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More that £100,000 compensation for abuse survivors after data breach
Dozens of survivors of historical institutional abuse (HIA) in Northern Ireland will receive more than £100,000 in total after their personal information was exposed in a data breach.
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Employment: Dismissal and Redundancy in Ireland
Discontinuing Employment
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Compensation Culture in Ireland?
The current perception is that Ireland has a burgeoning compensation culture fuelled by people in their masses lodging both genuine and not so genuine claims.
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Enhanced Disclosure for Personal Injury Litigants
In every personal injuries case, the parties are obliged to provide full and detailed particulars of the factual bases of their claims.[1] The Court of Appeal has considered how a number of personal injury cases were pleaded in practice and the intention of the legislature when
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In your face
Have you been seriously injured in an accident that wasn’t your fault? Yes? Well then, you probably shouldn’t publish photographs of you taking part in a triathlon on your Facebook page if you’re going to take a claim.
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Christopher McCann: Defending a Traveller family in High Court proceedings where civil legal aid is not available
Christopher McCann, solicitor and head of the Traveller legal service at legal rights group FLAC, recounts a High Court case where civil legal aid was not available.
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Compensation for Pressure Sores?
Pressure sores or bedsores are a painful and energy-draining illness that can cause serious issues. They develop within a very short space of time and whilst they are most commonly associated with older people, they present a risk to anyone who finds themselves immobile for
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What they don’t tell you about personal injury award figures
Solicitors report a changed environment since the introduction of new guidelines on personal injuries but still express surprise at Government figures which show a 50 per cent reduction in the level awards just over eleven weeks after the new system came into force.
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Sims fertility clinic ordered to pay former employee €23k compensation over unfair dismissal
The Sims Clinic told the WRC that it made Ms Murphy redundant after it suspended its Egg Donation Programme following the outbreak of Covid-19
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Religious discrimination claim by teacher who tussled with caretaker over school Virgin Mary statue is dismissed
A CARETAKER at a technical institute called a teacher a “disgrace” as the teacher attempted to remove a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the main entrance to the institute.
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Government to establish vaccination injury compensation scheme
The Government says work is under way to establish a compensation scheme for anyone who suffers injury arising from one of the State’s vaccination programmes.
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Spotlight: alternatives to litigation in Ireland
Alternatives to litigation
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