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New Garda Compensation Act: Are Your Claims Safe?
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New Garda Compensation Act: Are Your Claims Safe?

The Garda Siochana (Compensation) Act 2022 introduces significant changes to the Garda Compensation Scheme, including new application processes, time limits, and involvement of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board.

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The Role of Mediation in Personal Injury Claims: Understanding the PIRB’s New Approach
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The Role of Mediation in Personal Injury Claims: Understanding the PIRB’s New Approach

Discover how the Personal Injuries Resolution Board’s focus on mediation is transforming the resolution process for personal injury claims.

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Uncovering the Real Reason for the Recent 5% Drop in Car Insurance Prices: What’s Behind the Trend?
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Uncovering the Real Reason for the Recent 5% Drop in Car Insurance Prices: What’s Behind the Trend?

Discover how the introduction of new guidelines has forced insurance companies to lower car insurance prices, and learn how to make a claim for compensation in this evolving landscape.

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Motor insurance companies ‘can do more’ to bring down prices – Insurance minister
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Motor insurance companies ‘can do more’ to bring down prices – Insurance minister

Motor insurance premiums fell by just 5% in the first six months of last year.

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Epilim redress scheme would avoid ‘perpetual litigation’
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Epilim redress scheme would avoid ‘perpetual litigation’

Prominent solicitor Michael Boylan calls for an urgent redress scheme for families of children affected by in-utero exposure to the anti-epileptic drug Epilim, as a wave of similar cases is expected to hit the courts

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Guidelines, PTSD, and Justice: Unraveling the Lipinski Case’s Impact on Future Personal Injury Claims
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Guidelines, PTSD, and Justice: Unraveling the Lipinski Case’s Impact on Future Personal Injury Claims

The Lipinski judgment illuminates Judicial Council Guidelines interpretation, especially for PTSD and multiple injuries in personal injury cases, revealing High Court adherence and need for more caselaw.

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Woman awarded €15,000 after being mistaken for shoplifter
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Woman awarded €15,000 after being mistaken for shoplifter

WRC finds shop discriminated against woman on grounds of her disability

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Obese binman loses unfair dismissal claim
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Obese binman loses unfair dismissal claim

Company contended man abandoned his employment by failing to participate in the disciplinary process

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Is Your Bank Hiding Something? New Bill Allows Public Hearings for Consumer Complaints Against Financial Institutions
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Is Your Bank Hiding Something? New Bill Allows Public Hearings for Consumer Complaints Against Financial Institutions

New legislation empowers the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) to hold public hearings for complaints against banks and pension providers. This groundbreaking change aims to ensure consumer protections and maintain transparency in the financial sector.

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Woman who tripped over own dog at pet store loses High Court damages action
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Woman who tripped over own dog at pet store loses High Court damages action

Carole Vickery claimed she broke her leg after tripping on a lip of a doorway at Petzone in Dublin

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New workers’ rights introduced in Work Life Balance Bill
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New workers’ rights introduced in Work Life Balance Bill

New workers’ rights, including domestic violence leave, have been introduced under the Work Life Balance Bill passed by the Oireachtas. Children, equality, disability, integration and youth minister Roderic O’Gorman has today welcomed the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 passing all stages in the Oireachtas. The bill provides for the introduction of new […]

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NI High Court: Personal injury settlement does not form part of bankruptcy estate
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NI High Court: Personal injury settlement does not form part of bankruptcy estate

Northern Ireland’s High Court has determined that a personal injury settlement which a man received two years before his bankruptcy did not form part of the bankruptcy estate.

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