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Dublin pays out €33.5m to settle personal injury claims
Dublin City Council has paid out more than €33.5 million to settle personal injury claims over the past three years, according to new figures.
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Claimants need to be wary. Here’s why.
In a recent case, defendants issued a costs differential letter to the plaintiff’s solicitors putting them on notice that if the plaintiff failed to achieve an award of damages within the High Court jurisdiction, the defendants would apply to have any award of costs made
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More that £100,000 compensation for abuse survivors after data breach
Dozens of survivors of historical institutional abuse (HIA) in Northern Ireland will receive more than £100,000 in total after their personal information was exposed in a data breach.
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Christopher McCann: Defending a Traveller family in High Court proceedings where civil legal aid is not available
Christopher McCann, solicitor and head of the Traveller legal service at legal rights group FLAC, recounts a High Court case where civil legal aid was not available.
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What they don’t tell you about personal injury award figures
Solicitors report a changed environment since the introduction of new guidelines on personal injuries but still express surprise at Government figures which show a 50 per cent reduction in the level awards just over eleven weeks after the new system came into force.
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Sims fertility clinic ordered to pay former employee €23k compensation over unfair dismissal
The Sims Clinic told the WRC that it made Ms Murphy redundant after it suspended its Egg Donation Programme following the outbreak of Covid-19
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Religious discrimination claim by teacher who tussled with caretaker over school Virgin Mary statue is dismissed
A CARETAKER at a technical institute called a teacher a “disgrace” as the teacher attempted to remove a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the main entrance to the institute.
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Government to establish vaccination injury compensation scheme
The Government says work is under way to establish a compensation scheme for anyone who suffers injury arising from one of the State’s vaccination programmes.
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Design engineer fired over stammer awarded €15,000 in compensation
A Design Engineer for an agricultural machinery manufacturer who was dismissed over his stammer has been awarded €15,000 in compensation.
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NI: Disability harassment case against B&M settled for £5,000 without admission of liability
A man with a learning disability has settled a case alleging disability harassment against retailer B&M for £5,000 without admission of liability with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI).
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€10,000 compensation recommended for woman dismissed for not returning to office due to effects of Covid enforced creche closure
A sports firm here dismissed a credit controller after she could not return to the workplace following a Covid-19 enforced closure of the creche that cared for her two children.
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Amazon to pay damages for dangerous goods sold by independent merchants
Policy change to affect US customers first but will be expanded to other countries soon.
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