Martin appeals directly to Chinese premier for release of Irish citizen
Richard O’Halloran has been detained in China for two years due to a legal dispute between Chinese authorities and the firm he works for
Decision to reduce personal injuries awards put on hold
Business owners will be watching closely as Judicial Council will meet next month to consider proposed guidelines
Court ruling ‘frees up’ firms to fire badly performing staff
Court of Appeal finding will ‘rebalance power dynamic’, making it harder to sue over dismissal during a probationary period
State must consult family members over mother and baby home burials
Government bill covering institutional burials under legal duty to investigate mass graves and protect evidence at the sites
‘I felt our government would protect us, that somebody would step in’
Richard O’Halloran has been held as a so-called ‘economic hostage’ in China since February 2019, enduring a Kafkaesque nightmare in a Shanghai hotel
Dolphin trustee to meet burned Irish investors
Wealth Options Trustees has arranged to discuss next steps for the thousands of Irish who sank money into the bankrupt German property fund
Supermac’s boss takes property fund to court over ‘Monster House’
Pat McDonagh has moved to block the sale of a building in Kilkenny tenanted by one of his fast food outlets
Bust property group continued raising money despite collapse
The 1,800 Irish investors, among them healthcare workers, small business owners and pensioners who invested €107 million in Dolphin Trust had their investments written down as worthless late last year
Plan to donate Bewley’s Harry Clarke windows motivated by tax break, court told
Bewley’s does not own the stained glass windows and therefore cannot give them to the public, landlord RGRE group has claimed
James McDermott: ‘Out of office’ is not a done deal just yet
Legislation permitting employees to ask not to show up is on the way, but the right to work from home is not guaranteed for everyone
Law Society ‘not ruling out suing’ over negative rates on client accounts
AIB and Bank of Ireland target client accounts that hold more than €2.5 million to €3 million to ‘enormous dismay’ of solicitors
Expert handling Dolphin Trust’s bankruptcy called it a ‘pyramid scheme’
The German property group, into which 1,800 Irish investors put a combined €107m, has been reported as having ‘collapsed years ago’
Law Society fights back against negative interest rates on client accounts
The organisation has claimed plans by Bank of Ireland and AIB will place an ‘enormous burden’ on solicitors
Comment: CETA offers us the hand-rolled cigarette of international investment law
Ireland uniquely positioned among EU members to reject international investment rules, and should 'just say no'
Gannon wins €400,000 court order in legal case against tech entrepreneur
Philip Gannon’s joint dealings with Ian Lucey included a now-cancelled plan to redevelop Dún Laoghaire ferry terminal
New doubts over status of Dolphin Trust assets
The 1,800 Irish investors in now-collapsed property group Dolphin Trust were told they had first charge on quality German properties – but that turned out not to be the case
Ruling in publicans’ test case against FBD delayed by three weeks
Judge defers decision to allow insurer and plaintiffs to make submissions on a similar UK Supreme Court case
Irish investor’s case to wind up Dolphin company pushed out to next month
An estimated 1,800 Irish investors entrusted more than €100 million of pension and investment monies in unregulated loan notes with the bust German property group
Dundrum Town Centre owner launches High Court action against Fallon and Byrne
The gourmet food retailer was due to open a branch in the Dublin shopping centre in April 2020 but did not take up the tenancy
Comment: Irish legal sector can benefit from Brexit
As the sole remaining Anglophone EU member state, with a legal system similar to that in English, Ireland has a unique opportunity