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Ryanair loses appeal over compensation for flights cancelled due to strikes
Ryanair has lost an appeal against an English court ruling that it must compensate customers whose flights are cancelled as a result of strike action.
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Claire Edgar discusses parental alienation at Safeguarding Board NI event
Francis Hanna & Co’s family law partner Claire Edgar presented a talk at the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland event last week entitled “Refusing Contact and Parental Alienation”.
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My husband died. Then his father asked me to pay back a £200,000 house deposit.
A sudden death can cause extra heartache when money is involved. Imogen Tew hears both sides of a family’s story https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nic-died-then-his-dad-asked-me-to-pay-back-a-200-000-house-deposit-s77x8zprm January 29 2022, The Sunday Times The partner’s story Things did not go to plan on Alex and Nic’s first date. Alex Delaney, a 24-year-old who worked for a charity in London, had agreed […]
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England: Woman tricked into relationship with spycop awarded £230k payout
An activist who was deceived into a long-term intimate and sexual relationship with an undercover Metropolitan Police officer has been awarded a nearly £230,000 payout by a tribunal. https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/england-woman-tricked-into-relationship-with-spycop-awarded-ps230k-payout The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ruled that Kate Wilson should be paid a sum of £229,471.96 by the Metropolitan Police and the National Police Chiefs’ Council […]
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Inquest into death of fishermen who drowned heard boat sank ‘extremely quickly’
Coroner Sean Nixon said the tragic incident highlighted the ‘bravery of our fishing fleets’ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/coroner-s-court/inquest-into-death-of-fishermen-who-drowned-heard-boat-sank-extremely-quickly-1.4745992 The inquest into the deaths of two fishermen who drowned when the Alize went down off Hook Head in Wexford in January 2020 heard the boat sank “extremely quickly”. The inquest returned verdicts of accidental death by drowning in the […]
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Cardi B awarded over £2m in damages in defamation case win
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-60124769 Cardi B has been awarded over £2 million in damages after winning a defamation lawsuit against a YouTuber. The rapper and songwriter, known for songs including I Like It, Money and WAP, was subjected to a “malicious campaign” of false accusations by Latasha Kebe, known online as Tasha K. Kebe hosts gossip site UnWineWithTashaK […]
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Fake Irish Passport Discovered After Road Traffic Accident Involving Asylum Seeker
A volunteer pastor and asylum seeker was apprehended with a counterfeit passport following a Garda investigation into a road traffic collision. Abraham Ayendi (47), a father of five, received a four-year driving disqualification and a total fine of €800 when he appeared before Dublin District Court. Judge Bryan Smyth imposed the penalties after Ayendi, residing […]
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Senator wants fines and jail time for people who make false insurance claims
Independent Senator Ronan Mullen plans to end the risk-free injuries assessment roulette wheel where lying carries no penalty.
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Man says deaths of wife and baby could have been avoided if epilepsy guidelines followed
Inquest into deaths of Marie Downey and four-day-old Darragh at CUMH taking place https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/coroner-s-court/man-says-deaths-of-wife-and-baby-could-have-been-avoided-if-epilepsy-guidelines-followed-1.4730241 By Olivia Kelleher for The Irish Times A man whose wife and newborn son died at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) has told their inquest he believes they would still be alive if staff had followed guidelines for the care of […]
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School building that had serious structural and fire safety defects built in just 20 weeks when usual time was 60, court hears
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/school-building-that-had-serious-structural-and-fire-safety-defects-built-in-just-20-weeks-when-usual-time-was-60-court-hears-41276851.html By Tim Healy for Independent.ie A school building which suffered from serious structural and fire safety defects was built in just 20 weeks when the usual time to do so is 60 weeks, the High Court has heard. Co Tyrone builders, Western Building Systems Ltd, achieved the “record” 20 week construction time throu
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High Court requests ‘outstanding issues’ be resolved before it determines Covid pub damages
The High Court has clarified certain issues raised in four publicans’ ongoing test actions over FBD’s failure to pay out on business disruption claims caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Motorcyclist who hit crowd control barrier in place for community festival settles case
57-year-old fractured elbow when he came off bike on his way to work at Dublin airport https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/motorcyclist-who-hit-crowd-control-barrier-in-place-for-community-festival-settles-case-1.4781577 A motorcyclist who was injured when his bike hit a crowd-control barrier allegedly left on a roadway for a community festival has settled his High Court action. Des Kearns (57), of Wooddale Road, Rush, Co Dublin, sued Fingal […]
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