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The High Court rejected Ms Kerins' challenge to her treatment before the PAC hearings during the course of its examination of State funding to the Rehab Group in 2014.

There were two key issues in the High Court case which were appealed by the employers to the Court of Appeal. The first related to when the employers' contribution liability terminated.

Section 80(1) of the Pensions Act provides that where a rule of a scheme does not comply with the principle of equal treatment on the gender ground, it shall, to the extent that it does not so comply...

The recent decision in BNP Paribas SA v Trattamento Rifiuti Metropolitani SPA [2020] EWHC 2436 (Comm), examining a bank counterparty's rights under an interest rate hedging ...

The High Court recently used its inherent jurisdiction to make an order for the transfer of a 45-year old woman in need of special therapeutic and welfare services...

Concerns about the potential impact of short term travel on applications for Irish citizenship following the decision of the High Court on 11 July 2019 in Jones v Minister for Justice and Equality [2019] IEHC 519.

Ms. Justice Marie Baker has found in her recent judgment In the Matter of Niamh Meeley & Ors that debtors also have a voice in applications brought on their behalf by a Personal Insolvency Practitioner...

You can get costs against an insurance company even when they legitimately repudiate.

Part 1 of our Engaging Interns blog highlighted the absence of law clarifying the status of interns in Ireland.

On Oct. 15th, The Court of Appeal upheld the High Court decision against Caitriona Crumlish in her claim against Letterkenny University hospital.

A recent High Court judgment in England dealt with several key concepts in English defamation law, including meanings, the burden of proof for the defences...

In a recent decision(1) the Court of Appeal considered Section 15 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004, which confers jurisdiction on the High Court in personal injury claims to compel mediation, irrespective of whether the parties consent.

The 2011 ruling of Judge Finlay Geoghegan in Bussoleno Limited v Kelly & Others is increasingly being cited by plaintiffs seeking judgment in the High Court.

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has launched a public consultation on the transposition of an EU Directive on collective redress.

The High Court has dismissed a claim taken by an employee who suffered personal injuries when she tripped over a vacuum cleaner at the dental practice where she worked.

On 4 October 2013 the Irish public voted on the 33rd amendment to the Irish Constitution.

The Director of Corporate Enforcement (Director) applied to the High Court (Court) in 2021 concerning documents that were seized from the offices of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) on foot of a search warrant.

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