Full coverage: Courts

Disputes over retail property rents continue to escalate before the courts as Level 5 restrictions bite, this time opposing Boots and Paddy McKillen’s shopping centre vehicle.

Three years ago, a London firm specialising in environmental infrastructure deals connected a Cork solar company with UK investors in the billion-pound league. Now Amarenco is taking its advisors to court.

The property developer Paddy Kelly and the McCormack family rent out a property in Dublin’s IFSC to the company behind the Milano pizza chain. They are now seeking summary judgement in yet another landlord-versus-tenant rental dispute.

A string of Michael Wright’s Dublin pubs and restaurants stretching from Howth to Chapelizod are suing four separate insurance firms, adding to the pipeline of existing disputes over pandemic disruption cover.

Following on from multiple court cases against retail tenants, the chain of chicken eateries is the first high-profile hospitality operator to face legal action from commercial landlords.

Harry Cassidy made his first court appearance in Dublin this Wednesday following his detention on a European arrest warrant in Germany last May.

So many legal punches have landed on Mallinckrodt that it is facing a knock-out blow at any point. While the disputes engulfing the manufacturer of several controversial drugs unfold in the US, they all link back to the group’s corporate structure and intellectual property vehicles here in Ireland.

Staff and residents have got legal representation to oppose the closure of the facility they have known as their home and workplace for decades. Directors say the business is not viable – and should vacate the valuable south Dublin city property. The next steps will play out in the High Court.

In a move that could impact women affected by the CervicalCheck screening controversy, its Australian parent is now examining the future of the Irish subsidiaries contracted to help run the programme.

In legal proceedings aimed at overturning overseas travel restrictions, the budget carrier claims the government's coronavirus travel advice amounts to an undemocratic "diktat".