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The case against the HSE claimed 14-year-old only received tumour diagnosis after obtaining private MRI scan A 20-year-old man who sued over a five-month delay in diagnosing his brain tumour has settled his High Court action for more than €6 million. During the five months, his mother “besieged” Cork University Hospital (CUH) for help for […]

Decision to award some €83,000 in damages to a woman over an accident at a Dublin store in 2013 is upheld Dunnes Stores has lost an appeal against an €83,000 award of damages to a woman who slipped and fell in one of its stores. The High Court had made the award to 60-year-old Doris

The Government and the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) have welcomed a High Court judgment that rejected a legal challenge to the Personal Injuries Guidelines. The case was taken by Bridget Delaney, who was awarded €3,000 by PIAB for injuries sustained after a fall in Dungarvan, Co Waterford in 2019. She had been advised that,

Nearly 300 barristers have signed a letter to the justice minister, Helen McEntee, calling for an urgent review of “unsustainable” and “uneconomic” fees for criminal work in the District Court. The petition seeks the “immediate full and long overdue unwinding of cuts to rates of pay for criminal legal aid services”, as well as direct

This (please see link below) is the bodybuilding garda who withdrew two separate personal injury claims after video was played in the High Court showing her lifting weights exceeding 40kg. Jessica Feeney withdrew the claims on the third day of her civil actions after Mr Justice Cian Ferritter noted his concerns relating to issues which

Personal Injuries Assessment Board hopes ruling will lead to more cases resolved without litigation Insurers have been urged to “deliver their part of the bargain” by reducing insurance costs following the rejection of a lead challenge to new guidelines slashing awards for minor personal injuries. The Alliance for Insurance Reform issued the call when welcoming

Level of damages a matter ‘for society in general’ not just plaintiffs and defendants, judge says The lead case challenging the constitutionality of the law under which new guidelines slashing awards for minor personal injuries by up to 50 per cent came into effect has been dismissed by the High Court. In rejecting the challenge

Judge discharges panel and remands former solicitor on continuing bail until June 20th The jury in the multimillion-euro theft trial of former solicitor Michael Lynn has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict. Following more than 12 hours of deliberations in the wake of the 3½ month trial, the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court was

Three men have been sent to Mountjoy Prison for trespassing at a former family home which was repossessed by a mortgage company. A fourth man, Dylan Kavanagh, avoided imprisonment by giving a sworn undertaking to the court that he would obey the orders made by Mr Justice Senan Allen last March. Ms Justice Emily Egan

The president of the District Court has said “a lot” of cases may have to be adjourned and more gardaí may have to attend courts following a High Court decision overturning a rule under which a huge volume of criminal prosecutions were managed by Garda ‘presenters’ there. The High Court’s Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger held