Irish Legal News

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

About this case: Citation:[2025] NICA 24Judgment:Court:NI Court of AppealJudge:Mr Justice Michael Humphreys Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Michael Humphreys opined: “In his grounds of appeal, the appellant has made scurrilous and wholly unfounded allegations against the respondent’s legal advisors, employment judges and judges of this court. These are wanton and baseless and are rejected by this court in their entirety.” The appellant was unrepresented.

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

About this case: Citation: [2025] IEHC 313 Judgment: Court: High Court Judge: Mr Justice Anthony Barr Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Anthony Barr confirmed that “the default position is that the plaintiff should be allowed to pursue his/her action before the courts, unless the defendants can establish a clear case why a stay should be imposed in the interests of justice and in the interests of the efficient running of the civil justice system.” On 13 February 2024, the...

5 days ago | irishlegal.com | Gillian O'Hanlon BL

About this case: Citation:[2025] IEHC 303Judgment:Court:High CourtJudge:Mr Justice Garrett Simons Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Garrett Simons found inter alia that while the procedure proposed to be adopted by the respondent Commissioner could be regarded as “unusual”, it was not one that could be said to be inherently unfair and the applicant had, in any event, prematurely applied for judicial review.

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

About this case: Citation: [2025] IEHC 285 Judgment: Court: High Court Judge: Mr Justice David Nolan Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice David Nolan was satisfied that “the court should take a realistic view as to how frauds are conducted and be satisfied there is a real prospect that the information sought might assist in locating and preserving the assets” and that the “furnishing of a photograph does not assist in proving a claim, it assists in bringing a claim because the...

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

About this case: Citation:[2025] IEHC 299Judgment:Court:High CourtJudge:Ms Justice Siobhán Stack Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Siobhán Stack emphasised the importance of taking legal advice in respect of wills: “Not only were the attempted alterations to the original will invalidly done, but the testator never at any stage made provision for the residue of his estate.