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Bill enabling barristers and solicitors to provide joint legal services looms (via Irish Legal News)
A bill to allow barristers and solicitors to jointly provide legal services will soon be published, Justice Minister Helen McEntee has said. The general scheme for the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 was first published in June 2021. Its provisions governing the introduction of new legal partnerships are meant to address gaps […]
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High Court: Applicant fails in challenge to PIAB assessment based on inadequate reasoning for €11,000 award (via Irish Legal News)
The High Court has dismissed a challenge to an award by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) where the applicant claimed that inadequate reasons were provided for its decision. The applicant had an application for compensation assessed at €11,000 and it was claimed that PIAB did not properly outline how the Personal Injuries Guidelines were […]
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Man (20) settles €6m action over delay in diagnosing brain tumour (via Irish Times)
The case against the HSE claimed 14-year-old only received tumour diagnosis after obtaining private MRI scan A 20-year-old man who sued over a five-month delay in diagnosing his brain tumour has settled his High Court action for more than €6 million. During the five months, his mother “besieged” Cork University Hospital (CUH) for help for […]
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Court dismisses Dunnes Stores appeal over slip and fall payout (via Irish Times)
Decision to award some €83,000 in damages to a woman over an accident at a Dublin store in 2013 is upheld Dunnes Stores has lost an appeal against an €83,000 award of damages to a woman who slipped and fell in one of its stores. The High Court had made the award to 60-year-old Doris […]
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High Court rejects challenge to PI guidelines (Via Law Society)
The Government and the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) have welcomed a High Court judgment that rejected a legal challenge to the Personal Injuries Guidelines. The case was taken by Bridget Delaney, who was awarded €3,000 by PIAB for injuries sustained after a fall in Dungarvan, Co Waterford in 2019. She had been advised that, […]
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GDPR – Data Across Borders
We love to travel, and so does our data – or rather, companies want to send our data around the world. A look on the international transfer of personal data and notes that new standard contractual clauses have increased due-diligence obligations on data exporters.
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Nearly 300 barristers petition justice minister over ‘unsustainable’ District Court fees (via Irish Legal News)
Nearly 300 barristers have signed a letter to the justice minister, Helen McEntee, calling for an urgent review of “unsustainable” and “uneconomic” fees for criminal work in the District Court. The petition seeks the “immediate full and long overdue unwinding of cuts to rates of pay for criminal legal aid services”, as well as direct […]
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Body-building garda withdraws injury claims after weightlifting video shown in court (via Independent.ie)
This (please see link below) is the bodybuilding garda who withdrew two separate personal injury claims after video was played in the High Court showing her lifting weights exceeding 40kg. Jessica Feeney withdrew the claims on the third day of her civil actions after Mr Justice Cian Ferritter noted his concerns relating to issues which […]
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Insurers urged to deliver cuts after challenge to guidelines slashing minor injury awards fails (via Irish Times)
Personal Injuries Assessment Board hopes ruling will lead to more cases resolved without litigation Insurers have been urged to “deliver their part of the bargain” by reducing insurance costs following the rejection of a lead challenge to new guidelines slashing awards for minor personal injuries. The Alliance for Insurance Reform issued the call when welcoming […]
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High Court rejects lead challenge over new guidelines slashing awards for minor injuries (via The Irish Times)
Level of damages a matter ‘for society in general’ not just plaintiffs and defendants, judge says The lead case challenging the constitutionality of the law under which new guidelines slashing awards for minor personal injuries by up to 50 per cent came into effect has been dismissed by the High Court. In rejecting the challenge […]
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