Case Reports

As the Michaelmas term has drawn to a close, it provides an opportunity to look back at some of the important judgments which defined the year in the courts. Over the course of 2021, Irish Legal News has produced hundreds of articles on new judgments and current awareness topics within the Irish leg

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the appeal in part of a board claiming entitlement to give instructions on behalf of the Central Bank of Venezuela and has dismissed the cross-appeal of a contender board. Lord Lloyd-Jones, with whom Lord Reed, Lord Hodge, Lord Hamblen and Lord Leggatt ag

The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision which determined that the minister for justice and equality failed to consider the “emotional and social dependency” in a non-EU national’s application for an EU residency card. The High Court held that the minister’s d

A judge in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has ruled that jurors who were not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 ought to be excused from jury service after the issue was raised during pre-trial proceedings. The trial took place at the Digby Pines Resort in Nova Scotia, Canada, as the local courthou

The Supreme Court has determined that a Mauritius national who worked in Ireland without a permit was not entitled to statutory maternity leave payments despite making PAYE and PRSI contributions to the State. The decision has potentially far-reaching consequences for individuals working in Ireland

The High Court has quashed a decision of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) after it failed to give reasons for refusing to give the case an oral hearing under section 43(b) of the International Protection Act 2015. The IPAT decided that the applicant was not entitled to refugee st

Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal has dismissed an application for leave to extend time and appeal against five sexual offences convictions at Dungannon Crown Court in 2017. The applicant was a father of two children X and Y, the complainants in his case. The application centred largely around the

The High Court has rejected a statutory appeal brought by the Director of Public Prosecutions, which sought to prevent the disclosure of certain documents to a journalist. The requested documents concerned discussions relating to lawyer’s fees with the Department of Public Expenditure and Refo

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) decision in 2014 to terminate an investigation into allegations of torture against the “Hooded Men” was unlawful. The PSNI brought the case to the UK’s highest court, having been unsuccessful in the Cou

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Minister for Justice and Equality failed to establish that she was entitled to postpone the surrender of a man to Lithuania due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The man was due to be surrendered in February 2021 on foot of a European Arrest Warrant and fl

The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal to reduce a general damages award from €155,000 to €95,000 on the basis that the trial judge did not properly assess general damages under the Book of Quantum. Further, the court held that the plaintiff was liable in contributory negligence for his

A Christian boy's school in Newry discriminated against applicants by prioritising applications for "legacy students" whose fathers had been past pupils, Northern Ireland's High Court has ruled.

The High Court has struck out motions issued by a litigant in person on the basis that he failed to serve the defendant properly. In so ruling, the court noted that the plaintiff appeared to be assisted by a man who “crops up reasonably regularly in the chancery list” and that “he

The High Court has awarded €33,000 to a plaintiff for psychiatric damage arising out of witnessing a murder at work. The plaintiff argued that her employer had failed to provide her with a mobile panic alarm pursuant to their policy and that this aggravated the plaintiff’s nervous shock r

Northern Ireland's High Court has rejected an application for judicial review alleging bias where such bias was not established by the applicant. This decision is one of many regarding planning permission for the proposal to commence gold mining operations in the Sperrin Mountains in County Tyrone.