The First Hall of the Civil Court held that a company which bought a home under a protected lease at a low price suffered no breach of its property right. It matters to investors who buy tenanted property and then sue the State.
The Court of Magistrates held that inquiry evidence survives the magistrate's absence from the scene, convicted the accused of trafficking cocaine in 2005 and acquitted him of 2001 ecstasy charges not proved within the dates charged. Relevant to criminal defence lawyers.
The Industrial Tribunal awarded a former senior manager €54,092.20 after finding that bonuses paid to colleagues in the same grade as permanent pay rises, and never given to him, breached the equal pay rule in article 27 of Chapter 452.
The Civil Court (Family Section) held on 12 February 2026 that a flat a wife acquired from her parents during the marriage fell into the community of acquests. It also separated and divorced the couple, finding the husband at fault for cruelty and grave insults.
The Court of Appeal held that article 80 revocation needs proof that an incorrect drawing actually affected the decision to grant the permit, not just that the drawing mattered. It matters to objectors seeking to undo a final permit.
The Rent Regulation Board raised an old residential rent to 2% of market value, holding that the percentage should sit near the maximum unless special circumstances are proved. It matters to landlords and tenants in rent review cases.
The Court of Appeal held that a company cannot claim the price of goodwill and stock that belonged to someone else, and that buyers who skipped basic checks cannot plead fraud. Both the claim and the counterclaim failed. It matters to anyone buying a going business.
The Constitutional Court declined to hear an asylum seeker's fair-hearing complaint because an ordinary civil action could have annulled the decisions against him. It matters to lawyers choosing how to challenge international protection rulings.
The Court of Criminal Appeal upheld theft convictions, holding an accomplice's testimony admissible once her own case had ended and a struggle during arrest to be violence under article 96 of the Criminal Code. Relevant to criminal defence and prosecution lawyers.
The Court of Appeal dismissed a claim of over €4 million under a 10-year building insurance policy because the owner's experts never testified on oath. It matters to anyone relying on party-appointed technical reports, even against a defendant in default.
The Constitutional Court raised landlords' pecuniary award to €23,000, holding that courts should apply the European Court of Human Rights criteria for controlled-lease losses unless specific reasons justify departing from them.
The Court of Criminal Appeal held that an earlier judgment placing the accused on probation cannot ground recidivism, and that finality of an earlier judgment needs proof beyond the criminal record. It cut the prison term to three years. Relevant to prosecutors and defence lawyers.