Case Reports

An environmentalist who argued that a section of the proposed road from Randalstown to Castledawson would threaten protected species, and therefore breach EU legislation, has had his appeal dismissed in the Court of Appeal in Belfast. Delivering the judgment of the Court, Lord Chief Justice Declan M

A man who complained that his human rights were breached by members of the police service when attempting to recruit him as an informer, has lost his appeal to bring judicial review proceedings because an alternative remedy was open to him in the form of the Tribunal established under section 65 of

When a financial institution grants a loan denominated in a foreign currency, it must provide the borrower with sufficient information to enable him to take a prudent and well-informed decision, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. In 2007 and 2008, Ms Ruxandra Paula Andriciuc and o

A Malaysian woman who moved to Ireland with her daughter, an Irish citizen, and had her application for emergency homeless accommodation refused by Wicklow County Council has had her application for judicial review dismissed by the High Court. Finding that the Council’s decision was not ultra vire

A boy who was found guilty of numerous dangerous driving charges involving stolen vehicles, has been given a Deferment of Detention Order in the District Court. In a recently published judgment, Judge John O’Connor stated that, since the child had engaged well recently with his Bail Support and wi

The father of two children who were wrongfully removed from their habitual residence in England in July 2015 has had his application for their return pursuant to The Hague Convention refused in the High Court. Whilst it was accepted that the mother had engaged in subterfuge and concealment in respec

A woman who was convicted of the murder of a homeless man in Newry in 2009 has had her appeal dismissed by the Court of Appeal in Belfast. The woman contended that the trial judge had failed to give adequate direction on the effect of intoxication on her intent, and also sought leave to appeal on th

Preliminary issues raised by the mother of a child who was ordered to be returned to the US to live with her siblings and their father, have been rejected in the High Court. Criticising the woman for frustrating the litigation process, Ms Justice Reynolds stated that the reliefs claimed by the woman

Allied Irish Bank has been unsuccessful in its application for a summary judgment for amounts owed under a guarantee provided by the partner of a man who did not explain to her what she was signing. Referring the matter to plenary hearing, Mr Justice Max Barrett stated that the Court could not prope

A man who was convicted of sexual offences as a minor, and who now has over 70 convictions, has been unsuccessful in his application to serve a writ of summons out of the jurisdiction on Google. Sitting in the High Court in Belfast, Lord Justice Stephens refused leave to serve notice of a writ of su

Facebook has been successful in partially appealing a finding that it had misused private information in relation to the publication of the religion of a plaintiff’s three estranged children. Allowing the appeal, the Court of Appeal held that the publication of the children’s religion was a matt

The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal against part of a sentence imposed on a man convicted of committing serious sexual offences on his sisters. Ruling that the sentence of 20 years' imprisonment in respect of five counts of rape should remain in place, Lord Chief Justice Morgan took into consi

A couple from the Philippines have been unsuccessful in their application to have their 22-year-old niece, adopted by them in 2011, to be registered in the Register of Intercountry Adoptions pursuant to Section 90(2) of the Adoption Act 2010. Refusing the application, Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds stat

A digital privacy group has had its application for a preliminary ruling on the validity of domestic legislation refused in the High Court. Finding that the issues in the case were too complex to justify proceeding without evidence, Ms Justice Costello dismissed the notice of motion.

Overturning a decision of the High Court, a three-judge Court of Appeal has found the arrest and detention of an escapee, five years after “walking out” of an open prison, to be in accordance with the law. Although the prisoner had not made any attempt to conceal his whereabouts throughout this