Morgan Shelley BL

Reported Judgments

• Corcoran v Commissioner of An Garda Síochána & the DPP [2023] 2 ILRM 237
• Merrow Ltd. (in liquidation) v. Bank of Scotland plc [2014] 3 IR 497
• Moorview Developments v First Active plc [2013] 1 ILRM 100
• Moorview Developments v First Active plc [2011] 3 IR 615
• Salthill Properties v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2011] 2 IR 441
• Moorview Developments v First Active plc [2011] 1 IR 117

Recent Criminal Appeal Judgments

• DPP v Lane [2024] IESC 30 – Supreme Court – Statements by co-accused – “Route to Verdict”
• DPP v John Dundon [2024] IECA 311 – Murder – Newly discovered evidence
• DPP v McQuillan [2024] IECA 249 – Consecutive sentencing
• DPP v RD [2024] IECA 124 – Sentencing of sexual offences
• DPP v GOH & EOH [2023] IECA 300 – Jury questions – Re-charging of jury
• DPP v SA [2023] IECA 171 – Effect of acquired brain injury on sentence – Application of s.40 Domestic Violence Act 2018 to sexual offences
• DPP v MJ [2022] IESC 50, [2023] IESC 4 – Supreme Court – Sentencing principles
• DPP v MOD [2022] IECA 259 – Categorisation of sexual offences
• DPP v Masznicz [2022] IECA 237 – Judge’s charge on legal concept of possession
• DPP v AM [2021] IECA 322 – Use of comparators in sentencing
• DPP v OB [2020] IECA 329 – Weight to be afforded to mitigation in sentencing
• DPP v PB [2020] IECA 158 – Treatment of possibility of collusion in judge’s charge
• DPP v DF [2020] IECA 144 – Jury bias
• DPP v TG [2020] IECA 26 – Delay warning

Recent Criminal Trials (Selected)

• DPP v Kiely – Circuit Criminal Court 2025 – Fraud of c.€2 million (5 weeks)
• DPP v X – Circuit Criminal Court 2023 – Sexual offences (as lead junior counsel, 2 weeks)
• DPP v Silver – Central Criminal Court 2023 – Capital Murder (6 weeks)
• DPP v Y – Circuit Criminal Court 2022 – Sexual offences, multiple complainants (4 weeks)
• DPP v DO – Circuit Criminal Court 2021 – Organised crime, money laundering (6 weeks)
• DPP v Hunter – Special Criminal Court 2020 – Murder (7 weeks)
• DPP v DeBrit – Circuit Criminal Court 2020 – Fraud (3 weeks)
• Central Criminal Court: 13 Rape trials 2020-2024
• Circuit Criminal Court: 11 trials 2020-2025

Recent Civil Cases (Selected Examples)

• Acting for Respondents in the successful mediation of shareholder oppression proceedings in the context of a transnational merger and IPO.
• Acting for a public body in the High Court in the defence of 15 judicial review cases.
• Acting for a professional firm in the successful mediation of a substantial civil fraud claim.
• Advising several public bodies in respect of regulatory, legislative and administrative law matters.
• Acting for a public body in 27 High Court cases.
• Acting in several contentious bankruptcy matters including AIB v Flynn [2022] IECA 60 (substitution of petitioner) and In re O’Neill Unreported, Pilkington J., 29^th January 2021 (treatment of pension fund in bankruptcy estate).