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High Court: Invitation to disapprove PIAB assessment rejected
The High Court has approved a PIAB assessment of €60,000 in respect of severe facial scarring and minor psychological injury suffered by the minor applicant in a road traffic accident.
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Court of Appeal: Hotel appeal against wedding slip and fall award dismissed
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a Cork hotel’s appeal against a €91,000 general damages award to wedding guest who slipped and fell on a wet dancefloor.
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Essential to Avoid Delays in Litigating Claims
The Courts apply a high bar when considering whether to dismiss medical negligence proceedings due to delay. Indeed, in many cases they are allowed to proceed. While the Rooney decision in 2022 showed some departure from that tendency, there remains a high bar for defendants to get claims dismissed.
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Court of Appeal Quashes PIAB Assessment due to Inadequate Information
In Wolfe v PIAB and Mater Misericordiae Hospital the Court of Appeal, overturning a High Court decision, has quashed an assessment made by PIAB and referred the matter back to it for re-consideration.
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The Personal Injury Guidelines – An Update
The Personal Injury Guidelines (‘the Guidelines’) came into operation on 24 April 2021, with the intention of achieving greater consistency in awards for varying types of personal injury. Given that the introduction of the Guidelines is still relatively recent, their operation in practise and their overall impact are still being keenly considered. Constitutionality of the […]
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Court of Appeal: High Court personal injuries award reduced following ‘reality check’
The Court of Appeal has substituted a High Court award totalling €90,000 in general damages for physical and psychological injuries sustained by a woman in a gas explosion at her workplace. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Seamus Noonan commented that when compared with various individual injuries covered by the Personal Injuries […]
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Dublin man who made 12 injury claims tells judge to f**k off after being caught lying
This is the serial litigant who has been awarded €140,000 in multiple personal injury claims and told a judge to “f*** off” after he struck out his latest claim after being caught repeatedly lying on the stand. Dublin man Paul Weldon (57), who has taken 12 separate personal injury claims in 20 years, was seeking […]
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Settlement of €200,000 for girl (12) who sued over alleged delay to hearing loss diagnosis
Lawyers for Caitlin Higgins claims she should have been referred to specialist when she failed distraction test during general health check at seven months old
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Worker awarded €10,500 after she was sacked over ‘hate speech’ Facebook post
Irene Glynn said her employer, the Carlow Dental Centre, gave her no opportunity to defend herself before sacking her
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High Court: State may immediately enforce costs order against litigants who claimed Covid vaccine was Bill Gates’ plan to depopulate Earth
The High Court has refused to place a stay on a costs order obtained against litigants who had brought proceedings alleging that the Covid vaccine was a plan by Bill Gates to depopulate the Earth. The State successfully opposed a motion brought by the litigants for a protective costs order on the basis that the […]
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Employee awarded €2,000 for non-material damage arising from data breach by employer in training video
The Circuit Court has awarded €2,000 to an employee for non-material damage arising from a data breach by his employer. The plaintiff was identifiable in a training video relating to unacceptable work standards which was seen by management. Delivering judgment in the case, His Honour Judge John O’Connor applied the principles from case law (such […]
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High Court: €69,000 for delivery driver injured after stepping into pothole while alighting vehicle
The High Court has awarded €69,000 in damages to a delivery driver who suffered a knee injury after stepping into a pothole while alighting his vehicle. The defendant was Tipperary County Council which was the authority in charge of the road. Delivering an ex tempore judgment in the case, Mr Justice Anthony Barr accepted expert evidence that […]
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