The Supreme Court has clarified the law on the nature of the assessment to be carried out when patients involuntarily detained under the Mental Health Act appeal their detention to the Circuit Court

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge of the Eighth Amendment referendum result.

The State has won an appeal against a High Court order which would have compelled it to provide a list of chemicals used by a former air corps technician, who claims his exposure to the substances has severely damaged his health.

The Court of Appeal has by a 2-1 majority refused to grant an injunction preventing the distribution of a generic alternative to a cholesterol-reducing drug at less than one-tenth of its current price.

The woman, whose two teenage children remain in the property, was jailed by the High Court on April 27 last over contempt of possession orders granted to EBS Ltd in 2015 which were upheld on appeal but stayed to April 2017.

The Court of Appeal has found provisions of the Social Welfare Act which prevented child benefit payments to an Irish citizen child living in direct provision until her mother got residency here are unconstitutional.

Orders granting a bank judgment of about €3.97m against a developer and his wife and requiring them hand over possession of 22 properties have been overturned by the Court of Appeal.

A mother and her disabled daughter have urged the Court of Appeal to overturn a High Court decision refusing to quash a local authority's refusal to provide them with house closer to a hospital the daughter attends for treatment.

Two siblings committed a civil fraud in selling their late father’s Dublin home, on foot of a death certificate for a woman with the same name as their stepmother, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The stepmother was alive at the time.

A former part-time supermarket worker who injured herself when she fell while operating a pallet truck to move stock has had a €105,000 award over the accident upheld by the Court of Appeal.

Court of Appeal overturns its decision to allow partial retrial

The Court of Appeal has overturned its decision permitting a retrial of part of Ian Bailey’s civil action for damages over the conduct of the Garda investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

The court heard that Mr Hoare married William Naylor's mother in the 1980s. Mr Naylor had always believed another man - his mother's first husband - was his father.

The DPP has agreed to review his refusal to prosecute prison officers for perjury concerning an incident where a convicted rapist was assaulted in custody, the High Court has heard.

The DPP has agreed to review his refusal to prosecute prison officers for perjury concerning an incident where a convicted rapist was assaulted in custody, the High Court has heard.

A Cork couple has pledged to bring the battle to quash the conviction they received at a lower court over their daughter’s non-attendance at secondary school to the Supreme Court after they lost at the Court of Appeal.

A man who entered the State's witness security programme has lost his appeal over the High Court dismissal of his claims he was treated negligently and that the State failed to live up to its promises to him.

The Revenue Commissioners has won its appeal against a finding that an annual charge levied on second homes and holiday homes is tax deductible against rental income from the properties.

The Revenue Commissioners has won its appeal against a finding that an annual charge levied on second homes and holiday homes is tax deductible against rental income from the properties.

The Revenue Commissioners has won its appeal against a finding that an annual charge levied on second homes and holiday homes is tax deductible against rental income from the properties.

Denis O’Brien has lost his appeal over the High Court's refusal to make orders directing Red Flag Consulting to give him documents that might disclose the identity of its client for a dossier about the businessman.

The appointment of an examiner to seven companies controlled by Galway-based businessman Gerry Barrett has been confirmed by the Court of Appeal.

The use of the “poor box” to avoid criminal convictions and fines is a strange, bizarre and constitutionally dubious practice that has become increasingly part of judicial

It has been claimed that a newly uncovered file shows gardaí knew as far back as 2002 that there were question marks regarding the credibility of Marie Farrell, a key witness in the initial garda probe into the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

A family of confectioners who were the creators of ‘emeralds’ sweets has lost an appeal over whether there were rights-of-way over their former factory lands in Co Donegal.

A family of confectioners who were the creators of "Emeralds"

Red Flag Consulting has disputed businessman Denis O’Brien’s claim he is entitled to know the identity of its client for a dossier of allegedly defamatory material about him, including describing him as “Ireland’s Berlusconi”.

An appeal raising issues about the applicability of EU data protection laws to asylum seekers has been rejected by a 2/1 majority of the Court of Appeal.

A businessman's bid to prevent the sale of shares held by the Government in AIB bank has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal.

The Court of Appeal has overturned awards of between €23,000 and €48,000 to three bookmakers arising out of a row over the loss of their betting ring pitch positions at Dundalk racecourse, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

The decision could have major implications for other asylum seekers.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a businessman's appeal over whether an investment fund was entitled to sue him over a €30.5m debt it bought from Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC).

A convicted rapist wants to bring legal proceedings against the DPP and the gardaí over an alleged failure to prosecute prison officers for perjury in relation to an incident in which he was assaulted while in custody.

A couple must demolish a house they built in “flagrant breach of the planning laws”, a five-judge Supreme Court has ruled.

Media organisations should get a benefit from the first Court of Appeal decision in relation to the "offer of amends" provision in the 2009 Defamation Act, a judge has said.

She alleged the High Court failed to properly take into account "egregious" misconduct by him.

Two Limerick men have gone on trial accused of murdering a 26-year-old man at a house party two years ago.

Should the final say on what the Constitution does or does not mean rest exclusively with seven unelected people? TP O’Mahony weighs up the evidence and looks at the judicial activism of the Irish Supreme Court.

A seven-judge Supreme Court is hearing an important appeal concerning asylum seekers’ right to work.

Retired judge Barry White can return to practise as a barrister, the High Court has found.

A credit union cannot sell the jointly-owned family homes of two Cork men to recover judgments against them because their wives had nothing to do with the loan transactions and never signed any document providing their homes as security, the Court of Appeal ruled.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a procedure under which the ESB served a notice to enter private lands to carry out upgrading works on electricity lines was unlawful.

A postmaster, whose son was kidnapped at gunpoint and taken hostage, has lost his appeal over the subsequent termination of his employment.

A man has lost his legal challenge over an insurance company’s refusal to pay out on his claim for serious illness cover.

A decision against a retrial of a murder case, which collapsed over disputed pathology evidence, has been upheld by the Court of Appeal.

A retired Cork engineer is entitled to orders requiring the dismantling of three wind turbines at Kilvinane, Co Cork, due to their being built in “material” deviation from planning permission, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Court rejects Motor Insurance Bureau’s appeal related to collapse of Setanta Insurance two years ago