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High Court: Challenge to refoulement decision fails where risk of FGM not raised in representations

2 weeks ago | irishlegal.com | Gillian O'Hanlon BL

About this case: Citation:[2025] IEHC 183Judgment:Court:High CourtJudge:Ms Justice Siobhán Phelan Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Siobhan Phelan warned: “Where there has been a rejection of the claim by the tribunal on credibility grounds, it is difficult to get around the fact that there is no evidence before me that the applicant herself ever referred to it again until after she was served with a deportation order.
High Court: Judicial review relating to HSE ransomware attack data breach dismissed

2 weeks ago | irishlegal.com | Gillian O'Hanlon BL

About this case: Citation:[2025] IEHC 191Judgment:Court:High CourtJudge:Mr Justice Barry O'Donnell Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Barry O’Donnell was satisfied that the clear import of the applicant’s complaint remained focused on his personal data and that it was not apparent that the applicant was concerned about whether other “work related personal data” had been accessed improperly.
High Court: No appeal in Clontarf strategic housing development case

3 weeks ago | irishlegal.com | Gillian O'Hanlon BL

About this case: Citation: [2025] IEHC 178 Judgment: Court: High Court Judge: Mr Justice David Holland Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice David Holland considered inter alia that there was no uncertainty in the law in respect of An Bord Pleanála’s duty to seek further information or the standards of review of determinations as to material contraventions of development plans and highlighted that the form of development at issue was unique and that there was no evidence that it...
High Court: Quarry business did not transfer to company incorporated for the purpose of operating that business

3 weeks ago | irishlegal.com | Gillian O'Hanlon BL

About this case: Citation:[2025] IEHC 182Judgment:Court:High CourtJudge:Mr Justice Brian Cregan Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Brian Cregan opined “it appears as if Mr Clarke was trying to ride two horses simultaneously. On the one hand, he was continuing to trade the quarry business in his own name and selling stone to Galway County Council, issuing invoices in his own name and using his own VAT number.
Court of Appeal: Revenue fee arrangement with solicitor not champertous

3 weeks ago | irishlegal.com | Gillian O'Hanlon BL

About this case: Citation:[2025] IECA 77Judgment:Court:Court of AppealJudge:Mr Justice Donald Binchy Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Donald Binchy agreed with the respondent that its fee arrangements were not champertous, that costs do not form part of the “proceeds” of litigation and that champerty could not be deployed as a defence to its cause of action.
High Court: Solicitor representing high net worth visa applicants succeeds in obtaining injunction

3 weeks ago | irishlegal.com | Gillian O'Hanlon BL

About this case: Citation:[2025] IEHC 181Judgment:Court:High CourtJudge:Mr Justice Anthony Barr Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Anthony Barr emphasised: “The fact that such a Draconian measure is described as a ‘pause’, does not disguise the fact that it is a decision by the respondent to effectively put a solicitor on suspension due to the making of a complaint by a third party to the LSRA, which complaint may or may not be well-founded.
High Court: Leave to appeal quashing of planning permission for 399 apartments in Heuston South Quarter refused

4 weeks ago | irishlegal.com | Gillian O'Hanlon BL

About this case: Citation: [2025] IEHC 157 Judgment: Court: High Court Judge: Ms Justice Emily Farrell Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Emily Farrell found that none of the points raised by the notice party in relation to pleading requirements, the manner of interpretation of An Bord Pleanála’s decisions and its inspectors’ reports and the question of whether a material contravention of a development plan provision is one of degree, constituted points of law of exceptional...
Court of Appeal: Appeal against conviction dismissed in historical sexual abuse case

1 month ago | irishlegal.com | Gillian O'Hanlon BL

About this case: Citation:[2025] IECA 72Judgment:Court:Court of AppealJudge:Mr Justice Patrick J. McCarthy Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy was satisfied that the trial judge had properly refused to sever the indictment in the case and to discharge the jury, and correctly dealt with the legal principles concerning the common law doctrine of doli incapax.
High Court: Differential costs order made in domestic violence case

1 month ago | irishlegal.com | Gillian O'Hanlon BL

About this case: Citation:[2025] IEHC 170Judgment:Court:High CourtJudge:Ms Justice Emily Egan Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Emily Egan stressed that when it became apparent to the plaintiff that she could not place medical evidence before the court, the plaintiff “could — and in my view should — have considered applying to adjourn the High Court hearing some two weeks later in order to remit same to the Circuit Court.
Court of Appeal: Mortgage mis-selling proceedings dismissed as statute-barred

1 month ago | irishlegal.com | Gillian O'Hanlon BL

About this case: Citation: [2025] IECA 66 Judgment: Court: Court of Appeal Judge: Ms Justice Caroline Costello Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Ms Justice Caroline Costello opined: “The damage the deceased suffered by entering into the transaction was capable of being proved from day one, as the essential ingredient — in the context of the transaction — was the unavailability of tax relief to the deceased for the level of pension payments required for the transaction to operate as...