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Time for the Government to come down heavily on insurers for not passing on cuts
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Time for the Government to come down heavily on insurers for not passing on cuts

There is no evidence yet that insurance costs are falling.

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Scepticism expressed by solicitors over personal injury award figures
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Scepticism expressed by solicitors over personal injury award figures

Practitioners surprised by announcement but accept that guidelines have had impact

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Personal injuries claim not statute-barred following supplemental application to PIAB to join a defendant
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Personal injuries claim not statute-barred following supplemental application to PIAB to join a defendant

The High Court has allowed an appeal against a Circuit Court ruling that a personal injuries claim was statute-barred against a set of defendants.

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Offaly woman attacked by pitbull terrier gets €122,000 in damages
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Offaly woman attacked by pitbull terrier gets €122,000 in damages

A YOUNG WOMAN left with a permanent scar after having a portion of her arm bitten off by a pit-bull terrier while visiting a friend’s house has been awarded almost €122,000 in damages.

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Average personal injury payouts decrease by 50pc in last number of months, Cabinet ministers to be told
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Average personal injury payouts decrease by 50pc in last number of months, Cabinet ministers to be told

New compensation laws came into place on April 24 of this year. Personal injury payouts have halved since the new laws kicked in.

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€250,000 for widow of man who was killed on stag do
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€250,000 for widow of man who was killed on stag do

The widow of a Welshman who died at a stag weekend in Galway has settled a High Court action for €250,000.

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‘Inappropriate’ for building company to suggest alcohol was a factor in woman’s fall on site – judge
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‘Inappropriate’ for building company to suggest alcohol was a factor in woman’s fall on site – judge

A judge has told a Dublin building company it was entirely inappropriate of them to suggest that a woman, who fell over site works and broke her wrist, had admitted she had been under the influence of alcohol at the time. Judge Kathryn Hutton told Gowna Construction Limited there was no evidence to substantiate its […]

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High Court to assess compensation for couple over wrongful termination of healthy pregnancy
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High Court to assess compensation for couple over wrongful termination of healthy pregnancy

The High Court is to assess compensation in the case over the alleged wrongful termination of a healthy pregnancy as a result of the parents being wrongly advised of a fatal foetal abnormality.

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Caretaker awarded €95,000 for back problem sustained emptying bin
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Caretaker awarded €95,000 for back problem sustained emptying bin

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Boy (11) settles court action for €7.5m after suing Temple Street Children’s Hospital claiming there was a delay in diagnosing a brain tumour
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Boy (11) settles court action for €7.5m after suing Temple Street Children’s Hospital claiming there was a delay in diagnosing a brain tumour

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Woman injured after hotel lift plummeted to ground settles High Court action
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Woman injured after hotel lift plummeted to ground settles High Court action

Woman, her husband and three family members in lift when it fell three floors

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Settlement of €15m in case of woman injured while passenger in car
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Settlement of €15m in case of woman injured while passenger in car

A 22-year-old woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury as a child when she was in a car which crashed while being driven by her father, has settled a High Court action for €15 million.

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