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Taoiseach: Magdalene payout details within two weeks
A planned compensation scheme for survivors of the Magdalene laundries will be published in the next two weeks, the Taoiseach has confirmed.
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Tilting at windmills not within PIAB job specifications
On Tuesday 26 March, Patricia Byron, CEO of the Injuries Board, gave an interview on RTÉ’s flagship news programme, Morning Ireland
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Insurers strangely quiet on plan to raise award limits
Here is an interesting question. Why are the insurance companies not up in arms at the Government’s plans to increase the size of awards that can be made by the Circuit and District Courts? The Courts Bill 2013 will, if passed, increase the monetary limit of the Circuit Court to €75,000 from €38,092, and the […]
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Insurers strangely quiet on plan to raise award limits
Why are the insurance companies not up in arms at the Government’s plans to increase the size of awards that can be made by the Circuit and District Courts?
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£412,500 for patient infected with MRSA
A former London Underground station supervisor has received £412,500 in compensation after contracting MRSA in an open wound following a hip operation.
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£412,500 for patient infected with MRSA
Compensation for MRSA Infection A former London Underground station supervisor has received £412,500 in compensation after contracting MRSA in an open wound following a hip operation. The 62-year-old from Middlesex now has no left hip joint and has lost 3 and a half inches in height after he caught the infection while he was being […]
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Dad not allowed invest €25k awarded to his children after car accident, court rules
A judge has refused to allow a man personally deal with the investment of €25,000 damages awarded to his three young children.
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Dad not allowed invest €25k awarded to his children after car accident, court rules
A judge has refused to allow a man personally deal with the investment of €25,000 damages awarded to his three young children. After the children were awarded the money as compensation for personal injuries they suffered in a rear-ending road accident, Neil Morrison asked Judge Matthew Deery if he could transfer the money into sterling […]
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Compensation for Late Diagnosis of Brain Tumour Approved in High Court
A young student, who was left severely disabled after an alleged delay in diagnosing a tumour, has had a settlement of compensation for the late diagnosis of a brain tumour approved at the High Court.
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Compensation for Late Diagnosis of Brain Tumour Approved in High Court
A young student, who was left severely disabled after an alleged delay in diagnosing a tumour, has had a settlement of compensation for the late diagnosis of a brain tumour approved at the High Court. Seamus Walshe Jnr (27) of Taylor´s Hill, Galway, was a third-level construction studies student when – in 2006 – he […]
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Thalidomide cases may yet end up in High Court
The personal injuries claims being filed in a ‘class action’ against the State by members of the Irish Thalidomide Association (ITA) could well end up before the High Court. The Association, which represents 25 of the 32 thalidomide survivors, has said it would commence legal action against the State for recompense, with all its members […]
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