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Personal injury reforms to come into effect next week
Dara Calleary, minister of state for trade promotion and digital transformation at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, has signed a commencement order providing for certain provisions of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Act 2022 to come into force from 13 February 2023. From Monday, where a claim proceeds to litigation, a PIAB assessment that has […]
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Most Supreme Court judges conflicted for key personal injury guidelines appeal
Three Court of Appeal judges drafted in to hear appeal over controversial guidelines slashing damages
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Co Down woman on climbing Africa’s tallest peak to highlight parental alienation
A Co Down woman has opened up about the long and painful journey from her couch to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro for a cause close to her heart. Gemma Weir, from Donaghadee, has just climbed Africa’s highest mountain to raise money for a parental alienation charity, something she deals with every day. The mammoth trek was […]
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Cyclist sues council alleging serious injuries caused when bike struck road defect (Via Irish Times)
The council says there was no misfeasance on its part and if there was a road defect this was normal wear and tear A cyclist is suing Dublin City Council over injuries allegedly sustained when his bike struck a defect in the road surface. Patrick Sheeran, of Bellevue Park Avenue, Dublin, says he was thrown […]
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Former judge to face personal injury case over alleged pursuit of woman for sexual relationship
Personal injury proceedings are to be taken against a former District Court judge alleged to have abused his position to pursue a vulnerable woman for a sexual relationship. A solicitor for the woman told the Irish Independent that proceedings would issue in the next fortnight against Judge James O’Connor, the Courts Service, the Justice Minister and the Attorney […]
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Boy who allegedly tripped and hit head on utility box settles High Court action
Ryan McCarthy was three-years-old when the accident allegedly occurred on March 4th, 2013, at or near the Social Welfare Offices in Clondalkin, Dublin.
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Farmer suing over bull injury must disclose medical records to mart
Court rules medical records in months following accident are ‘not only relevant but invariably crucial’ to claim A farmer suing a mart over alleged injuries to his shin caused by a bull has been ordered by the court to provide the mart with his medical records for five months after the alleged accident. James Egan, […]
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Dozens of amateur rugby players send brain injury letter of claim to rugby authorities
‘The claimants are asking the rugby governing bodies to make a number of immediate changes to save the sport’ A letter of claim has been sent to World Rugby, the English Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union by more than 55 amateur rugby players over a potential brain injury lawsuit. The group includes […]
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Dozens of amateur rugby players send brain injury letter of claim to rugby authorities (Via Irish Times)
‘The claimants are asking the rugby governing bodies to make a number of immediate changes to save the sport’ A letter of claim has been sent to World Rugby, the English Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union by more than 55 amateur rugby players over a potential brain injury lawsuit. The group includes […]
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Furniture designer, 30, who found Japanese knotweed behind his shed when he moved into his £700k dream home successfully sues seller and leaves him facing £200,000 court bill after he denied plant was growing in garden
A furniture designer who bought his £700,000 dream home only to find Japanese knotweed lurking behind the garden shed (pictured) has successfully sued the seller
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‘Fierce shortage of judges’ causes personal injuries case to be delayed (Via Irish Times)
Judge forced to abandon case mid-action to work on family law list Judge Kathryn Hutton highlighted the shortage of judges on Monday when she had to abandon a personal injuries case mid-action in order to tackle the family law list. The judge had been hearing a case in the Circuit Civil Court when she received […]
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Sharp fall in High Court personal injuries claims sparks demands for insurers to pass on benefits (Via Irish Times)
223 new claims per month in first nine months of last year, compared with 666 per month in 2019 Guidelines slashing awards for mostly minor personal injuries are contributing to a sharp drop in the quantity of High Court personal injury claims, according to new figures. Data from the Courts Service shows new personal injury […]
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