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We can help you recover your lost deposit on Spanish Property Investments
An estimated 20,000 Irish investors could be eligible for a refund from uncompleted property developments following a ruling by the Spanish Supreme Court that banks are liable to repay deposits. On December 21, 2015, the court upheld an earlier finding that investors who put down deposits on unfinished off-plan developments were entitled to have their […]
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The Shocking Truth about Electrocution Injuries
No engineering achievement has had a greater impact on human culture than electrical power. As electrical power gains in significance and becomes more vital in today’s modern society, it poses an equal threat in terms of safety. Accidents do and will occur, especially among electrical workers who handle commercial electrical power lines everyday. Recently, the use of electrical power has […]
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The Injuries Board offers no support!
The Injuries Board will not advise you if your case may be statute barred! The case of Patricia Carroll -v- Mater Misericordiae Hospital IEHC 231 is an excellent example of this. The background facts of her case was as follows; Patricia was a housewife and on the 30th May, 2005 she was as an in-patient […]
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Are you being scammed by your insurance company?
Don’t let your insurance company use “replica car parts”. After an accident, some insurance companies are using replica car parts, without notifying policyholders, in an attempt to keep the cost of the repair bills down. The potential savings can be substantial. A replica wing for a Volkswagen Golf costs about £40. A wing made by […]
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Cosmetic Procedure Aboard has gone wrong!
Irish people travelling abroad to avail of cheaper costs of surgical cosmetic procedures has been the subject matter of much press coverage in recent years, with the press particularly taken by the savings which can be achieved versus the costs of privately funding such procedures in this jurisdiction. The website whatclinic.com noted that traffic through […]
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The Injuries Board under assessed my case by €311,736.26
The Claims Board has issued a call for a “realistic review of the 2004 Book of Quantum” following a successful case before The High Court. We represented a 47-year-old man who sustained an accident at work in County Wexford. The man was awarded €38,263.73 by the Injuries Board to compensate him for general damages, pain […]
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Book of Quantum review promised
Conor O’Brien, chief executive of the Injuries Board finally promises a review of the 2004 Book of Quantum! Figures published in the Board’s 2015 Annual Overview show that nearly 34,000 new personal injury claims were submitted to theInjuries Board in 2015, representing a six per cent increase in new claims compared to 2014. Conor O’Brien, […]
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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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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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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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