A Memoranda of Understanding, signed by Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and key insurance stakeholders, targets fraudulent personal injury claims like exaggerated injuries and staged accidents, aiming to alleviate inflated premiums borne by policyholders due to such deceptive practices.
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Tooth, Trust, and Termination: A Dentist’s Dive into Dismissal Dilemmas.
Cruel dismissals in dentistry reveal an underbelly of workplace tensions, urging both practitioners and staff to navigate employment intricacies with care and fairness.
Court of Appeal Quashes PIAB Assessment due to Inadequate Information
In Wolfe v PIAB and Mater Misericordiae Hospital the Court of Appeal, overturning a High Court decision, has quashed an assessment made by PIAB and referred the matter back to it for re-consideration.
Court of Appeal: Appeal from grant of summary judgment dismissed
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal from orders granting summary judgment in which the appellant belatedly...
Transparency in Damage Assessments: A Critical Analysis of Wolfe v. PIAB
The Court of Appeal mandates transparency in damage assessments, emphasising claimants’ right to understand the calculation basis for general damages.
Court of Appeal: Unsuccessful appellant succeeds in application to displace ‘usual rule’ as to costs
The Court of Appeal has decided that s.3 of the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 applied to proceedings brought unsuccessfully under s.160 of the Planning and Development Act 2000.
High Court: Continuing injunctive relief granted following the final determination of proceedings
The High Court has granted continuing Mareva-type relief following the disposal of a statutory appeal from a determination order.
The Personal Injury Guidelines – An Update
The Personal Injury Guidelines (‘the Guidelines’) came into operation on 24 April 2021, with the intention of achieving...
Government told to act to stop ‘insurers pocketing savings from lower pay-outs’
Campaigners say insurance companies have failed to pass on any benefit to their customers of a reduction in court pay-outs,...