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PIAB ratchets up fees to offset €3.5m deficit (via Business Post)
Personal Injuries Assessment Board says cost increase for insurers will expand service and won’t affect premiums https://www.businesspost.ie/legal/piab-ratchets-up-fees-to-offset-eur35m-deficit-395f118a By Michael Brennan, 28th March 2022 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. PIAB charges a fee to insurance companies […]
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€16,500 for woman who walked into doors at workplace and smashed her front teeth (via Independent.ie)
By Ray Managh 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 […]
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Girl who suffered catastrophic brain injury when she was knocked down by speeding doctor awarded €3m (via Independent.ie)
By Tim Healy A girl who suffered a catastrophic brain injury when a car driven by a doctor struck her at a pedestrian crossing has settled a High Court action for almost €3m. Ashleigh Carroll, then 14, was walking to school when she was propelled into the air by the car which had sped along […]
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€2 Billion Legal Action ‘Uncertain’ as Legal Firms Move to Cease Representing Russian Clients
A High Court case, featuring allegations of corporate raiding by a business magnate with reported close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is currently in a state of “uncertainty” following indications from two Irish legal firms that they intend to withdraw representation from Russian defendants. The protracted legal battle involves claims that billionaire Dmitri Mazepin […]
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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 (via Irish Times)
Judges rules there was no contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff By Ellen O’Riordan, 9th March 2022 he 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. In a judgment, Ms Justice Emily Egan found […]
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Irish journalist Pierre Zakrzewski killed in Ukraine after vehicle hit by Russian shelling (via Irish Times)
‘He just never stopped being astonishing with how brave he was,’ says former Dublin classmate By Sarah Burns, 15 March 2022 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/irish-journalist-pierre-zakrzewski-killed-in-ukraine-after-vehicle-hit-by-russian-shelling-1.4827713 An Irish journalist working as a Fox News cameraman, Pierre Zakrzewski, who was killed by Russian shelling in Ukraine on Monday has been described as a passionate and talented individual with an “indomitable” […]
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Security man loses action against Dunnes over fall while trying to fix camera (via Irish Times)
Mohammad Aldasouqi failed to establish a breach of duty of care, judge rules https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/security-man-loses-action-against-dunnes-over-fall-while-trying-to-fix-camera-1.4822726 The High Court has dismissed an action against Dunnes Stores over an incident in which a security manager claimed he fell off a defective ladder when attempting to fix a security camera in a store. Mohammad Aldasouqi, who was a security […]
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Judge dismisses case of girl stung by wasps at Dublin Zoo
In the Circuit Civil Court last week Judge Catherine Staines dismissed a €60,000 claim for damages on behalf of a 17-month-old child who sustained a number of wasp stings at Dublin Zoo. While the zoo did not deny that Aimee Tobin, now 7, Judge Staines said that witnesses for the plaintiff had failed to convince […]
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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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In the High Court case of Philomena Hennessy (the “Plaintiff”) v. Ladbrooks Payments (Ireland) Ltd and Ladbrooks (Ireland) (the “Defendants”, Ms Justice Bolger refused to grant a High Court Injunction seeking to dismiss the Plaintiff’s personal injury case regardless of the fact that
Facts: The Plaintiff was employed by the Defendant as a customer service manager from 22nd April 1998, until her employment was terminated by reason of redundancy on 11th August 2015. Following this, the Defendant and the Plaintiff signed a compromise agreement on 17th July 2015 (“Waiver Agreement”). On 12th May 2016, a personal injury summons […]
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