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Settlement of €25k Awarded to Child (5) After Fracturing Elbow on Halting Site
Although the boy had made a full recovery, the incident had left him with left with a scar of just under two inches due to a surgical procedure.
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Department of Education ‘trying to block compensation for school abuse victims’
The special rapporteur on child protection has accused the Department of Education of trying to limit the number of people eligible for compensation for sexual abuse suffered in primary schools.
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Musgrave joins action seeking redress from credit card firms
British courts ruled ‘interchange fees’ by Visa and Mastercard breach competition laws. Musgrave’s brands include SuperValu, Centra, Mace, Donnybrook Fair and La Rousse. The group is one of the biggest players in the Irish grocery market.
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Young Cork boy settles with Aer Lingus over failure to fly him on ‘Share a dream’ trip
Rian Stack’s mother Orla said afterwards: “We come across things every month. That is the reality for a wheelchair user in Ireland.”
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Litigation trends in the post-Covid world
Back in March 2020, the pandemic brought a halt to all but the most urgent legal proceedings in the Northern Irish courts. Courts had to close, and our legal system went into a period of hibernation as Covid cases spiralled out of control. In a
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Boy settles High Court shoulder injury case for €600,000
A boy who allegedly suffered a shoulder injury at birth has settled a High Court action for €600,000.
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22-year-old man with cerebral palsy who sued over the management of his birth settles High Court action for €11m
A 22-year-old man with cerebral palsy who sued over the management of his birth has settled his High Court action for €11 million.
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Schoolboy scalded by hot chocolate on Ryanair flight gets €20,000 damages
A judge has approved a €20,000 damages settlement to a 12-year-old schoolboy who suffered scald wounds to his right upper thigh during a Ryanair holiday flight.
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Bouncy Castle Accident Compensation of €40k for Boy who Broke Elbow in Fall
€40,000 personal injury compensation has been awarded to a boy who broke his left elbow in an accident involving a bouncy castle.
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Settlements of more than €4.5m approved by the High Court in three cases over swine flu jab
Settlements totalling more than €4.5m were approved by the High Court in three cases over the administering for the swine flu jab which caused sleep disorder.
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Boy who as a toddler fell 15ft through a gap in a handrail to a tiled floor settles court action for €750,000
A boy who, as a toddler, fell 15ft through a gap in a handrail onto a tiled floor in a doctor’s surgery has settled his High Court action for €750,000.
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Man with movement disorder settles case against Kerry hospital for €1.2m
Terence O’Sullivan had sued over his treatment at Kerry General Hospital after he was prescribed the antipsychotic drug Risperidone
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