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Courts

# courts - Tuesday 2 April, 2013

Australian man pleads not guilty to murder of Irish backpacker

Luke James Wentholt has admitted seven assault charges, but pleads not guilty to murdering David Greene.

# courts - Thursday 28 March, 2013

South African court clears Oscar Pistorius for international travel

Pistorius, who stands accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is due back in court on 4 June.

# courts - Tuesday 19 March, 2013

Report looks at ‘individualised and discretionary nature’ of Irish sentencing

The ISIS report examined the outcomes in 42 cases of manslaughter between 2007 and 2012.

# courts - Monday 18 March, 2013

Insurer ordered to pay costs in data breach case

A High Court judgement is being hailed as a landmark ruling which makes businesses legally liable for data protection breaches.

# courts - Wednesday 13 March, 2013

Woman charged over death of 84-year-old man last summer

Walter Plunkett was found dead in the front garden of his Enniscorthy home in August. A post-mortem found that he had died from asphyxiation.

# courts - Saturday 9 March, 2013

Convictions for acid attacks triple in Pakistan under tough new laws

The Pakistani government brought in tough new penalties in a bid to stop the dozens of acid attacks which take place every year.

# courts - Thursday 7 March, 2013

From Business ETC Newspapers

Interim examiner appointed to ‘Sunday Business Post’ newspaper

Mick McAteer of Grant Thornton is tasked with finding a viable business plan for the paper, which employs 76 people.

# courts - Wednesday 6 March, 2013

Anglo Case This post contains images

Pics: Seán FitzPatrick and former Anglo execs back in court

The former head of the now defunct bank was back in court today ahead of his and two other former bank executives’ trial next year.

European Court of Human Rights to hear Cork woman’s abuse case

Louise O’Keeffe claims that the State is liable for abuse she suffered at the hands of a school principal in Kinsale, Co Cork in the 1970s.

# courts - Tuesday 5 March, 2013

High Court to issue ruling in landmark surrogacy case

The parents of twins born to a surrogate mother believe only the genetic mother should appear on their birth certificates.

# courts - Monday 4 March, 2013

Former FF councillor charged with three counts of conspiracy to murder

Gary O’Flynn was charged at Cork District Court and will appear against via video link this Wednesday.

# courts - Sunday 3 March, 2013

Levels of activity in courts ‘overwhelming’ and ‘unsustainable’ – Chief Justice

Susan Denham said failure to address the problems posed by Ireland’s appeal court system may be “damaging to Irish society and the economy”.

# courts - Friday 1 March, 2013

Nevin loses challenge against murder conviction’s inclusion in civil case

Catherine Nevin fails in a bid to have her murder conviction ruled inadmissible in a case over her husband’s estate.

# courts - Thursday 28 February, 2013

Swedish transsexuals seek damages for forced sterilisations

A court ruled last December that the practice – dating back to 1972 – is unconstitutional and violates human rights.

# courts - Wednesday 27 February, 2013

NAMA loses High Court appeal over environmental information requests

The High Court finds that NAMA has a legal requirement to respond to requests for environmental data from the public.

# courts - Tuesday 26 February, 2013

‘Right-to-die’ appeal to be heard by Supreme Court today

Marie Fleming, who has multiple sclerosis, wants to overturn the laws which make it a criminal offence to help someone take their own life.

# courts - Monday 25 February, 2013

Haulage company fined €1m over accident that killed two people

Nolan Transport pleaded guilty at Wexford Circuit Court this morning, over a fatal road accident in July 2007.

# courts - Friday 22 February, 2013

Two charged over the murder of Roy Collins

Two men have been charged in connection with the 2009 murder of Roy Collins in Limerick.

# courts - Thursday 21 February, 2013

Swedish court overturns rape conviction after forced ‘infidelity check’

A court in Stockholm says Rachid Zoghlami’s actions were not driven by sexual intent, prompting calls for a reform.

