Search: personal injuries

Jonathan Cooper OBE Barrister Jonathan Cooper OBE of Doughty Street Chambers looks at the protections guaranteed by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the consequences of its loss, especially for the LGBT community.

Barry Crushell Barry Crushell, director and legal counsel at Aperture Partners, writes on a recent case concerning employment rights and Brexit.

Fergal McGoldrick Fergal McGoldrick, solicitor in the media and defamation team at Carson McDowell, writes on the "right to be forgotten".

The Supreme Court has held that in circumstances where an applicant seeking asylum has not provided an address, placing a deportation notice on file does not constitute “service by registered post at the last known address” for the purposes of the Immigration Act 1999. Criticising the applicant�

A man who was involuntarily detained in a psychiatric unit for 16 months, despite his consultant psychiatrist expressing the view that he had recovered sufficiently to be discharged after 6 months, has been granted a declaration that the section of the Mental Health Act 2001 used to authorise his co

A federal judge has ruled that President Trumpcannot legally block Twitterusers as doing so violates their First Amendment right to free speech under the Constitution, Reutersreports.U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwalddid not order Mr Trump to unblock users but said she expected him or his soci

A man who was sentenced to three-and-a-half years imprisonment for stealing a car with a heavily-pregnant woman in the passenger seat, has had his sentence increased in the Court of Appeal. The Court heard that the man had not given the pregnant woman any opportunity to get out of the vehicle, had r

The Court of Appeal has ruled that Cork University Hospital (CUH) did not have the power to prevent a 93-year-old woman from leaving the hospital with her family in July 2016. The multi-disciplinary team at CUH which was treating the woman after she had broken both of her hips, were concerned about

Gillian Rea Gillian Rea, solicitor at Dublin firm Baily Homan Smyth McVeigh, writes on changes to the legal framework of clinical trials in the European Union.

A developer, who is the director or shareholder in a number of companies which brought proceedings against First Active Plc, has had his appeal against a costs order made against him dismissed by the Supreme Court. Finding that the High Court had jurisdiction to make the order pursuant to Order 15,

The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken Kapil Summan, assistant editor of our sister publication Scottish Legal News, reflects on the presumption of innocence in one of the best legal books of modern times.

The directors of a construction company who, along with their wives, signed guarantees in respect of the indebtedness of their company to the Bank of Ireland, have lost their Supreme Court appeal against the €1 million summary judgment granted by the High Court in 2011. Finding that there was n

The Supreme Court has ruled that a bakery's refusal to supply a cake iced with the message ‘Support Gay Marriage’ was not discriminatory on the grounds of sexual orientation, as the refusal was based on the message and not to any particular person. The Court also held that the Fair Emplo

A man sought by Polish authorities under a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) can be surrendered despite systemic and generalised deficiencies in the courts of Poland presenting a risk to the fundamental right to a fair trial being breached, the High Court has ruled. Following a referral to the Court of

Minister Josepha Madigan, a qualified solicitor and family mediator, writes on the case for divorce reform in the State. The courtroom is a barbaric venue in which to pick over the carcass of a failed marriage, said Fiona Shackleton, Paul McCartney's divorce lawyer.