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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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Flight Delay Compensation
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THE LIABILITY IN TORT OF MINORS AND THE LIABILITY OF PARENTS FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY MINORS IN IRELAND
SECTION 1: THE PRESENT LAW THE LAW IN THIS JURISDICTION (I) Liability of a Minor for his Wrongful Acts (a) General Liability of a Minor in Tort The law of torts is a wide area encompassing several specific branches of liability. Some torts, (e.g. a breach of the rule in Rylands v Fletcher or the obligation imposed […]
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