Man in court over 2009 Dublin murder

The man in his early 30s will be charged with the murder of Peter Gunn, whose body was found in a ditch in north Dublin.

# courts - Wednesday 20 February, 2013

Supreme Court rejects TDs application to join promissory note challenge

Five Deputies applied to join businessman David Hall’s challenge to the payment of promissory notes, saying it was in the public interest for the case to go ahead.

# courts - Tuesday 19 February, 2013

Ireland’s judges incur €1.67 million in expenses for 2012

Most of the expenses, which are down 42 per cent on 2008, were incurred in travel and subsistence.

Man in court after cocaine seized at Heuston Station

Gardaí discovered the man had drugs worth an estimated €140,000 at Heuston.

Katy French family ‘left without a full picture’ of model’s death

A family statement is issued as two people plead guilty of conspiring to supply drugs – with no further charges to be brought.

Man charged with murder following Passage West fire

Darren Murphy, 36, is charged with the murder of Olivia Dunlea at Cork City Court.

# courts - Monday 18 February, 2013

Trial begins of man accused of beheading British grandmother in Tenerife

The 29-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to repeatedly stabbing and then beheading Jennifer Mills-Westley in a shop on the Spanish holiday island.

# courts - Friday 15 February, 2013

Garlic importer has jail sentence reduced to two years

A businessman who was found guilty of dodging taxes on more than 1,000 tons of imported Chinese garlic has had his sentence reduced from six to two years.

# courts - Thursday 14 February, 2013

Denis O’Brien awarded €150k in damages in defamation case against newspaper

Businessman Denis O’Brien has been awarded damages following his defamation case against the Irish Daily Mail.

# courts - Tuesday 12 February, 2013

Man charged over daytime shooting of Dublin teenager

The 20-year-old will appear before court charged in connection with the shooting at Memorial Park in January.

Two men due in court over €700k cannabis seizure

The two men were arrested yesterday after 800 cannabis plants were seized from a house in Virginia, Co Cavan.

Man appears in court over stabbing of Irishman in Perth

The 21-year-old victim is reported to originally be from Wexford and living in western Australia for the last several years.

# courts - Monday 11 February, 2013

Two charged over death of PSNI Constable Philippa Reynolds

The two men, aged 25 and 23 are due in court in Derry this morning.

# courts - Saturday 9 February, 2013

Two in court over dissident republican activity

The men, both aged in their 30s, were arrested in Tipperary earlier this week as part on an ongoing investigation into dissident republican activity.

# courts - Thursday 7 February, 2013

42-year-old man arrested over child rape

The man was arrested in Omagh and extradited to the Republic of Ireland to face charges of child rape.

Supreme Court adjourns promissory note appeal as TDs seek to join case

David Hall says his case concerns issues wider than that of the €3.06 billion payment due in March that now appears unlikely following the liquidation of IBRC overnight.

Legality of promissory note to be challenged in the Supreme Court today

David Hall’s legal challenge to the €3.06 billion Anglo promissory note was dismissed by the High Court last week but he intends to appeal to the Supreme Court this morning despite the overnight developments.

# courts - Wednesday 6 February, 2013

Government memo from 1942 seeks advice on dealing with ‘immoral’ girls

The Minister for Justice was asked to find out how prevalent “offences of immorality” were among girls around the country.

# courts - Tuesday 5 February, 2013

From Business ETC Credit Rating

S&P faces US govt suit over mortgage bond ratings

The credit risk agency promised a vigorous defense, saying the looming lawsuit would be “entirely without factual or legal merit.”

# courts - Saturday 2 February, 2013

Sinn Féin publishes bill to end ‘political appointment’ of judges

The Bill seeks to reform the way in which individuals are selected for appointments to the judiciary by the Judicial Appointments Board.

# courts - Friday 1 February, 2013

Woman who gave birth after sterilisation awarded €100,000 in damages

Karen Hurley gave birth to a baby boy with a fatal illness following her failed steriliation procedure.