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PIAB ratchets up fees to offset €3.5m deficit
The Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) is hiking case fees from €600 to €1,000 to reduce the multimillion euro budget deficit at the government body.
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€2bn case ‘in flux’ as lawyers seek to drop Russian clients
A lawsuit involving claims of corporate raiding by an oligarch with close links to Russian president Vladimir Putin is in “a state of flux” after two Irish law firms indicated they wished to withdraw from representing Russian defendants.
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€16,500 for woman who walked into doors at workplace and smashed her front teeth
A woman who walked into doors and smashed her front teeth has been awarded more than €16,500 damages. Information technology executive Roseanna McDonald received the award despite having been held partly responsible for an accident at her former workplace. The case of Ms McDonald led Judge Dara Hayes in the Circuit Civil Court today issuing […]
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Personal injury discount rate updated to -1.5 per cent in Northern Ireland
The personal injury discount rate in Northern Ireland has been set to -1.5 per cent following the first review under the new legislative framework established this year.
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Court awards €126,000 to passenger injured when bus braked suddenly
The High Court has awarded €126,000 to a passenger over injuries sustained after the bus she was travelling on came to a sudden stop to avoid a collision.
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Boy who suffered cheek injury during delivery at Rotunda maternity hospital receives €45,000 settlement
A High Court action by a boy who suffered an injury to his cheek during his delivery in the Rotunda maternity hospital in Dublin has been settled for €45,000.
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Aer Lingus pilot whose €387,000 defamation award was cut on appeal to €76,500 has had it increased again by Supreme Court
AN AER LINGUS pilot whose €387,000 defamation award by a jury was cut to €76,500 on appeal has had the award upped to €202,500 by the Supreme Court.
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Man awarded €500 for discrimination after porter at Dublin’s Gresham Hotel insisted he wear a face mask
A man has been awarded €500 for discrimination after being left upset and embarrassed by the insistence of a porter at Dublin’s historic Gresham Hotel that he put on a face mask when he was medically exempt.
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Red Cow Hotel to pay waiter €12,500 after general manager repeatedly called him ‘Chico’
Filipe Ongaro told the Workplace Relations Commission he was so upset by the repeated use of the term that he could not work his shift the following day
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Pepsi worker devastated at being forced to retire at 65 gets €40,000 in age bias case
Pat Cassidy’s Siptu representative said the commission has ordered that the company and union enter discussions on the implementation of a code of practice on longer working.
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Sunway Travel ordered to pay €12,000 over injury from ceiling fan
Man told aparthotel staff twice before accident that fan was dangerous, High Court hears
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Waterford woman’s challenge to personal injury award guidelines to be heard next month
Complainant, who injured her ankle when she tripped and fell on a public footpath, alleges the appropriate awards for the injury she sustained range from €18,000 to €34,000 but the Personal Injuries Assessment Board subsequently awarded her €3,000
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