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Criminal solicitor Frank Buttimer, on Episode 12 of The Fifth Court podcast
In the new episode of The Fifth Court podcast, Frank Buttimer discusses his...
Fake Case Law
[Originally published in Law Ireland, March 2019] As April 1st approaches, it is easy to be nostalgic for the days of the annual fake news story....
The top five most cited cases in Irish superior court judgments
Since 2011, Decisis has published over 9,000 reports of Irish superior court judgments. These reports are searchable by court, judge, topic and key...
The 25 most cited cases in Irish superior court judgments (Nos 6-10)
Since 2011, Decisis has published over 9,000 reports of Irish superior court judgments. These are indexed by topic, and may be found by subscribers...
The 25 most cited cases in Irish superior court judgments (Nos 11-15)
Since 2011, Decisis has published reports of over 9,000 Irish superior court judgments. These are indexed by topic, and can be found by subscribers...
The 25 most cited cases in Irish judgments (Nos 16 to 20)
Since 2011, Decisis has published reports of over 9,000 Irish superior court judgments. These are indexed by topic, and can be found by subscribers...
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Debtor had failed to disclose material facts in application for protective certificate
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Court lacks equitable jurisdiction to interfere with rights created by the proper registration of a judgment mortgage
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Application for judicial review refused due to delay and lack of arguable grounds in dispute over unregistered dog breeding establishment
The High Court refused an application for leave to seek judicial review brought by an individual challenging the Circuit Court's decision to affirm a conviction for operating an unregistered dog breeding establishment. The application was dismissed primarily because it was brought outside the required three-month time limit with no proper request...
No entitlement to digital recording of criminal proceedings in absence of demonstrated necessity for civil dispute
The Supreme Court allowed an appeal concerning a request by the appellant, a non-party to previous criminal proceedings, for access to the digital audio recording (and transcript) of witness testimony from those proceedings, for use in ongoing civil litigation with a bank. The Court found that neither the appellant nor his co-defendants had...
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