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Full coverage: High Court

Dawn raids and succession plans: How a family hotel business turned into a High Court battle

The River House Hotel in Dublin was set to change hands from father to son in 2017. But when the father got cold feet and decided to take it back, his son, and his wife, brought him to court.

Devin Seán Martin
4th Jul, 2022 - 5 min read

How a Tullamore distillery’s pivot from gin to hand sanitiser led to a battle with the tax authority

Arderin Distillery made thousands of litres of hand sanitiser for hospitals during the pandemic. Now, the Revenue says it could owe alcohol tax on the ethanol used in the product.

Devin Seán Martin
12th May, 2022 - 5 min read

The New Zealand shell company, the Dublin mortgage lender and the boundaries of Irish law

After working for almost a year to help a New Zealand-based company find a new home, Irish-based Joan Donnelly says she was refused pay and forced to resign. She brought the dispute to court here, but her former employer fought to move it abroad.

Devin Seán Martin
11th May, 2022 - 6 min read

Former Fianna Fáil TD takes on social media behemoths in High Court battle

In yet another case taken against social media giants, former Fianna Fáil TD Frank O'Rourke has started legal actions against Twitter and Facebook

Cait Caden
12th Nov, 2020 - 2 min read

A question of control: Is a doctor providing services to a patient or to his own company?

Revenue have long argued that when a doctor operates through a company, it is not longer vat exempt. However, a new case has contradicted this – a move that will have massive implications for thousands of doctors and dentists around the country.

Eoin O'Shea
16th Jun, 2020 - 5 min read

In the end, it took just 20 minutes: How Philip Marley was made bankrupt over €1m debt

Having spent years fighting tooth and nail to avoid bankruptcy, in the end, the former millionaire bowed to its inevitability and consented to the petition against him by one of his creditors, the UK private equity firm Maven Capital.

Francesca Comyn
24th Jan, 2020 - 3 min read
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