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New Procedural Dawn: An Analysis of the 2024-2025 Reforms to Interrogatories in Irish Civil Litigation
Part I: The Old Regime: Interrogatories as a Reluctant Tool To fully appreciate the significance of the 2024-2025 reforms, it is essential to first understand the procedural landscape that preceded them. Historically, interrogatories—a series of written questions posed by one party to another, to be answered on oath—were a relatively uncommon feature of Irish civil […]
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Why There’s a Summer Silence in Legal News: Understanding Court Recesses and How They Impact Cases
Have you been waiting for updates on your legal case, only to be met with radio silence over the summer months? You’re not alone. July and August often seem like a quiet time in the legal world, with few case developments making the headlines. The reason? Ireland’s courts go into their annual summer recess during […]
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Irish courts dealing with over half a million cases per year
The Irish courts remained extremely busy in 2021, with over 531,000 new cases and over 405,000 cases resolved, according to the latest Courts Service annual report.
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Legal firms are using judicial analytics to help them win in the courts
dges in a bid to assess and improve their chances of winning court cases, according to a new legal research paper.
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PIAB awards leave clients ‘distinctly unimpressed’
The goal of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) is to have more and more cases dealt with through their auspices, the annual Law Society litigation conference heard.
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Court of Appeal: County council not liable for €113,000 injury due to non-feasance rule for highway authorities
The Court of Appeal has upheld an appeal by Clare County Council against a €113,000 damages award for personal injuries sustained in a highway accident.
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PIAB Authorisation: What does it mean?
If PIAB don’t make a Personal Injury award or one is not accepted then a PIAB Authorisation is issued allowing you to take your case to court
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The Growth of Norwich Pharmacal Orders: Part I – An Evolving Litigation Tool
A Norwich Pharmacal order (NPO) is generally used to discover the identity of a wrongdoer from a third party. It is an exception to the rule that discovery can only be sought when proceedings are closed. Proceedings are instituted against the third party for the
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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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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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Spotlight: alternatives to litigation in Ireland
Alternatives to litigation
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