

In a previous insight here, RDJ examined the 2018 case of Noirin O'Sullivan v Irish Examiner where the High Court refused former Garda Commissioner Noirin O'Sullivan an extension of time within...

In this update, Kevin Harnett and Karole Cuddihy examine the recent decision of the Irish Court of Appeal in Promontoria (Aran) Ltd v Sheehy [2020] IECA 104.

Damages for pain and suffering in personal injury claims have been cut by up to 50% in a number of recent Court of Appeal decisions.

Newcastle United Football Club (Newcastle) recently applied to remove the chair of the arbitration panel due to consider the Premier League's rejection of a proposed takeover of the club.

The Taoiseach has told the Dáil that the government will not be bringing a resolution to the Oireachtas seeking its approval of the proposed draft amendments to the Personal Injury Guidelines.

The owner of Derrybawn House in County Wicklow engaged a contractor and a supervising architect in respect of refurbishment works (Works) at the property.

Last month, Ms Justice Iseult O'Malley, delivering judgment on behalf of a three-judge Supreme Court, overruled a landmark Court of Appeal judgment...

The Court of Appeal recently upheld the decision of the High Court in Gill Russell (a minor) v HSE, to reduce the real rate of return from the traditional 3% to a rate of return of between 1% and 1.5%.

In the recent case of Pepper Finance Corporation (Ireland) DAC v Jenkins & anor, the High Court determined who should initiate enforcement proceedings.

The recent ruling of the UK Court of Appeal in Google v Vidal-Hall is another divergence in the approach of the UK and Irish courts to data protection.

The High Court considered the enforcement of a "keep open" covenant in a lease and whether the tenant of the anchor supermarket unit would be forced to keep trading where it was operating at a loss.