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Boy (7) awarded €40,000 after being trapped in elevator for almost 45 minutes
Jamie Ward suffered serious trauma during incident in Dún Laoghaire flats complex
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Woman whose house gardaí unlawfully entered awarded €78,300
A woman whose home was unlawfully entered by gardaí looking for her boyfriend has been awarded €78,300 by the High Court, The Irish Times reports.
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Northern Ireland building firm fined £15k over father-of-two’s death at excavation site
A Belfast building firm has been fined £15,000 over the death of a man at an excavation site in Rathfriland.
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Just what the doctor ordered
Should a Doctor apologise if they have made a mistake?
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Late docker’s asbestos-linked cancer case settled for €42k
The family of a Dublin docker who died seven years ago from cancer later found to be linked to asbestos dust has settled its High Court action for €42,000. Martin Kelty (68), a father of five and a grandfather of 12 died six to eight months after the cancer was diagnosed. John Nolan BL told […]
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Creche Fall Compensation of €52k Award to Boy (9) Who Broke Thigh Bone
A nine-year-old schoolboy who fractured a bone in his leg at a creche in 2014 was awarded €52,600 creche fall compensation against its the operators of the establishment.
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Family of docker who died of asbestos-linked cancer settles case for €42,000
The family of a Dublin docker who died seven years ago from cancer later found to be linked to asbestos dust has settled its High Court action for €42,000.
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Farmer with multiple sclerosis awarded €31,000 in unfair dismissal case
A farmer with multiple sclerosis who was told not to come back to work until he provided his employer with a letter confirming his fitness to drive has been awarded €31,000 in the Workplace Relations Commission.
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Girl awarded €35,000 after breaking ankle
A 17-year-old schoolgirl who broke her ankle when she stepped in a pothole while playing in her back yard of her local authority home has been awarded €35,000 damages.
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Guidance On Home Insurance Claims
No-one wants to have to claim on their home insurance – it means that something must have gone badly wrong.
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WOMAN IS AWARDED €150K AFTER BRUTAL ATTACK BY EX-PARTNER
A 35-year-old mother has won €150,000 compensation from her ex-partner following a brutal assault in which every bone in her face was broken. The attacker was also warned not even to look in the direction of his victim again. The High Court had heard that Jessica Bowes begged for her life as she was punched […]
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Domestic Abuse: Woman is awarded €150K after brutal attack by ex-partner
A 35-year-old mother has won €150,000 compensation from her ex-partner following a brutal assault in which every bone in her face was broken.
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