Legal News

Two children of a man who decided he had provided for them during his lifetime and then left most of his considerable estate to his second wife claim their father failed to make proper provision for them in his will.

The Garda and the State have settled an action for false arrest over what the High Court heard was a case of mistaken identity.

A man who believes he was born in a mother and baby home has been awarded €225,000 out of the estate of his estranged birth mother.

The HSE and Sligo University Hospital have apologised in the High Court to the family of a five year old girl with cerebral palsy who sued over the circumstances of her birth.

A mother whose baby collapsed and suffered a brain injury while on her breast after birth has sued for nervous shock in the High Court.

A teenage girl who required stitches to her forehead after a goalpost on which she was swinging fell on her has secured some €52,000 under a settlement of her High Court action.

A deceased Catholic priest’s original hand-made will remains valid and was not revoked by a later will also made by him without legal assistance, a High Court judge has ruled.

The last will of a deceased woman, who left an estate with a net value of some €1.08 million, can be treated as valid, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Aimee Brennan had spinal operation at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin

Those found organising a party or gathering could face a fine of up to €1,000