Gillian O'Hanlon BL

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has determined following a reference from the Irish High Court that national schemes for the compensation of victims of violent intentional crimes which exclude compensation for pain and suffering are precluded by a directive mandating the provision

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has determined that the convictions of three men relating to the planting of a bomb at Limavady Football Club in 1989 were unsafe on grounds of abuse of process, due to a failure on part of the police to disclose material which revealed serious police miscond

The High Court has permitted the Protected Disclosures Commissioner to exhibit disclosures concerning the Defence Forces, Department of Defence and the Minister for Defence as part of his defence to judicial review proceedings. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Nuala Jackson was sat

The High Court has dismissed an application to prohibit the criminal trial of a car dealer accused of theft and forgery concerning private onward sales of vehicles taken on “trade-in” by his employer. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Simons concluded that the grounds re

The High Court has determined that Thomas Doran must repay the sum of €4.85 million outstanding on facilities advanced by AIB for the purchase of farmlands, notwithstanding that AIB had procured deficient valuations of the lands. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Alexander Owen

The High Court has refused to grant interlocutory relief to an X influencer whose account was both suspended for impersonation and was impersonated by other accounts. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Max Barrett considered that it was not in dispute that X was entitled under its te

The High Court has dismissed the appeal of a tree surgeon against orders for possession and injunctive relief in relation to his occupation of lands at Tiknock, Co Dublin. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Conleth Bradley accepted Ms Julie McGinn’s evidence that the sending by

The High Court has refused an application by Bayer seeking reliefs directed towards the preservation of confidentiality in documents relating to the development of rivaroxaban. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Rory Mulcahy highlighted that “an order of the type sought could o

The High Court has refused to strike out a third set of proceedings brought on behalf of Mars Capital Finance DAC in respect of the possession of a property mortgaged in 2007. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger outlined that the plaintiff’s earlier proceedings

The High Court has awarded damages to a Virgin Media entity for loss arising from damage caused by a scallop trawler to a subsea cable running between Ireland and England. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Denis McDonald highlighted that “this is the first case in Ireland in w

The High Court has dismissed proceedings brought by John Magnier in respect of an alleged handshake agreement for the purchase of the Barne Estate in Co Tipperary. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Max Barrett summarised: “In essence, the plaintiffs seek to hold the defendants

The High Court has dismissed an application for judicial review where the applicant impermissibly sought to control the Minister’s decision-making process in respect of whether he should be removed or deported from the State. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Mark Heslin concl

Northern Ireland’s High Court has determined in a defamation case that the single correct meaning of impugned words used in a book and on the X platform was that solicitor Paul Tweed acted unprofessionally. Delivering judgment for the High Court of Northern Ireland, Mr Justice Adrian Colton ex

The High Court has refused leave to enforce the decision of an adjudicator on the basis that the dispute was not a “payment dispute” and so the adjudicator did not have jurisdiction under the Construction Contracts Act 2013. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Garrett Simo

The High Court has determined that there was no culpable prosecutorial delay or “loss of opportunity” sufficient to restrain the prosecution of a man alleged to have committed offences whilst detained in Oberstown as a child, who “aged out” prior to trial in the Circuit Court