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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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Man whose home was damaged by chimney fire in neighbour’s house is awarded €23,000 damages
A Dublin man, whose home was damaged by a chimney fire in his neighbour’s terraced house, has been awarded €23,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.
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Woman (32) who was attacked by ‘vicious’ Great Dane settles in damages claim
A 32-year-old homemaker, who suffered injuries to her body when she was attacked by a “vicious” dog three years ago, has settled, on undisclosed terms, a €38,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court.
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€1m settlement for man injured in car park fall
A 32-YEAR old man who claimed he had been left with a brain injury after he tripped and fell in a car park at night has settled his High Court action for €1m.
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Woman (32) who was attacked by ‘vicious’ Great Dane settles in damages claim
A 32-year-old homemaker, who suffered injuries to her body when she was attacked by a “vicious” dog three years ago, has settled, on undisclosed terms, a €38,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court. Lorraine Thompson today told the court that she had been visiting a friend, Lindsay, at Hampton Wood Road, Hampton Wood, Finglas, […]
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€1m settlement for man injured in car park fall
A 32-YEAR old man who claimed he had been left with a brain injury after he tripped and fell in a car park at night has settled his High Court action for €1m. James O'Sullivan fell between 12 and 20ft on to wasteland after tripping on the base unit of fencing at the public car […]
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€2m payout for boy who suffered injury at birth
A FOUR-year-old boy who suffered brain injuries at birth is to receive an interim payment of €2m under a High Court settlement. The hospital where Dylan Kenny was born has also apologised to the parents of the child. Waterford Regional Hospital said it sincerely regretted the injuries caused to Dylan and "the undoubted trauma which […]
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€2m payout for boy who suffered injury at birth
A FOUR-year-old boy who suffered brain injuries at birth is to receive an interim payment of €2m under a High Court settlement.
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Widow awarded €520,000 after late husband bled to death following pharmacy treatment
A MAN bled to death after he was given a mouth gel in a pharmacy which reacted to medication he was already on, the High Court heard. Donal ‘Donie’ Kelleher's widow Ann settled her action for damages over his death on September 29, 2003, for more than €520,000. Mr Kelleher (63) of Mogeely, Co Cork, […]
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Accident victim accused of mounting sham case
A Polish man suing his employer and a motorist for compensation from two accidents was accused yesterday of mounting a sham case and misleading everyone from lawyers, doctors and the defence to the High Court judge hearing the case. Tomasz Ewertowski, of Forrest Ridge Crescent, Wilton, Cork, said at the end of the third day […]
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Widow awarded €520,000 after late husband bled to death following pharmacy treatment
A MAN bled to death after he was given a mouth gel in a pharmacy which reacted to medication he was already on, the High Court heard.
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