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Burglars will no longer be able to claim for suffering injury (via Independent.ie)
The Cabinet has agreed to amend insurance legislation in order to make it harder for personal injuries claimants to take legal action against businesses and community groups The move will also limit circumstances where a court can impose liability on the occupier of a premises where a person has entered it to commit an offence. […]
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Factory worker injured by falling glass awarded damages
James Molloy sustained compression injuries and lacerations to his lower limbs
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Hospital caterer challenges award under new personal injury guidelines
Personal injuries board failed to give adequate reasons for award, woman claims
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Hospital caterer challenges award under new personal injury guidelines (via Irish Times)
Personal injuries board failed to give adequate reasons for award, woman claims A challenge by a hospital catering assistant to a proposed €11,000 damages award under controversial new guidelines for soft tissue injuries suffered after an oven fell onto her opens on Tuesday at the High Court. The award was made to Tara Wolfe by […]
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Bride’s wedding dress was stained with blood after she helped guest injured in golf-buggy accident (via Independent.ie)
A bride’s wedding dress was stained with blood after she helped one of her guests who was thrown from a buggy and injured at her wedding reception at Kilkea Castle Hotel in Kildare, the Circuit Civil Court has heard. Judge Gerard Griffin awarded graphic designer David Keane €17,500 after hearing how the driver of the […]
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Factory worker injured by falling glass awarded damages (via The Irish Times)
A glass factory worker who sustained injuries to his lower limbs after being struck and knocked to the ground by several sheets of glass that fell from a trolley has been awarded a six-figure sum in damages by the High Court. The award, which has yet to be finalised by Mr Justice Garrett Simons, was […]
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Doctor’s registration cancelled due to ‘lack of expertise’ (via The Irish Times)
A doctor whose professional registration has been cancelled by the High Court may in time apply to have it restored once the Medical Council is satisfied by his training and competence. President of the High Court, Ms Justice Mary Irvine, noted the cancellation of the registration of Dr Francis Chijioke Megwa was due to a […]
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Distillery had legitimate expectation that pandemic supply of sanitiser would be free from excise duty
The High Court has ruled that a gin distiller who produced hand sanitiser during the beginning of the Covid pandemic had a legitimate expectation that the product would be free from excise duty. The court held that there was an implied representation by the Revenue Commissioners that no excise duty would be applied arising from […]
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Irish woman’s legal action against singer Rihanna for alleged ‘malicious falsehoods’ in email and phone call to go ahead (via Independent.ie)
An Irish woman’s High Court action against the singer Rihanna is continuing after certain pre-trial matters were resolved on Tuesday. Dana Kavanagh (47) is suing the US-based singer alleging “malicious falsehoods” in an email and in a phone call. Ms Kavanagh of Woodbank Drive, Valley Park, Finglas, Dublin is suing the billionaire singer under the […]
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Seven-month delay in bringing third-party proceedings was not unreasonable
The High Court has refused to set aside third-party proceedings in personal injuries proceedings where it was claimed that the defendant had delayed by two years in joining the third party. The court determined that the defendant had acted reasonably by waiting for replies to particulars and gathering evidence before bringing the joinder application.
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Boy (13) settles case over ‘fairly violent’ road collision for €4 million (via Irish Times)
A 13-year-old boy who the High Court heard was in “a fairly violent” road collision in Co Cork five years ago has settled his court action for €4 million. Among Darragh O’Regan’s claims against the HSE was an allegation that his pre-existing brain cyst was perforated in the accident. A portion of his case was […]
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Married couple trying for baby forced to abandon sexual relations for six months following needle incident on train (via Independent.ie)
A married couple, who were participating in a fertility treatment regime in a bid to have children, were forced to abandon sexual relations for six months following a needle-stick incident suffered by the husband on a train, the Circuit Civil Court was told today. Kenneth Flanagan, of Pearse Place, Fairgreen, Limerick, told Judge James O’Donohue […]
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