Gillian O'Hanlon BL

The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022 following an Article 26 reference. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne confirmed that “there is nothing express or implicit in s. 51” requiring the gover

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has refused John Miller leave to appeal his conviction for the murder of his fiancée Charlotte Murray. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan determined that the trial judge had appropriately decided to leav

The Court of Appeal has determined in an appeal brought by a Russian aircraft insurer that the High Court did not err in concluding that choice of law and jurisdiction clauses in the insurance documentation prevailed, and that the forum conveniens for the proceedings was Ireland. Delivering judgment

The High Court has determined that Order 36 of the Circuit Court Rules precludes the issuance and renewal of execution orders after the expiration of 12 years from the date of the relevant decree or judgment. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Garrett Simons determined that the langu

The High Court has determined that mortgagees cannot rely solely on a memorial in lieu of a mortgage deed in a possession claims concerning mortgages over unregistered land created prior to the commencement of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr

The Supreme Court has determined that a creditor who has not filed proof of a debt within the time prescribed by a personal insolvency practitioner is not precluded from filing an objection to the approval of a personal insolvency arrangement. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Ms Justice El

The High Court has determined that University of Limerick’s on-campus student accommodation is comprised of private dwellings for the purposes of s.21(6)(a) of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (as amended) and therefore exempt from water charges. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms J

The High Court has granted an order for sale of an inherited property in brothers’ dispute in light of a full indemnity and consent to an order in the sum of €117,185.67 provided by the defendant to the plaintiff. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Brian O’Moore comm

The High Court has approved a PIAB assessment of €60,000 in respect of severe facial scarring and minor psychological injury suffered by the minor applicant in a road traffic accident. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Garrett Simons noted that the invitation to disapprove the

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of a solicitor against the High Court's refusal to review a Taxing Master's assessment. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Maurice Collins found that Mr Justice Donald Binchy “was particularly qualified to carry out such an exer

The High Court has in principle referred six questions to the CJEU in the course of Coillte’s appeal against a decision of the Commissioner for Environmental Information concerning its handling of requests by anonymised and pseudonymised applicants Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Ju

The Court of Appeal has determined that the Disability Act 2005 and the Disability (Assessment of Needs, Service Statements and Redress) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 263/2007) cannot be interpreted as providing for second or subsequent reviews of assessment reports. Delivering judgment for the High Co

The High Court has determined the District Court is not entitled to find that the formation of an opinion to arrest for drink-driving was unreasonable where the Garda was mistaken as to the nature of a roadside breathalyser test result. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Siobhá

The High Court has determined a novel question of jurisdiction in which to commence proceedings under Part 10A of the Companies Act 2014, finding that the scale and complexity of the affairs of Bio Marine Ingredients Ireland Limited were such as to warrant proceeding in the High Court. Delivering ju

The High Court has confirmed that no power to detain a driver pending the result of a roadside saliva drug test can be implied into the Road Traffic Act 2010. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Garrett Simons found that “the fact that, within the very same Act, the Oireachtas h