Legal
Elaine Byrne: White-collar crime may fascinate us, but it also costs society dearly
White-collar crime, perpetrated by the privileged, can cost society more than ‘street’ crime and must be tackled urgently
Most Pandemrix plaintiffs settle with state over swine flu vaccine
Claimants say they developed narcolepsy after getting Pandemrix vaccine for which state gave drug maker GSK indemnity
Constitutional challenge to Seanad voting rules heads to High Court
Case brought by UL graduate Tomás Heneghan contends that current rules about who can be an elector are unconstitutional
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
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
‘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
FBD says pub court decision is limited to specific policies
The insurer has told most of its customers that their policies don‘t cover Covid-19, and is refusing to pay the plaintiffs’ full legal costs
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
All bar none: publicans’ court victory to cost insurers dearly
Last Friday’s finding against FBD in a test case taken by four publicans will have wide-reaching implications for the hospitality sector
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
Call for government to seek fresh legal advice on ‘unconstitutional’ PUP tax
Free Legal Advice Centre hopes ‘common sense’ prevails and plan to tax Pandemic Unemployment Payment is scrapped
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'
Elaine Byrne: We need to stop being afraid to say what really happened to these girls
When we talk about mother and baby homes, we keep on finding ways to avoid saying certain words and that needs to change
Taxing PUP could be unconstitutional, Flac warns
The Free Legal Advice Centre says taxing the pandemic unemployment payments made to more than 200,000 people since last March may contravene citizens’ property rights
Woulfe not listed to hear any cases in Supreme Court
The judge, who clung to his job following the infamous Oireachtas Golf Society dinner last August, has no work lined up in February or early March 2021
Judge expresses ‘acute concerns’ over gaps in Cara examiner report
Justice Denis McDonald said High Court was not getting a ‘full picture’ on details of the pharmacy group takeover
Judicial review applications could be ‘locked’ following Kelly report
The judge’s civil justice review recommends legislation to alter the threshold for a judicial review being brought
Embattled porn portal owner has run €1.5bn through Irish arm
Mindgeek, which owns porn sites Pornhub and RedTube, set up its first Irish subsidiaries almost a decade ago
Judge: AIB Belfry case should proceed swiftly due to age concerns
A multimillion-euro lawsuit against AIB over losses sustained by its Belfry property funds should go ahead next year ‘if it is humanly possible’, a High Court judge has said
The grim toll of Facebook’s graveyard shift
Chris Gray says he developed PTSD after a few months of working for Facebook as a content moderator, during which he viewed countless images of graphic and violent acts. His claims are detailed in new legal papers filed in the High Court and seen by this newspaper