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Autistic cinema manager wins €12k over discrimination in roster row
An autistic cinema manager who quit when his employer was unable to guarantee him two days off in a row following a months-long dispute over rostering arrangements has secured €12,000 in compensation for disability discrimination. The complainant’s wife gave evidence that her husband’s manager said she “did not consider autism a disability, but a ‘superpower’,” […]
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Northern Ireland exam board boss wins £100,000 settlement
Northern Ireland’s Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) has paid a substantial settlement to its former interim chief executive who complained of sex, race and age discrimination and constructive dismissal. The sum paid to Margaret Farragher, who resigned in June 2022, was not disclosed but was around £100,000, according to BBC News NI. In […]
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High Court: Novel question considered on privilege over advice from retired solicitors
The High Court has determined that no privilege attached to documents allegedly containing legal advice given by a retired solicitor where such advice could not have been provided legitimately by him. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Michael Twomey opined that “one could regard the benefit of privilege (attaching to communications between a […]
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Catriona Crumlish v Health Service Executive – Court of Appeal
On Oct. 15th, The Court of Appeal upheld the High Court decision against Caitriona Crumlish in her claim against Letterkenny University hospital. The plaintiff alleged that there was a failure to detect and diagnose breast cancer in May 2017 resulting in an alleged delay in diagnosis of five months. The plaintiff sought in excess of […]
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Aspiring monk who accused monastery of ‘anti-Traveller prejudice’ loses claim at Workplace Relations Commission
A tribunal has said it has no authority to rule on a claim that an aspiring monk was denied a place in a monastery because he mentioned that his father was a Traveller. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) found it had did not have jurisdiction to consider a complaint by John Malone under the Equal […]
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Cybersecurity Executive Resignation Dispute in Court
A cybersecurity awareness training company claims one of its executives resigned by mutual agreement and told a number of colleagues about it, the High Court heard. Metacompliance Ireland Ltd is being sued by Mairéad Cosgrave, its senior vice-president of product and operations, who claims the purported termination of her employment was in breach of fair procedures and […]
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‘I don’t find them to be credible’: Judge dismisses ‘outrageous’ €60,000 injury claims taken by two women
A woman has received just under €59,000 in personal injury damages from nine cases taken against various insurance companies without ever having to go to court, a judge has heard. Circuit Civil Court judge Michael Walsh threw out two claims by Anne Keenan (66), of Church Drive, Clarecastle, Ennis, Co Clare, and her friend Catherine […]
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Judges to request proof of mediation effort
Judges may increasingly begin to request certificates showing that solicitors have complied with their obligations under the Mediation Act 2017, a conference at the Law Society has heard. Mediation was one of the main topics at the Litigation Committee Annual Update 2024, held in collaboration with Law Society Professional Training (23 October). There was a particular […]
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Lawyers told to pay out €470k over past five years
Lawyers have been told to pay out over €470,000 in compensation and refunds since the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) began handling complaints five years ago, a new report reveals. The LSRA today published its second bi-annual complaints report of 2024 and the 10th since the LSRA took over the receipt and investigation of complaints about solicitors […]
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Court hears case over family photos being taken on son’s first day at school
A plea in court has been made that there be no issues around the taking of a family photo on the first day of school for an estranged couple’s child. At a sitting of the Family Law Court, solicitor, Anne Walsh made the request on behalf of the mother of the boy going into junior […]
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Man with brain damage settles for €14.5m over incorrectly reported heel prick test
A 20-year-old man who has irreversible brain damage after a heel pin prick test as a baby under the national newborn screening programme was incorrectly reported as normal has settled a High Court action for €14.5million. His counsel Pearse Sreenan SC told the High Court the pin prick test taken in the days after birth […]
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High Court: Commercial Court declines jurisdiction of easyJet intellectual property case
The High Court has determined that Ireland is not the appropriate jurisdiction for a trademark infringement and passing off claim by easyJet Group against Cyprus-based Easy Forex. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Michael Twomey opined that “it seems to this Court that when one goes through all the factors indicating that there […]
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