Full coverage: Courts

Yesterday, we revealed how the High Court had ruled against a major offshore tax scheme. Today, tax barrister and chartered accountant Eoin O’Shea picks through the detail of the judgement and analyses each of the questions that the court sought to answer.

For more than a decade, the Irish tax authority has sought to curb a complex tax scheme used by 231 high earners. The High Court has now ruled in Revenue's favour, and the judgement sheds new light on how the scheme operated.

Waterwipes is the number one baby wipe sold on Amazon in the US and Europe, but the Louth-based company behind the brand has found itself in a bit of a mess as decisions go against it in Europe and Britain.

As senior public servants line up for a fresh round of pay hikes, barristers say the talent pool is dwindling in criminal practice due to "pitiful" fees that remain at 2002 levels. DPER wants proof of recruitment and retention issues.

Galway developer Alber has planning permission for over 100 homes on a Comer site, but has yet to pay for it. The property is at the centre of parallel legal and rezoning clashes.

Lukasz Salamandra claimed his Athboy company owned millions in real estate assets. In fact, it owned nothing. The convicted fraudster is now prohibited from serving as a company director for 15 years.

Dublin City Council has issued its fourth legal action against SUBSET, an artistic collective behind striking city centre murals. SUBSET believes the litigation is an attempt by the council to become the arbitrator of what constitutes acceptable art.

A string of companies linked to John Magnier’s Coolmore Stud have issued legal proceedings against Glanbia. Trainer Aidan O’Brien and his son Donnacha are also listed as plaintiffs in the case.

For the past decade, the Revenue Commissioners have pursued the Co Kerry horseracing organisation for corporation tax, arguing that betting and other ancillary activities were not sport. The case has now made its way through the High Court.

Some 2,500 investors in the bank's failed scheme were previously told to expect compensation assessments by now, but AIB has just asked them to wait another five months.