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High Court rejects challenge to PI guidelines
The Government and the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) have welcomed a High Court judgment that rejected a legal challenge to the Personal Injuries Guidelines.
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Body-building garda withdraws injury claims after weightlifting video shown in court
A bodybuilding garda who withdrew two separate personal injury claims after video was played in the High Court showing her lifting weights exceeding 40kg.
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Man settles High Court case for €6m over five-month delay in diagnosing his brain tumour
A man who sued over a five-month delay in diagnosing his brain tumour when he was a teenager has settled his High Court action for more than €6m.
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High Court rejects challenge to PI guidelines (Via Law Society)
The Government and the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) have welcomed a High Court judgment that rejected a legal challenge to the Personal Injuries Guidelines. The case was taken by Bridget Delaney, who was awarded €3,000 by PIAB for injuries sustained after a fall in Dungarvan, Co Waterford in 2019. She had been advised that, […]
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GDPR – Data Across Borders
We love to travel, and so does our data – or rather, companies want to send our data around the world. A look on the international transfer of personal data and notes that new standard contractual clauses have increased due-diligence obligations on data exporters.
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Nearly 300 barristers petition justice minister over ‘unsustainable’ District Court fees (via Irish Legal News)
Nearly 300 barristers have signed a letter to the justice minister, Helen McEntee, calling for an urgent review of “unsustainable” and “uneconomic” fees for criminal work in the District Court. The petition seeks the “immediate full and long overdue unwinding of cuts to rates of pay for criminal legal aid services”, as well as direct […]
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Woman awarded €16,400 in fall from defective chair in Supermacs
A woman who claimed she injured her buttock, back and abdomen when she hit the ground, having fallen from a defective chair in Supermacs, has won her case for damages despite CCTV showing she did not impact the ground during the incident.
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Body-building garda withdraws injury claims after weightlifting video shown in court (via Independent.ie)
This (please see link below) is the bodybuilding garda who withdrew two separate personal injury claims after video was played in the High Court showing her lifting weights exceeding 40kg. Jessica Feeney withdrew the claims on the third day of her civil actions after Mr Justice Cian Ferritter noted his concerns relating to issues which […]
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Jury fails to reach agreement in Michael Lynn’s multimillion-euro theft case
Judge discharges panel and remands former solicitor on continuing bail until June 20th
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Insurers urged to deliver cuts after challenge to guidelines slashing minor injury awards fails (via Irish Times)
Personal Injuries Assessment Board hopes ruling will lead to more cases resolved without litigation Insurers have been urged to “deliver their part of the bargain” by reducing insurance costs following the rejection of a lead challenge to new guidelines slashing awards for minor personal injuries. The Alliance for Insurance Reform issued the call when welcoming […]
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Personal injury claims related to allegedly staged road crash struck out
Judge Karen Fergus said no wonder insurance premiums so high given time and expense spent on failed cases
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High Court rejects lead challenge over new guidelines slashing awards for minor injuries (via The Irish Times)
Level of damages a matter ‘for society in general’ not just plaintiffs and defendants, judge says The lead case challenging the constitutionality of the law under which new guidelines slashing awards for minor personal injuries by up to 50 per cent came into effect has been dismissed by the High Court. In rejecting the challenge […]
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