Killian Flood BL

The High Court has awarded €75,000 in damages to a man who was injured by a bull at a cattle market. The man was an experienced farmer who had been asked to assist in driving cattle into the auction area when he was attacked by a startled cow. Delivering judgment in the case, Mr Justice Cian Fe

The High Court has determined that data protection activist Max Schrems is entitled to 80 percent of the legal costs of a challenge to the Data Protection Commission’s handling of a complaint from 2013. The complaint related to the transfer of data by Facebook Ireland Limited from the EU to th

The High Court has ruled that a child must be returned to Poland after she was taken to Ireland by her mother in August 2021. The father had made an application under the Child Abduction Regulations, claiming that he had no knowledge that his child had been removed from Poland. Delivering judgment i

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a hospital is entitled to discovery of certain communications between a plaintiff and her estranged father in a personal injuries action for the negligent dissemination of the plaintiff’s medical records. The plaintiff had expressly told the hospital to not r

The Court of Appeal has held that a private generator of electricity was not a public authority within the meaning of environmental regulations and was therefore not required to provide information relating to its wind farm. The information was sought by Right To Know CLG, which operated for the pur

The High Court has approved a settlement of €350,000 for a man who claimed to have been sexually abused while attending a secondary school operated by a religious order. It was held that the settlement was "excellent" in circumstances where the plaintiff faced substantial difficulties proving h

The High Court has admitted a man suffering from bipolar affective disorder to wardship despite conflicting medical evidence on his capacity. The man was being kept in a residential placement but had acted in a violent and sexually inappropriate manner with staff while having a poor record of taking

The new legal year is fast approaching and that means a new cohort of devils will begin their careers at the Bar. While acknowledging that everyone will have slightly different experiences in their first year, I have put together some advice for new practitioners based on my own experience of devill

The Court of Appeal has significantly reduced an award of damages for a man who suffered multiple injuries in an accident that was described as “the stuff of nightmares”. The man had been injured in an elevator which had fallen three floors after a cable snapped. On appeal, Mr Justice Se

The High Court has refused an application by the Medical Council to suspend a doctor from the register pending the resolution of a fitness to practise inquiry. The doctor had previously been convicted for drunk driving and other driving offences and banned from driving for 10 years. Despite providin

The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed a discrimination claim brought by an Irish man who was disqualified from receiving a State pension while he served a prison sentence in the State. The claim was based on Article 14 of the European Convention of Human Rights and concerned the operation

As the Trinity term draws to a close, barristers and solicitors will have spent the last few weeks trying to finalise all outstanding matters before the long vacation. Indeed, many will have welcomed the return of the frenzied, feverish activity that marks the end of term, given the notable absence

The High Court has rejected an application by a woman’s legal representatives that her estate should bear the costs of unsuccessful litigation after she was found to lack capacity to give instructions during trial. The lawyers stated that they could not find a next friend who was willing to ac

The Court of Appeal has criticised a litigant for pursuing an appeal which was “misconceived from the outset and progressively deteriorated”. The appeal related to the High Court’s listing of the defendant’s motion in summary proceedings to strike out certain aspects of the p

The High Court has awarded €60,000 in damages to a girl who suffered from moderate PTSD and who received a white scar on her thigh from a road traffic accident. The case was notable as it was one of the first cases in which a court was required to apply the new Personal Injuries Guidelines whic