High Court
Deals with the most serious civil and criminal cases, it also has the power to determine whether a law is constitutional or not. It acts as an appeals court to the Circuit Courts in civil matters, it also can review decisions made by certain tribunals. This court consists of a president and 36 ordinary judges.
# high-court - Wednesday 12 June, 2013
High Court orders six Irish internet providers to block The Pirate Bay
UPC, Imagine, Digiweb, Vodafone, Three and O2 have been given 30 days to block users’ access to the piracy website.
# high-court - Thursday 6 June, 2013
State to appeal ruling in landmark ‘surrogate birth cert’ case
The High Court had allowed a biological mother to be included on her child’s birth cert, even though it was carried by a surrogate.
# high-court - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Tonight’s Evening Fix… now with added thumbs up (and down)
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
Court says YouTube video of taxi evasion may be taken down from the internet
A High Court judge said today he was surprised that Google and Facebook had not done more to help take down the video.
Breifne O’Brien to sit trial despite ‘negative publicity’
The businessman has failed in his bid to have a theft and deception case thrown out of court because of adverse publicity in the media.
Jim Corr on €778k debt: “I’m a musician, I’m not good at figures”
The judge in the case said he found it difficult to understand how Corr lives rent-free in a home owned by a friend.
# high-court - Thursday 9 May, 2013
Clarity sought after ‘Registered Employment Agreements’ deemed unconstitutional
Government has been called on to outline the impact that today’s Supreme Court decision will have on both employees and employers.
# high-court - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Alan Shatter and The Supremes: New judges to deal with courts backlog
The government has approved the appointment of two extra judges to the Supreme Court to deal with the current backlogs, some as long as four years.
Good news: Over 600 jobs saved as B&Q exits examinership
Around 640 jobs have been saved as the home improvement retailer’s eight stores across the country remain open but one store has closed with nearly 50 jobs lost.
# high-court - Monday 6 May, 2013
A new Vice President, and other things that happen if the Seanad is scrapped
We have a look at how the constitution may need rewriting if the second House of the Oireachtas is binned.
# high-court - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
Irish legal challenge against UK nuclear power plant
An Taisce argues that the decision to build the nuclear power station was made without consultation with the Irish people.
# high-court - Saturday 27 April, 2013
The 9 at 9: Saturday
Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your sunny Saturday morning.
# high-court - Thursday 25 April, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added perfectly timed photos
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today…
Couple take fight to High Court to get daughter back from China
Three-year-old Jiayi Shao has been in China since 2009.
EU’s top court says Ireland must pay Waterford Crystal pensions
Ten workers win a major case at the European Court of Justice, which says Ireland is responsible for stepping in.
Supreme Court to deliver verdict in ‘right to die’ case next week
The court will deliver a verdict in the case of Marie Fleming who is seeking to overturn the ban on assisted suicide.
Hillsborough families to attend pre-inquest hearing today
The pre-inquest hearing at London’s High Court is likely to set a date and location for the full inquests into the death of 96 people at Sheffield’s Hillsborough stadium 24 years ago.
# high-court - Friday 5 April, 2013
US court orders wider access for morning after pill regardless of age
The judge ruled that current restrictions requiring teens to obtain a prescription were “politically motivated” and “scientifically unjustified”.
# high-court - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
B&Q Athlone store to remain open after negotiation on lease terms
The store currently employs 45 people and will remain open subject to a successful outcome to examinership.
# high-court - Friday 29 March, 2013
Video: Pakistani lawyer throws shoe at Musharraf in court
The shoe was thrown at the ex-dictator as he walked to a courtroom to extend his bail on charges of conspiracy to murder and sacking judges.
# high-court - Monday 25 March, 2013
In landmark decision, court says Bewley’s Grafton Street rent should fall
A court today ruling could have far-reaching implications for upward only rent reviews that commercial businesses have been lobbying to have abolished.
# high-court - Friday 22 March, 2013
Date set for Pistorius bail appeal in South African court
The athlete is set to learn his fate in relation to the decision on March 28.
# high-court - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Two found liable in Omagh bomb civil retrial
The retrial found Seamus Daly and Colm Murphy liable on the grounds of trespass to the person.
# high-court - Monday 18 March, 2013
Insurer ordered to pay costs in data breach case
A High Court judgement is being hailed as a landmark ruling which makes businesses legally liable for data protection breaches.
# high-court - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Interim examiner appointed to ‘Sunday Business Post’ newspaper
Mick McAteer of Grant Thornton is tasked with finding a viable business plan for the paper, which employs 76 people.
# high-court - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
High Court to issue ruling in landmark surrogacy case
The parents of twins born to a surrogate mother believe only the genetic mother should appear on their birth certificates.
# high-court - Friday 1 March, 2013
Nevin loses challenge against murder conviction’s inclusion in civil case
Catherine Nevin fails in a bid to have her murder conviction ruled inadmissible in a case over her husband’s estate.
# high-court - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
NAMA loses High Court appeal over environmental information requests
The High Court finds that NAMA has a legal requirement to respond to requests for environmental data from the public.
Legal challenge to bring abortion guidelines to Northern Ireland
The Family Planning Association (FPA) has been fighting for 11 years to provide instructions to doctors.
# high-court - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
‘Right-to-die’ appeal to be heard by Supreme Court today
Marie Fleming, who has multiple sclerosis, wants to overturn the laws which make it a criminal offence to help someone take their own life.
# high-court - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
Ireland’s judges incur €1.67 million in expenses for 2012
Most of the expenses, which are down 42 per cent on 2008, were incurred in travel and subsistence.
# high-court - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
Victims launch legal action against BBC and Jimmy Savile’s estate
Lawyers for 31 of the alleged victims of sexual abuse say they have taken the first steps in what could be a major legal action.
# high-court - Thursday 7 February, 2013
Legality of promissory note to be challenged in the Supreme Court today
David Hall’s legal challenge to the €3.06 billion Anglo promissory note was dismissed by the High Court last week but he intends to appeal to the Supreme Court this morning despite the overnight developments.
# high-court - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
Exiting examinership: 25 jobs saved at Wexford Viking Glass Ltd
The company, which has been trading for 75 years, entered examinership last October.
# high-court - Friday 1 February, 2013
Woman who gave birth after sterilisation awarded €100,000 in damages
Karen Hurley gave birth to a baby boy with a fatal illness following her failed steriliation procedure.
# high-court - Thursday 31 January, 2013
Examiner appointed to B&Q Ireland
The company said they have been impacted by the recession and in particular by the decline in consumer spending in the housing sector.
Challenge to promissory notes dismissed, court says TD could bring case
The Dublin businessman David Hall had taken a case against the State arguing that the issuing of the €31 billion promissory notes to the former Anglo Irish Bank is illegal as there was no Dáil vote.
# high-court - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
Column: Legal clarity needed after Marie Fleming ‘right to die’ verdict
By not ordering the DPP to issue guidelines on factors which would influence a prosecution for carrying out an assisted suicide, Marie Fleming and others in her situation have been left in legal limbo, writes Dr Eimear Spain.
‘Right to die’ challenge to go to the Supreme Court
Marie Fleming, who has multiple sclerosis, is to take her court case to the Supreme Court after she lost a High Court case on the ban on assisted suicide.
# high-court - Thursday 10 January, 2013
High Court rejects MS sufferer’s challenge in ‘right to die’ case
Marie Fleming, who suffers from terminal multiple sclerosis, fails in her attempt to have suicide laws declared unconstitutional.
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