Legal News (Litigation & Dispute Resolution)

The recent High Court judgment in Murphy v Palmer [2021] IEHC 154 reiterated the onus of proof which a defendant must meet to successfully bring an application to dismiss a plaintiff’s personal injuries claim for providing evidence which is false or misleading.

In June 2021, the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal upheld an important decision of the Supreme Court of Victoria concerning the law of defamation.

The Court of Appeal recently delivered a helpful decision in which it confirmed that the rules for appointment of an equitable receiver over EU agricultural payments are those set out by the Court of Appeal and confirmed by the Supreme Court in  ACC Loan Management Limited v Rickard [2017] IESC 29.

The High Court (Mr Justice Sanfey) recently ordered that Mr Peter Conlon of Pembroke Dynamic Internet Services Limited (in liquidation) be disqualified for the longest period of disqualification ever ordered in the history of the State, following an application by the liquidator Myles Kirby.

This recent judgment from the UK Supreme Court considered the difficult question of what compensation is appropriate when another issue, unconnected to any negligent advice, arises.