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Play centre worker awarded €32k for injuries suffered in slip and fall
A FORMER part time worker in a children’s play centre has been awarded €32,000 for injuries she sustained after she slipped and fell on a wet floor while at work.
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How investigators use Facebook to snare insurance fraudsters
One of the country’s top insurance companies says it has witnessed a 25pc increase in “claims fraud detection” in the last two years.
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UPC worker who injured elbow after slipping on ladder awarded almost €27k
A 37-year-old network technician, who injured his right elbow while installing UPC cables on a house, has been awarded damages in the Circuit Civil Court.
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Irish Rail has must warn customers to ‘mind the gap’
Irish Rail has an “absolute requirement” to warn its customers to mind gaps between trains and platforms when getting on and off trains, a Circuit Civil Court has said.
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How banks have been shafting customers on tracker mortgages
Banks have been doling out apologies after it was discovered that the bank failed to ensure its tracker mortgage customers were paying interest at the low rates to which they were entitled.
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Government drawing up plans for national indemnity scheme
The Government is drawing up plans to introduce a new national indemnity scheme to protect farmers and landowners in the event that someone is injured on their land.
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Going to Court: the reality.
Going to court – the very thought of it conjures up nerves for many people. From watching court on our TV screens and cinemas, we think we have a real picture of what goes on there every day. We’re glad to report that most personal injury claims are settled without setting foot inside a court. […]
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Appeal courts now signalling end of ‘compo culture’ as awards slashed
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. There have been a run of these reductions lately, experts said, in a sign that judges may be changing their approach to injuries awards, whose size […]
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When you get it in the neck
Ever heard of ‘railway spine’? In the 19th century, when trains were much lighter and slower than they are now and crashes were relatively frequent, a particular type of neck pain was first described. Typically suffered by those facing away from the impact when a
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Legal elites have nobbled the rest of us
The power and privilege of lawyers in this country is excessive and anti-consumer.
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Legal elites have nobbled the rest of us
Nothing sums up the overweening influence of lawyers quite like the revelation that amendments to legislation to reform the profession were sent to a lawyer representative body before they were seen by Cabinet members. That shocking situation was one of the facts to emerge from files obtained by the Irish Times on the unrelenting lobbying […]
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Man whose home was damaged by chimney fire in neighbour’s house is awarded €23,000 damages
David Campbell told the court that when his neighbour Una Ni Bheirn in the summer of 2012 installed a wood burner stove against the shared dividing wall, he could not touch it because it was so hot. Campbell, of Rathmines Park, today said he had also noticed toxic fumes coming into his house. He told […]
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