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High Court refuses judicial review of a decision by the Courts Service to cease making available information concerning unregistered judgments of the District Court and Circuit Court, on the grounds that: (a) the applicant, a publisher of credit information used by financial organisations, had issued the application outside the statutory time period and there were no grounds to extend time; (b) access to court documents generated after a public hearing did not form part of the requirement that justice be administered in public; and (c) there was no right to such information under the European Convention of Human Rights.
Application by publishers - provider of credit referencing, credit management, credit scoring - judicial review of courts service - withdrawal of access to records of judgments - access to the internal court records of unregistered judgments in the District and Circuit Courts - whether publisher entitled to access the information - Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2003 - information not complete or up-to-date - whether application was out of time - decision made in 2010 - application made in 2013 - application for mandamus - requirement to call on public body prior to issue of proceedings - locus standi - sufficient interest - application for declaratory relief - discretion to extend time - nature of records sought - Judgments (Ireland) Act 1844 - Section 2(1) of the Circuit Court (Registration of Judgments) Act 1937 - s. 25(1) of the Courts Act 1981 - administration of justice in public - human rights arguments - right to earn a living - property rights - failure to provide reasons - data protection legislation - freedom of information legislation.
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