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Working remotely from a foreign jurisdiction leads to tax, insurance and employment law implications https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/modern-morals-my-colleague-is-secretly-working-from-spain-should-i-report-him-to-hr-41311041.html By Katie Byrne, February 04 2022 Question: My colleagues and I have been working from home for almost two years now. Our employer introduced a long-term remote work policy but they made it very clear that we must work from […]

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-who-mistakenly-assumed-he-was-crossing-a-one-way-road-before-colliding-with-car-loses-60000-claim-41321536.html By Ray Managh, February 07 2022 A MAN who mistakenly assumed he was crossing a one-way road and failed to look to his left has lost a €60,000 damages claim against a motorist he collided with on a “dirty, wet January morning in 2018”. Judge James McCourt, dismissing the claim of 43-year-old construction worker

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/law-student-left-with-catastrophic-injuries-after-car-driven-by-banned-motorist-mounted-footpath-gets-8m-damages-41281654.html By Tim Healy A law student left with catastrophic injuries when he was hit by a car driven by a banned motorist who mounted a footpath has settled his High Court action for damages against the driver for €8m. Francis Dhala (21), Rathmore Drive, Tyrrelstown, Dublin, was one of two pedestrians struck by Paul

A sudden death can cause extra heartache when money is involved. Imogen Tew hears both sides of a family’s story https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nic-died-then-his-dad-asked-me-to-pay-back-a-200-000-house-deposit-s77x8zprm January 29 2022, The Sunday Times The partner’s story Things did not go to plan on Alex and Nic’s first date. Alex Delaney, a 24-year-old who worked for a charity in London, had agreed

An activist who was deceived into a long-term intimate and sexual relationship with an undercover Metropolitan Police officer has been awarded a nearly £230,000 payout by a tribunal. https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/england-woman-tricked-into-relationship-with-spycop-awarded-ps230k-payout The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ruled that Kate Wilson should be paid a sum of £229,471.96 by the Metropolitan Police and the National Police Chiefs’ Council

Coroner Sean Nixon said the tragic incident highlighted the ‘bravery of our fishing fleets’ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/coroner-s-court/inquest-into-death-of-fishermen-who-drowned-heard-boat-sank-extremely-quickly-1.4745992 The inquest into the deaths of two fishermen who drowned when the Alize went down off Hook Head in Wexford in January 2020 heard the boat sank “extremely quickly”. The inquest returned verdicts of accidental death by drowning in the

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-60124769 Cardi B has been awarded over £2 million in damages after winning a defamation lawsuit against a YouTuber. The rapper and songwriter, known for songs including I Like It, Money and WAP, was subjected to a “malicious campaign” of false accusations by Latasha Kebe, known online as Tasha K. Kebe hosts gossip site UnWineWithTashaK

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/collision-driver-had-false-irish-passport-41275303.html By Andrew Phelan for independent.ie An asylum seeker and volunteer pastor was caught with a fake passport after gardai investigated a road crash. Father-of-five Abraham Ayendi (47) was banned from driving for four years when he appeared in Dublin District Court. Judge Bryan Smyth also fined him a total of €800. Ayendi, with an

Inquest into deaths of Marie Downey and four-day-old Darragh at CUMH taking place https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/coroner-s-court/man-says-deaths-of-wife-and-baby-could-have-been-avoided-if-epilepsy-guidelines-followed-1.4730241 By Olivia Kelleher for The Irish Times A man whose wife and newborn son died at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) has told their inquest he believes they would still be alive if staff had followed guidelines for the care of

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/school-building-that-had-serious-structural-and-fire-safety-defects-built-in-just-20-weeks-when-usual-time-was-60-court-hears-41276851.html By Tim Healy for Independent.ie A school building which suffered from serious structural and fire safety defects was built in just 20 weeks when the usual time to do so is 60 weeks, the High Court has heard. Co Tyrone builders, Western Building Systems Ltd, achieved the “record” 20 week construction time through a