A rapist, who successfully challenged the constitutionality of a law stopping the payment of his State contributory old-age pension, has lost an appeal against the severity of his 12-year jail term.

A Dublin man who sexually abused four sisters in their home has had his prison sentence cut on appeal.

A High Court judge probably should not have warned key witness Marie Farrell about perjury in front of the jury hearing Ian Bailey’s damages case but it was a “harmless error”, the State has told the Court of Appeal.

A High Court judge “unfairly disparaged” Marie Farrell, a key witness for Ian Bailey, during Mr Bailey’s civil case for damages against the Garda commissioner and State, the Court of Appeal has been told.

Ian Bailey's lawyers have accused the judge in his failed civil action of ruling out evidence they claim was perfectly admissible.

Ian Bailey’s partner, Jules Thomas, has failed to prevent a pre-trial hearing which could result in large parts, and perhaps all, of her action for damages against the State being struck out.

The Court of Appeal has been urged to quash a High Court judge’s refusal to withdraw from hearing contempt proceedings brought against The Phoenix magazine by the garda commissioner and State.

Ian Bailey’s partner Jules Thomas has to hand over all medical records spanning a 20-year period as part of her action over alleged wrongful arrest against the State, a judge has ruled.

Independent TD Michael Lowry is facing another legal bill over his failed bid to get a High Court order that the Moriarity Tribunal pay millions of euro for the legal costs of his participation in that inquiry.

A couple who owned a famous Galway pub-restaurant have spent €900,000 on living expenses from the proceeds of property sales and have not used any of it to pay off a debt to a bank of nearly €20m, a court has heard.

LAST Wednesday, Mr Justice John Hedigan reminded us of how the Moriarty Tribunal concluded that Michael Lowry’s contributions to that investigation were “a litany of falsification and deception”.

Michael Lowry has said his legal team is already preparing an appeal against the High Court’s decision to dismiss the independent TD’s challenge to the Moriarty Tribunal’s decision to only award him one third of his legal costs.

An appeal by the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) against a High Court ruling that it must pay out on outstanding claims following the collapse of the Setanta Insurance Company two years ago has opened before the Court of Appeal.

The judge who presided over Ian Bailey’s failed action for damages against the State over the investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier has refused an application by Mr Bailey’s partner Jules Thomas to refrain from deciding further matters in her action.

Ian Bailey’s partner, Jules Thomas, claims she has suffered psychiatric illness and "incalculable" damage due to alleged actions by gardaí and the State concerning the investigation into the 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Ian Bailey is to appeal the rejection by a jury of his High Court case earlier this year for conspiracy against An Garda Síochána and the State.

The Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) must pay out on 1,750 outstanding claims following the collapse of the Setanta Insurance Company, a High Court judge has ruled.

Claims for damages on behalf of a child allegedly assaulted and mistreated at Links Creche in Malahide, and which was the subject of a programme on RTÉ, will be heard before a judge and jury, the High Court confirmed.

A High Court ruling that a 74-year-old Russian man was born in Dublin and is entitled to have his Irish birth officially registered here is being appealed.

The publishers of Phoenix magazine are appealing against a High Court judge’s refusal to recuse himself from hearing proceedings for alleged contempt, relating to two articles on the failed civil action by Ian Bailey over the conduct of the investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

The State’s bid to prevent Jules Thomas, partner of Ian Bailey, proceeding with her action for damages relating to her alleged wrongful arrest by gardaí investigating the 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier will be heard in the High Court in the autumn.

The London Times has alleged before the Commercial Court it is legally entitled to use the words “Times” and “Irish Edition” in promoting a new digital Irish edition of the UK newspaper.

A High Court judge has refused to recuse himself from hearing proceedings for alleged contempt against the publishers of The Phoenix over an article related to the failed civil action by Ian Bailey over the conduct of the investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Ian Bailey is to continue his fight to prove there was a campaign to frame him for murder, despite being hit with a multi-million euro legal bill for his failed High Court case against the State.

The State’s bid to prevent Jules Thomas, partner of Ian Bailey, proceeding with her action for damages over her alleged wrongful arrest by gardai investigating the late 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier has been adjourned at the High Court.

A hearing to determine liability for the substantial legal costs of Ian Bailey’s failed action for damages against the Garda commissioner and the State will proceed next week.

Lawyers for the gardaí and the State are to ask the High Court to strike out an action seeking damages for alleged wrongful arrest by Ian Bailey’s long-time partner Jules Thomas.

Jules Thomas, the partner of Ian Bailey, is to press ahead with her compensation claim against the State despite Mr Bailey losing his marathon case on Monday.

The parents of murdered Frenchwoman Sophie Toscan du Plantier have called on the Director of Public Prosecutions to review the extensive Garda file on their daughter’s murder and bring her killer to justice.

Ian Bailey is likely to leave the taxpayer with a bill for millions of euro after losing his High Court case against the State.

Everybody was surprised at how quickly the jury came back, considering they had heard 59 days of evidence. Only some, though, of those squeezed into the court, were surprised at the actual verdict.

Ian Bailey could face a massive legal bill running into millions of euros after he lost his High Court action for damages against the State over the conduct of the Garda investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

“You hold the scales of justice in your hands,” Mr Justice John Hedigan told the jury in the Ian Bailey case before they retired to consider their verdict.

Parts of Ian Bailey’s case against the State were struck down last week after Mr Justice John Hedigan decided only two core questions could be decided by the jury.

The jury in Ian Bailey’s civil action for damages over the conduct of the Garda inquiry into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier are due back in court tomorrow after legal issues in the case are addressed.

Doctors for a man, suing the makers of an allegedly faulty heart defibrillator, believe that removing the device now would pose a greater risk than leaving it in place.

Marie Farrell dramatically walked out of the High Court yesterday after saying she would not name the male friend she was with in the early hours of December 23, 1996.

Journalist Ian Bailey’s action for damages against the State over alleged wrongful arrest in connection with the 1996 murder in West Cork of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier is expected to formally open before a High Court jury today.

A hugely anticipated lawsuit is set to begin tomorrow over Ian Bailey’s claims that he was wrongly arrested over the murder of a French film-maker in Ireland almost two decades ago.

An internal memo by an officer in the DPP’s office on the Ian Bailey file does not have to be disclosed to the Bailey side for his upcoming damages action against the State, a judge ruled yesterday.