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Catherine Sanz

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Legal correspondent and senior reporter

Supreme Court hears case of farmer allowed to keep land worth €1.8m despite debts of €1.1m

The case marks the first time that a personal insolvency case has been heard by the Supreme Court

Former directors of ‘mechanical tree’ business Carbon Collect reach deal following legal battle

The Dublin-based firm has received support from the likes of Enda Kenny, the former Taoiseach

Tech investor brings shareholder oppression proceedings against comedian John Bishop

Case concerns Hears Technology Ltd, which first brought proceedings against Brendan Morrissey last year

‘I feel good about myself. Why should a woman slip into middle age?’ – Constance Cassidy

Senior counsel, mother of seven and owner of historic Lissadell House with her husband Eddie Walsh, Constance Cassidy loves working hard and is proud of her accomplishments and has no intention of giving in to ageing

Nuremore chef alleges electricity cut off and hotel’s assets seized by Revenue

Liga Kondrate, a former chef de partie at the hotel, has initiated a winding up petition under the Companies Act in the High Court against Nuremore Hotel Management Limited

Decobake owner restricted from further legal action after ‘incessant war’ against Dublin City Council

Paul Coyle found by the High Court to have displayed “indefensible and scandalous” conduct through a long-running litigation over his company’s refusal to pay local taxes

Consultant takes legal action against Children’s Health Ireland

Padraig Sheeran alleges Crumlin hospital took ‘entirely unlawful actions’ to prevent his return to work after Medical Council review ‘vindication’

Examiner finds concentration of risk in former FAI kit supplier JACC ‘unwise’

Directors of Trade Tower Finance Ireland and Deal Partners Logistics should have applied tighter risk management controls, examiner’s report states

None of ‘big six’ law firms sign up for Bar Council policy to brief more women barristers

The policy aims to address under-representation of women in certain practice areas, and the fact that just 20 per cent of senior counsel are women

Influencer launches legal proceedings over alleged breach of clothing trademark

Case concerns 4th ARQ, a leisure and sportswear brand founded by Rosie Connolly-Quinn and her husband Paul Quinn

Concern turns to fear for investors over delays in Solar 21’s €250m repayment

Nearly 18 months after they were due to be repaid, Irish investors have not recouped their money – and financial experts have raised worries over substantial inter-company borrowing and lending

State bodies reject Bar Council policy to brief more women barristers

Office of the Attorney General and the State Claims Agency have declined to sign up to the policy which aims to encourage fairer distribution of work

High Court president questions why female barristers feel ‘pigeonholed’

David Barniville says the Bar Council’s new equitable briefing policy is “quite a controversial document”

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Investors ‘follow money trail’ at troubled forestry firm GWD

Dublin company that raised €30m for plantations in Brazil and Canada is facing liquidation calls over link with another firm, WFS, which is being investigated for fraud

Dolphin Trust founder claims to have been a director only ‘on paper’

Liquidators accused Charles Smethurst of reckless trading in collapse of property investment scheme

More ESB staff to face action over allegations of corrupt payments

State-owned electricity company has contacted employees to signal its intention to issue legal proceedings over allegations that they sought corrupt payments from developers to speed up electrical work on building sites

Bank of Ireland can make offer to woman who claims it gave ATM data to her 'stalker’ father

Lawyers for the woman have said that the financial data was used as an ‘instrument of oppression’

Stalking case leads Bank of Ireland to tighten access to customer data

A woman launched High Court proceedings against the bank after her estranged father had been able to use ATM information to locate her in Spain and England

LGFA to appoint law and medical experts in new trans player policy

Ladies Gaelic Football Association document follows objection to a trans woman’s participation for a Dublin team last August