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Woman loses bid to get support from ex-fiancé after two lengthy splits February 2019

NEW CIRCUIT COURT RULES INTRODUCED TO MAKE RECEIPT OF COURT DOCUMENTS BY EMAIL EASIER COME INTO EFFECT 17th October 2018

Contract - Breach of contract – Damages – Termination of employment – Appellant seeking to appeal against an interlocutory order – Whether trial judge was in error in failing to accept that the respondent’s claim was in substance a claim for damages for breach of contract 

‘Enormously important’ court cases not heard due to lack of judges Effects of failure to appoint new judges highlighted by High Court justices

Practice and Procedure - O. 18, r. 1 of the Rules of the Superior Courts – Leave to amend the defence – Lack of material change - Amplification of earlier defence 

Neutral Citation [2016] IEHC 739 THE HIGH COURT Record No: [2016/30HLC] IN THE MATTER OF THE CHILD ABDUCTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CUSTODY ORDERS ACT, 1991

Neutral Citation [2016] IEHC 721 THE HIGH COURT RECORD NO: 2015/704JR JUDICIAL REVIEW

Damages - Personal injury - Sexual Assault - Dismissal of proceedings - Inordinate delay - Risk of fair trial - death of witnesses 

Mental health - Mental Health Act 2001 - Involuntary detention in mental health care facility - Affirmation by Mental Health Tribunal - Appeal to Circuit Court - Refusal to hear appeal due to lapse of time - Violation of right of statutory appeal 

A county council is two-thirds liable for €73,000 in compensation, plus €47,000 in legal costs, to be paid to a woman who fractured her ribs and hurt her back aboard a ferry which ran aground on rocks, the High Court has ruled.