A number of solicitors representing motorists insured by collapsed insurer Setanta have applied to the High Court to cease representing their clients.

A dispute over the entitlement of the wife of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean Fitzpatrick to an interest in "substantial" assets held in his sole name will be heard at the High Court next year.

A High Court judge will hear the action by the Data Protection Commissioner over the legality of existing data transfer channels between the EU and US next year.

Developer Greg Kavanagh has hit back at Johnny Ronan’s Chambury Investments in a row over a planned seven-storey apartment block in Dublin’s Docklands.

Dunnes Stores has been ordered by the High Court to reopen the doors leading from its shop in Edward Square Shopping Centre in Galway, which it disabled in mid June.

A former potato supplier to supermarket giant Tesco has failed to have an action for alleged breach of contract and personal injuries entered into the fast track Commercial Court list.

The receivers of the Spencer Dock Development Company have disputed claims by Davy Target Investments that it is entitled to €9m payments arising from agreements over distribution of rent monies from a large office block on Dublin’s quays.

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Accountant Alan Hynes is being pursued for more than €7.6m judgment orders at the Commercial Court.

A former member of the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) told the High Court yesterday he was not passing himself off as a member of the worldwide association or illegally using the PGA’s global trade marks.

The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) is to ask the High Court to restrain a former member from passing himself off as a member of the worldwide association by infringing its international PGA trademark.

Nama has gone to court seeking orders removing the widow of developer Liam Maye as executor of his estate and replacing her with an administrator chosen by it or the court.

The trial of four Councillors accused of accepting bribes to rezone over 100 acres of land has heard that the rezoning went against the advice of the then county manager.

Businessman Jim Kennedy has secured permission from the High Court to challenge a judge's refusal to require former Government press secretary Frank Dunlop give sworn testimony for the purpose of criminal proceedings against Mr Kennedy.

William Fry was named the top law firm at the National Irish Bank Irish Law Awards yesterday.

CEMENT giant CRH has accused Goode Concrete of making “scandalous” claims that it and others engaged in anti-competitive practices for decades.

AIB has secured an interim High Court order which may let it avoid making a £21 million (€23.7m) payment to junior bondholders.

THE Archbishop of Dublin has secured summary judgment for €1.5 million against a Dublin solicitor who admitted misappropriation of the amount after it was bequeathed to the church for charitable purposes.

A TOLL operator on one of the country’s busiest roads stands to make almost €1.4 million from overcharging motorists on the route, the National Roads Authority (NRA) claimed in the Commercial Court.

ANGLO Irish Bank has rejected proposals from former CEO David Drumm aimed at settling its action against him over unpaid loans of more than €8 million, the Commercial Court heard yesterday.

FORMER Anglo Irish Bank chief executive, David Drumm, has made a series of proposals to the bank to try to settle its action against him aimed at securing repayment of loans of more than €8 million, the Commercial Court has heard.

ANGLO Irish Bank has claimed businessman Gerard McCaughey is the “ringleader” behind serious claims of fraudulent representation and concealment against the bank and another company related to an investment fund to buy and renovate two hotels in New York.

A LEGAL action against one of property developer Paddy Kelly’s companies over rent arrears for a €10 million property at Smithfield in Dublin has been settled.

TREASURY Holdings (THL) has brought a legal action to compel businessman Harry Crosbie pay an alleged €3 million share related to a €19.2m debt to another company under agreements for the financing of the Spencer Dock Development Company (SDDC).

A HIGH Court bid to halt work on the M3 Dublin to Navan motorway because protesters claimed to have dug a tunnel underneath it failed yesterday.