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Criminal law [2026] IEHC 227

Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank U.C. v Murray & Anor (Approved)

Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank U.C. v Murray & Anor (Approved) [2026] IEHC 227 (15 April 2026)

High Court refused leave for judicial review in a criminal prosecution challenge, holding the complaints were for the trial court and that the application was not pursued with sufficient urgency.

  • Prohibition of criminal trial
  • Adequacy of alternative remedy
  • Delay in judicial review
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Lawfulness of warrants
  • Authorisation to enter premises
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Criminal law [2025] IEHC 375

Sutton v Director of Public Prosecutions & Ors [No.2] (Approved)

Sutton v Director of Public Prosecutions & Ors [No.2] (Approved) [2025] IEHC 375 (02 July 2025)

The High Court refused leave to prohibit Sidney Sutton’s retrial, holding that the alleged new evidence was not new and the other grounds were barred or for trial.

  • Prohibition of criminal trial
  • New evidence
  • Abuse of process
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Corroboration
  • Unlawful entry
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Criminal law [2024] IEHC 155

Sutton v Director of Public Prosecutions & Ors (Approved) (Rev1)

Sutton v Director of Public Prosecutions & Ors (Approved) (Rev1) [2024] IEHC 155 (19 March 2024)

The High Court refused leave to prohibit Sidney Sutton’s retrial, finding no arguable risk of an unfair trial and treating the application as a collateral attack on appellate decisions.

  • Prohibition of criminal trial
  • Malicious prosecution
  • Abuse of process
  • Fair trial rights
  • Delay and prejudice
  • Pre-trial publicity
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Criminal law [2023] IEHC 724

J.T. v The Director of Public Prosecutions (Approved)

J.T. v The Director of Public Prosecutions (Approved) [2023] IEHC 724 (07 November 2023)

The High Court refused to prohibit the trial of a 71-year-old applicant charged with historic indecent assault, finding no real risk of an unfair trial.

  • Prohibition of criminal trial
  • Delay and prejudice
  • Historic sexual abuse
  • Fair trial rights
  • Historic-sexual-abuse
  • Delay-and-prejudice
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Criminal law [2022] IECA 119

Director of Public Prosecutions v BK (Unapproved)

Director of Public Prosecutions v BK (Unapproved) [2022] IECA 119 (24 May 2022)

The Court of Appeal dismissed BK’s appeal against refusal of prohibition, holding that delay, missing witnesses, publicity, and complainant contact could be managed at trial.

  • Prohibition of criminal trial
  • Delay in prosecution
  • Pre-trial publicity
  • Fair trial rights
  • Historic sexual abuse
  • Missing witnesses
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Criminal law [2021] IEHC 564

JJ v Director of Public Prosecutions (Approved) (Rev1)

JJ v Director of Public Prosecutions (Approved) (Rev1) [2021] IEHC 564 (03 July 2021)

The High Court refused to prohibit the prosecution of an 80-year-old applicant facing 358 historic indecent assault charges, finding no irredeemable prejudice from delay.

  • Delay in prosecution
  • Right to fair trial
  • Abuse of process
  • Prohibition of criminal trial
  • Prejudice due to delay
  • Article 38 constitution
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Criminal law [2021] IEHC 314

Kiely v The Director of Public Prosecutions (Approved)

Kiely v The Director of Public Prosecutions (Approved) [2021] IEHC 314 (06 May 2021)

The High Court awarded the respondent 75% of its costs after rejecting the applicant’s bid to prohibit a criminal trial for alleged prosecutorial delay.

  • Prosecutorial delay
  • Prohibition of criminal trial
  • Costs order
  • Prosecutorial-delay
  • Costs-order
  • Judicial-review
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Criminal law [2021] IEHC 48

BK v The Director of Public Prosecutions (Approved)

BK v The Director of Public Prosecutions (Approved) [2021] IEHC 48 (26 January 2021)

The High Court refused to prohibit two pending criminal trials for historical sexual abuse, finding no wholly exceptional circumstances or unavoidable risk of unfair trial.

  • Prohibition of criminal trial
  • Delay in prosecution
  • Fair trial rights
  • Historical sexual abuse
  • Prejudicial publicity
  • Judicial-review
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Criminal law [2020] IECA 6

A.T. v Director of Public Prosecutions

A.T. v Director of Public Prosecutions [2020] IECA 6 (24 January 2020)

The Court of Appeal allowed the DPP’s appeal and set aside an order stopping a historic sexual abuse prosecution, holding the respondent had not shown unavoidable unfairness from delay.

  • Prohibition of criminal trial
  • Delay and prejudice
  • Right to fair trial
  • Missing/deceased witnesses
  • Sexual offences
  • Abuse of process
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Criminal law [2019] IECA 266

H.S. v The Director of Public Prosecutions

H.S. v The Director of Public Prosecutions [2019] IECA 266 (22 October 2019)

The Court of Appeal allowed the DPP’s appeal, setting aside prohibition of a historic child sex abuse trial and refusing the respondent’s challenge based on delay and missing witnesses.

  • Prohibition of criminal trial
  • Historic child sexual abuse
  • Delay and prejudice
  • Extension of time for judicial review
  • Missing witnesses
  • Fair trial rights
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