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Multiple unfounded legal actions against defendant solicitor dismissed
High Court dismisses the plaintiff's proceedings, which sought to challenge the registration of judgment mortgages against her property, as frivolous, vexatious, and an abuse of process, and finding that the plaintiff had no new legitimate basis to initiate these...
Challenges to judgment mortgages are frivolous and vexatious
High Court dismisses a plaintiff's application to strike out proceedings against her, which sought to challenge the registration of judgment mortgages against her property, on the grounds that the proceedings are frivolous, vexatious, and an abuse of process as they...
Just and equitable to restore company to Register where statutory requirements have been met
Court of Appeal refuses appeal of High Court order restoring a company to the Register of Companies, as well as related orders requiring the directors to bring the annual returns of the company up to date, and to deliver to the Revenue Commissioners all outstanding...
Proceedings against mortgage lender are res judicata save in respect of claim for breach of contract by way of overcharging of interest
High Court, in proceedings relating to an order for possession granted over the plaintiff's property, grants the first defendant an Order striking out the proceedings as against it on the grounds that the proceedings are frivolous or vexatious and/or are bound to...
Order for possession upheld where no credible defence is identified
High Court refuses an appeal of a Circuit Court order for possession, granted on foot of a default on a loan facility, on the grounds that a prima facie case for an order for possession has been shown by the plaintiff based on the undisputed evidence in this case, and...
The Windsor Framework: A New Post-Brexit Agreement Governing the EU-UK Relationship
Since the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the new...
Cian O’Carroll solicitor speaks about medical negligence on The Fifth Court podcast
In the new episode of The Fifth Court podcast, solicitor Cian O'Carroll speaks to presenters Mark Tottenham and Peter Leonard about his path into...
Acts of Union “Shattered” Part 2: UK Supreme Court confirms Acts of Union “Suspended” by Northern Ireland Protocol
On 10 December, 2021, I wrote about how the High Court of Northern Ireland found in Re Allister and Ors [2021] NIQB 64 that the Northern Ireland...
Declan Keane, obstetrician, speaks to The Fifth Court podcast about ‘expert shopping’
In the new episode of The Fifth Court, Declan Keane, obstetrician and former Master of the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street, speaks to...
New decision-making legislation discussed on The Fifth Court podcast
On the new episode of The Fifth Court, Ciara Dowd BL, and solicitor Aileen Curry discuss the new decision-making legislation, which will replace the...
Decisis as a simple sales tool for solicitors
You are meeting a client for the first time. You want to present yourself as knowledgeable and aware of current legal developments. You want to have...
Popular Judgments
Judgment mortgage on lands upheld and sale ordered in default of debt payment
High Court upholds a judgment mortgage against a debtor's interests in lands,...
Amended proof of debt accepted as revenue commissioners relinquish security in bankruptcy case
High Court dismisses an application by a bankrupt individual seeking to...
Multiple unfounded legal actions against defendant solicitor dismissed
High Court dismisses the plaintiff's proceedings, which sought to challenge...
Sentence increased for father in respect of sexual abuse of daughter over 12-year period
The Court of Appeal has quashed the original 13-year sentence, with the final 18 months suspended, for a father found guilty of 25 counts of rape and 23 counts of indecent assault against his daughter over a 12-year period, deeming it unduly lenient. The court highlighted the gravity of the offences, including the breach of trust, the young age...
College’s appeals committee failed to conduct a de novo appeal before expelling students
The High Court has set aside the decision of a college's Appeals Committee to permanently expel three students from a college following a series of altercations. The court found that the Appeals Committee had applied the wrong test by merely upholding the Disciplinary Committee's decision without conducting a full de novo appeal. Additionally,...
Popular Articles
High Court judges continue to have split opinions on orders made regarding loss of earnings
Where an individual finds themselves out of work for a considerable period of time, such as following an accident at work, they may be entitled to...
Cian O’Carroll solicitor speaks about medical negligence on The Fifth Court podcast
In the new episode of The Fifth Court podcast, solicitor Cian O'Carroll speaks to presenters Mark Tottenham and Peter Leonard about his path into...
Acts of Union “Shattered” Part 2: UK Supreme Court confirms Acts of Union “Suspended” by Northern Ireland Protocol
On 10 December, 2021, I wrote about how the High Court of Northern Ireland found in Re Allister and Ors [2021] NIQB 64 that the Northern Ireland...
Declan Keane, obstetrician, speaks to The Fifth Court podcast about ‘expert shopping’
In the new episode of The Fifth Court, Declan Keane, obstetrician and former Master of the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street, speaks to...