Teen accused of sexual acts with girl (14) cannot advance ‘Romeo and Juliet’ consent defence
Boy was 15 at time of alleged offences and claims he made a ‘reasonable mistake’ about the girl’s age
Court of Appeal
Court dismisses Gemma O’Doherty’s bid for strikeout of defamation case
Judge says journalist and activist used AI, which cited ‘fake’ legal authorities
Supreme Court to assess Bank of Ireland’s ability to raise interest in line with costs
Judges to see whether common commercial loan clause gives bank ‘carte blanche’ in setting rates
Deceased farmer’s home to be sold to pay some of €1.5m legal costs bill in estate dispute
Judge dismisses appeal by farmer’s daughter against possession order for former home in Birr
Man convicted of murdering Garda Colm Horkan appeals verdict
Challenge centres on claim that State’s psychiatric evidence contradicted legal test for insanity
Man jailed over vicious shovel attack on neighbour (73) appeals severity of sentence
James O’Neill, who wore mask while beating Paddy Hansard in stairwell, says judge did not give enough weight to him being a good father and worker
State given more time to respond to Jozef Puska’s appeal submissions over Ashling Murphy murder conviction
Puska was sentenced to life imprisonment in November 2023
Ana Kriégel murder: Records on Boy A’s progress in custody ‘crucial’ to life sentence appeal, court hears
Boy A was one of two boys convicted of schoolgirl Ana Kriégel’s murder in Dublin seven years ago
Former judge appeals conviction for attempted rape and sexual abuse of six young men
Lawyers for Gerard O’Brien (61) say trial judge gave jury confusing instructions ‘weighted against the defence’
Transfer of Enoch Burke to Castlerea Prison has ‘no basis in law’, brother claims
No actual evidence before court that jailed teacher had been moved from Mountjoy Prison, judge says
Enoch Burke seeks permission to bring late appeal against order banning him from school
In 2023, a High Court judge ruled that Wilson’s Hospital School validly had suspended Burke from his teaching role
Two judges nominated for appointment to Supreme Court
Judges Niamh Hyland and Brian O’Moore to be promoted from the Court of Appeal
Appeal against compulsory purchase and demolition of property near Swords Castle rejected
Court formally rebuked barrister Angela Heavey over ‘baseless scandalous allegations’ made against a number of public officials
When family law becomes ‘lawfare’: One woman’s costly journey through the courts
A man’s protracted litigation against former partner has entered its 15th year, pushing legal costs to €350,000
Ex-Scout leader jailed for indecently assaulting boys claims he should have had two trials
Noel Sheehan was found guilty in April 2024 on 16 counts of indecent assault
Man caught with cannabis jailed after suspended sentence found to be unduly lenient
Jason Tuthill (51) was initially given a fully suspended sentence
Parents want quashed FGM conviction declared a miscarriage of justice
New report broadly agreed with expert retained by parents who found child had not been subjected to procedure
‘No basis’ for murderer’s challenge over prison sentence, says High Court judge
Raymond Donovan, who is serving life for the murder of Ann Walsh in 2005, claimed his sentence was changed on appeal
Bibles and chairs could be used as ‘projectiles’ in court, warn judges
Judicial report calls for binding laws to make unruly behaviour in court a criminal contempt
Appeals over murders of Cork woman in 1981 and Garda Colm Horkan among cases in new law term
Woman faces sentence for murder of four-year-old stepson on the opening day of the new term on Monday
Enoch Burke legal saga set to continue as courts grapple with teacher’s ‘moral universe’
Dispute is due before High Court, Supreme Court and legal costs adjudicators in new year
Rapist Michael Murray’s appeal against 35-year sentences dismissed
‘Question of good character does not come into this’, judge said in case over offences at ‘highest level’
Man shot in face by neighbour in laneway dispute awarded €128,000
Gerard Sweeney (53) sued Patrick J Friel (59) of Churchill, Letterkenny, Co Donegal, over injuries from shotgun wounds to his head
Enoch Burke fails in effort to temporarily halt disciplinary hearing
Appeal court judges satisfied that schoolteacher would suffer no prejudice from the hearing going ahead
Man sentenced to 17 years for rape, assault and coercive control has appeal rejected
Evidence presented at trial of Dean Ward (38), also known as Dean Alexander Fowkes, was ‘relevant’ and ‘potentially probative’, appeal court rules
Appeal by couple who beat a grandmother with a hammer rejected
Gerard Stokes (44) and his co-accused Samantha Campbell (36) were convicted of inflicting what a judge described as a ‘punishment beating’ on the woman over alleged missing drugs
Supreme Court upholds sentence for man who forced partner into car boot and beat her
Soufiane Mountassir (40), who is wanted in Germany for arson, was given five-and-a-half-year sentence
Man who abused his stepdaughters has sentence more than doubled
Resentencing comes after Court of Appeal issued new sentencing guidance for sexual assault offences
Man convicted of trying to strangle woman in park says DNA evidence should not have been used at trial
Slawomir Gierlowski’s legal team tells Court of Appeal case against him was ‘fragile’ and ‘circumstantial’, involving ‘weak forensic evidence'
Farmer who killed aunt by driving over her has jail sentence cut on appeal
Michael Scott’s trial heard of long-running dispute with Chrissie Treacy over land
Seán Dunne loses appeal over challenge to bankruptcy officials
Property developer claimed official assignees were not validly appointed
Supreme Court refers to Europe dispute over which country damages claim can be fought in
Former director of Irish-registered equities firm and an insurance company are contesting whether he should fight his case in Ireland or Norway
Supreme Court to hear appeal over State’s failure to accommodate asylum seekers
Court of Appeal judges had ruled against human rights commission in summer
Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal aimed at preventing demolition of large Co Meath home
House was built almost 20 years ago without planning permission
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