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Case Study: Girl (5) awarded €55k after she fell and struck her head against wall in creche
A five-year-old girl, who will be scarred for life after she struck her head against a wall in a creche, was today awarded €55,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court. Barrister Robert Crowley told the court that Ruth Reilly had been left unattended at Giraffe Childcare Creche, Athlumney Wood, Johnstown, Navan, Co Meath, in October […]
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Appeal courts now signalling end of ‘compo culture’ as awards slashed
A number of personal injury awards by the High Court have been halved by the Court of Appeal, with some criticism of the approach adopted by the original judges. There have been a run of these reductions lately, experts said, in a sign that judges may be changing their approach to injuries awards, whose size […]
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End of Compo Culture
A number of personal injury awards by the High Court have been halved by the Court of Appeal, with some criticism of the approach adopted by the original judges.
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When you get it in the neck
Ever heard of ‘railway spine’? In the 19th century, when trains were much lighter and slower than they are now and crashes were relatively frequent, a particular type of neck pain was first described. Typically suffered by those facing away from the impact when a
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Teen awarded €25,000 over plastic in ice cream
A 15-YEAR-old student, who developed a food aversion after chewing on plastic shards while eating ice cream, has been awarded €25,000 damages. The court heard that in November 2013, Jordan Dwyer and her mother Tara Dwyer bought a cardboard tub of Carte D’Or ice cream at the café section of Applegreen Filling Station on the […]
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Employee awarded €60,000 in compensation as a result of bullying and harassment in her workplace.
Damages were awarded not just on view of injuries sustained from treatment from another employee, but of the overall view which Management had of the plaintiff, where she was branded a “troublemaker“. An employee claimed that they were subject to unacceptable treatment by their Line Manager and that shortly afterwards she was systematically bullied and […]
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Dunnes to pay €23k for slip on potato wedge
A housewife who injured her back and wrist when she slipped and fell on a potato wedge in a Dunnes Stores has been awarded €22,900 in damages. Anna Manning (60) told the Circuit Civil Court that she was in Dunnes Stores in The Mill Centre, Clondalkin, Dublin, in November 2011 when she slipped on something […]
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Legal elites have nobbled the rest of us
The power and privilege of lawyers in this country is excessive and anti-consumer.
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Legal elites have nobbled the rest of us
Nothing sums up the overweening influence of lawyers quite like the revelation that amendments to legislation to reform the profession were sent to a lawyer representative body before they were seen by Cabinet members. That shocking situation was one of the facts to emerge from files obtained by the Irish Times on the unrelenting lobbying […]
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Man whose home was damaged by chimney fire in neighbour’s house is awarded €23,000 damages
David Campbell told the court that when his neighbour Una Ni Bheirn in the summer of 2012 installed a wood burner stove against the shared dividing wall, he could not touch it because it was so hot. Campbell, of Rathmines Park, today said he had also noticed toxic fumes coming into his house. He told […]
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Man whose home was damaged by chimney fire in neighbour’s house is awarded €23,000 damages
A Dublin man, whose home was damaged by a chimney fire in his neighbour’s terraced house, has been awarded €23,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.
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Woman (32) who was attacked by ‘vicious’ Great Dane settles in damages claim
A 32-year-old homemaker, who suffered injuries to her body when she was attacked by a “vicious” dog three years ago, has settled, on undisclosed terms, a €38,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court.
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