The Supreme Court has dismissed an unusual application by the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries to review its decision upholding a €49,600 damages award to the owners of two fishing vessels.

A hospital has lost, by a four to one majority, a Supreme Court appeal aimed at preventing a man suing it for damages over allegedly contracting a severe MRSA infection during surgery.

An appeal by two Albanian nationals which raised issues about the applicability of EU data protection laws to asylum seekers has been dismissed by the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court, by a three to two majority, has rejected claims by a former school teacher it would be unconstitutional to permit his prosecution for alleged offences of gross indecency against a male pupil between 1978-80 when the boy was aged between 15 and 17 years.

Facebook’s unprecedented Supreme Court appeal aimed at halting a referral to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) concerning the validity of EU-US data transfer channels will be heard in January.

Legislation needs to be urgently enacted to address mounting difficulties with securing access to justice in the civil courts, particularly in the context of complex commercial litigation, the Supreme Court has said.

A man has lost his Supreme Court bid to overturn a divorce granted here to his ex wife which, he alleged, was irreconcilable with an earlier divorce obtained by him in another EU state before divorce was introduced here.

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.

The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by a man over a decision to increase from 15 to 19 years his sentence for the rape and sexual assault of a woman whose child he abducted in the same incident.

A victory for former Rehab CEO Angela Kerins in her appeal over her treatment by the Dail Public Accounts Committee would undermine “a core principle of our democracy”, freedom of speech in parliament, the State has told the Supreme Court.

A seven judge Supreme Court will hear separate appeals this month by former Rehab CEO Angela Kerins and businessman Denis O’Brien.

The Supreme Court has upheld an order requiring developer Gerry Gannon to pay an investment company €320,667 damages over his failure to complete the purchase of a lease for a building next door to his Dublin 4 headquarters.

Supreme Court judge Frank Clarke is to be appointed chief justice after the Cabinet signed off on his nomination in its last meeting before the summer recess.

A Lotto winner has lost a 10-year legal battle over a plan to set up a Titanic-themed bar in Cobh, Co Cork.

An appeal by a Co Tipperary-based motor racing track owner against a High Court injunction granted to a nearby stud farm restricting the times the track can operate has been upheld by the Supreme Court.

The State has been strongly urged by the Supreme Court to make a “significant” ex gratia payment to a man after finding he should never have been prosecuted for public order offences arising from a dispute over cattle between neighbours in West Cork 19 years ago.

Judgment has been reserved in a Supreme Court case where a woman, who suffered institutional abuse while in state care as a child, was refused in her application for redress because she was too late.

New legislation is needed to recognise foreign divorces after the Supreme Court found that Irish law does not recognise their validity in certain circumstances.

The Supreme Court has reduced a €1.87m libel award to communications consultant Monica Leech to €1.25m.

A man who tried to murder a 10-year-old girl "to see what it was like to kill someone" has lost his latest appeal over a life sentence.

A former Fine Gael councillor, who told a court that he saw stabbings in Mountjoy Prison and "wanted out", has been granted an extension of time to appeal his conviction for receiving corrupt payments.

Bank of Scotland accounted for a quarter of all repossession orders granted in the Circuit Courts last year.

Dublin Bus was 70% liable for catastrophic head injuries suffered by a young Spanish student after he was struck by a bus when he ran out onto the road in Bray, Co Wicklow, the Supreme Court has ruled.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for implementation of a survival scheme for key companies of construction giant SIAC after dismissing a last-minute challenge by the Polish Roads Authority to the scheme.

Bank of Scotland has launched proceedings against a number of investors who were signed up to mortgages by an accountant that they had given power of attorney to as part of an investment vehicle.

A €210,000 payment by Seán Quinn Jr which was raised by himself and his wife via a charge on their Dublin home has finally purged his contempt of court orders, a High Court judge has ruled.

The son of bankrupt businessman Sean Quinn has purged his contempt of court for breaching an order restraining asset stripping from Quinn companies.

A farmer “took to the air” in a microlight aircraft when gardaí and security men arrived at his repossessed property to remove livestock over a debt, the High Court has heard.

A man ordered to pay €4.7m in damages for sexual abuse of two girls is to appeal the awards to the Supreme Court.

The sale of Sean Quinn Jr’s Dublin home in the next four weeks for over €400,000 will finally purge a contempt of court order against him, a judge said yesterday.

A retired company director has succeeded in getting a stay placed on an order directing him to pay €4.7m compensation to two women he raped as children.

A man ordered to pay €4.7m damages to two women whom

A retired company director has failed in an attempt to get out of paying €4.7m damages to two women he raped as children.

A businessman, described as the “driving force” behind a property investment firm that went bust in 2009, is unfit to be a company director, the High Court has ruled.

Former rugby star Frankie Sheahan and his business partner, brother Joseph, have lost their High Court challenge against Bank of Ireland taking possession of a number of their property investments and appointing a receiver over them.

Watchdogs overseeing the Seanad referendum battle have welcomed the fact that there will not be “confusing” material put out by the Government during the campaign.

Lawyers for Sean Dunne have told the High Court they intend to bring an application aimed at overturning the decision to declare him bankrupt.

Developer Sean Dunne was yesterday declared bankrupt by the High Court.

The Government is to nominate two female judges to the Supreme Court.

Two serving High Court judges are to be nominated by the Government to the Supreme Court.

An Irish Muslim wanted in the US on terrorism charges is suing the State for allegedly breaching his constitutional rights to privacy, dignity, and the ability to practice his religion while held in Cork Prison.

There was just €1,001 left for creditors after the first full year of the liquidation of Ivan Yates’ Celtic Bookmakers business.