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Full coverage: Courts

Deutsche Bank is set to square off with UK retail magnate Ashley in the Irish courts

Yet another case over rents has been lodged with the High Court. The latest battle involves the German financial giant Deutsche Bank and one of Britain’s richest men.

Ian Kehoe
27th Apr, 2021 - 2 min read

Face mask showdown: “Oil men are not known for their diplomacy but are known for their eternal friendship”

When a PPE deal with a Dutch oil trader misfired, a Dublin clothing supplier found itself €250,000 out of pocket. A new High Court judgment charts the cross-border scramble to try and get the money back.

Francesca Comyn
16th Apr, 2021 - 4 min read

One retail chain, multiple landlords: Foot Locker’s High Court case sets tone for wave of rent disputes

As dozens of commercial tenants and landlords face off in the courts over missed rents during Covid-19 restrictions, one interim judgement has laid the ground rules on relevant evidence from multi-store retailers.

Thomas Hubert
30th Mar, 2021 - 5 min read

“If you don’t get into my car, I will take that as you saying to me ‘F*** you’”

Some 23 brave former students of Terenure College sent the man who had sexually abused them to prison. Tom Lyons, a student at Terenure College while John McClean was a teacher and rugby coach there, tells a dark story of children betrayed by a prestigious school and religious order.

Tom Lyons
20th Feb, 2021 - 21 min read

Media manoeuvres: Collateral attack on INM inspectors fails

Former INM chairman Leslie Buckley loses his High Court challenge to revoke the appointment of inspectors to the media group in 2018.

Francesca Comyn
15th Feb, 2021 - 3 min read

High street rent rows: A third landlord pursues bookseller Eason

Eason faces a legal clash over rent arrears with a German fund as challenging trading conditions continue to prevail as a result of the pandemic.

Francesca Comyn
29th Jan, 2021 - 2 min read

Debt enforcement lawsuits fell 82% last year – but the debts have not gone away

From 1,000 cases in 2019, High Court debt enforcement actions by banks and vulture funds fell to fewer than 200 last year. Who is still suing borrowers in the middle of a pandemic, who is not – and what is coming next?

Thomas Hubert
25th Jan, 2021 - 2 min read

“All company data was lost”: the cyber attack in the discovery row between the Nolan haulage family and its pension advisers

The sprawling case into the disappearance of a multi-million pension fund has raised a far-reaching question: what should a court do when a party ordered to produce documents is unable to do so because of an IT meltdown?

Thomas Hubert
4th Dec, 2020 - 6 min read

Confirmed: Victoria Homes agrees peace deal with Israeli financier

After months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, Paddy Byrne’s Victoria Homes has agreed a deal which resolved all outstanding issues with the Lotus Investment Group.

Ian Kehoe
27th Nov, 2020 - 2 min read

From Malta to Andorra and Delaware: the trials and tribulations of a $54m patent battle

A pre-trial judgement reveals how companies controlled by deceased lawyer Mortimer Walters and developer JP Flannery clashed over the transfer of a multi-million software invention across low-tax jurisdictions – for just €100.

Thomas Hubert
27th Nov, 2020 - 6 min read
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