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Scepticism expressed by solicitors over personal injury award figures
Practitioners surprised by announcement but accept that guidelines have had impact
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People with oil-fuelled heating urged to check their tanks, after surge in claims for dangerous leaks that cost €40k to repair
People with oil-fuelled properties are being urged to check their tanks following a nearly 50 per cent increase in insurance claims for leaks.
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Personal injuries claim not statute-barred following supplemental application to PIAB to join a defendant
The High Court has allowed an appeal against a Circuit Court ruling that a personal injuries claim was statute-barred against a set of defendants.
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Offaly woman attacked by pitbull terrier gets €122,000 in damages
A YOUNG WOMAN left with a permanent scar after having a portion of her arm bitten off by a pit-bull terrier while visiting a friend’s house has been awarded almost €122,000 in damages.
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Average personal injury payouts decrease by 50pc in last number of months, Cabinet ministers to be told
New compensation laws came into place on April 24 of this year. Personal injury payouts have halved since the new laws kicked in.
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Two recent milestones in Japanese knotweed litigation
In the landmark case of Williams & Waistell v Network Rail a Cardiff Court found Network Rail responsible for an actionable nuisance for failing to take steps to prevent Japanese knotweed from blighting properties lying close to its railway embankment. Network Rail appealed and the
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€250,000 for widow of man who was killed on stag do
The widow of a Welshman who died at a stag weekend in Galway has settled a High Court action for €250,000.
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‘Inappropriate’ for building company to suggest alcohol was a factor in woman’s fall on site – judge
A judge has told a Dublin building company it was entirely inappropriate of them to suggest that a woman, who fell over site works and broke her wrist, had admitted she had been under the influence of alcohol at the time. Judge Kathryn Hutton told Gowna Construction Limited there was no evidence to substantiate its […]
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High Court to assess compensation for couple over wrongful termination of healthy pregnancy
The High Court is to assess compensation in the case over the alleged wrongful termination of a healthy pregnancy as a result of the parents being wrongly advised of a fatal foetal abnormality.
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Caretaker awarded €95,000 for back problem sustained emptying bin
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Boy (11) settles court action for €7.5m after suing Temple Street Children’s Hospital claiming there was a delay in diagnosing a brain tumour
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default”]An 11-year-old boy who had sued claiming there was a delay in diagnosing a brain tumour when he was a toddler has settled his High Court action for €7.5m.The boy, who cannot be named
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Woman injured after hotel lift plummeted to ground settles High Court action
Woman, her husband and three family members in lift when it fell three floors
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