Legal Dermot Desmond succeeds in excluding Joseph Stiglitz evidence from Panama Papers defamation caseMr Justice Alexander Owens said use of corporate structures to avoid paying tax and hide wealth were within ‘common knowledge’ and therefore his evidence was not necessary
Legal Meath residents lodged appeals to bring Glenveagh ‘to heel’ in land negotiation, High Court hears Glenveagh Homes claimed that the appeals were designed to coerce a higher price in a land sale
Courts Court sides with insurer in €30m legal row over Michael Flatley’s Castlehyde estateRiverdance star lost his bid to stop an insurance company cancelling the cover on his Cork mansion
Legal Johnny Ronan accuses lender of conspiracy to ‘stifle’ legal actionsRonan Group Real Estate is taking a High Court case against Fortress Investments Group, its junior lender on a portfolio of high-value Dublin assets
Courts Ian Guider: Michael Lynn was a crook and liar, but the system was wide open for him to do what he didMayo-native solicitor became the poster boy for Celtic Tiger rogues who sought to game the banks
Pharma Bristol Myers Squibb to appeal High Court ruling striking down patent on $12bn drugCourt recently invalidated the patent associated with Eliquis, the US pharma giants drug to reduce blood clots
Courts Almost €1m in examiner and legal fees sought after failed plan to rescue Mac Interiors In papers filed in the High Court, the examiner said that his team spent 1,623 hours on the proposed scheme to save the firm
Courts Defendant applies for removal from Michael Flatley €30m Castlehyde caseDavid Cushion claims he should never have been named as a defendant in the first place and that Flatley said in recent weeks that he would be removed
Courts Max Schrems added to Meta’s €1.2bn case against Ireland’s data watchdog Case relates to Meta’s appeal over the DPC’s decision to fine Facebook a record €1.2 billion and to halt data transfers from Europe to the US
Courts Sipo misinterpreted its own laws in decision not to investigate Leo Varadkar leak, court hears The decision is currently being challenged by People before Profit TD Paul Murphy
Courts Liquidators to investigate claim Glenbeigh Construction shareholders received big dividends in 2022 Troubled construction firm, which was contracted for major projects at Dublin Airport and Mountjoy prison, entered liquidation last month
Legal ESB worker in corrupt cash case has right to silence, High Court rulesESB issued proceedings over what it described as ‘serious allegations’ regarding corrupt payments sought by its staff from developers
Media Prince Harry settles phone hacking claim against Mirror GroupDuke’s barrister confirmed a settlement had been reached between him and MGN, including an interim payment of £400,000
Legal Dermot Desmond seeks to exclude Joseph Stiglitz evidence from Panama Papers defamation caseThe businessman is suing the Irish Times over a 2016 article and has challenged the Nobel Prize winning economist’s report being included
Courts Liquidator accused of ‘trying to make up a case’ against Edenmore Meats director John Healy has been told he is relying on a ‘false narrative’ in his case against Donal Gallagher, the Irish construction boss and director at the collapsed Donegal abattoir
Commercial Property Poolbeg plan to go back to tender after Johnny Ronan group objectsRonan Group Real Estate launched case against council over alleged unfair bidding process for contract to develop Pigeon House
Legal Edenmore Meats was ‘doomed’ before illegal occupation, liquidator claimsJohn Healy is seeking to make Edenmore’s directors personally liable for debts of more than €2.7 million
Comreg can search data seized from Eir, court rulesThe parties have been engaged in a legal battle after the regulator seized an ‘extraordinary’ amount of material in May 2023
Companies High Court approves €6.9m sale of insolvent HealthBeacon to US home appliances groupCreditors of HealthBeacon voted overwhelmingly in favour of a rescue plan for the embattled Irish medical device firm after it collapsed into insolvency last year
Courts Senior Dublin-based X employee settles case against social media giant Aaron Rodericks, co-lead of threat disruption at X, launched legal action against his employer over a disciplinary process he dubbed a ‘complete sham’