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Force Majeure Leave – was your presence indispensable?
Generally, an employee needs at least one years’ service with their employer to bring an unfair dismissal claim to the Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”). However, there are exceptions to this general rule.
Boy injured by exploding light bulb awarded €27,000 damages
A 10-year-old schoolboy, whose face was injured when a light bulb in his bedside lamp exploded, has won €27,000 damages for personal injuries.
Opinion: It’s time for the insurance industry to honour its promise on lowering premiums
Jason O’Sullivan, solicitor and public affairs consultant, calls on Irish insurers to make good on their promises to lower premiums.
Defending Data Breach Claims in Ireland
Prior to the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), an individual whose information was the subject of a data breach in this jurisdiction could only claim compensation for material damage i.e., actual quantifiable damage. A data breach is an...
Judge throws out TikTok star’s damages claim over bus injury
Court hears claims Sean McMillan defrauded Department of Social Welfare out of €35,000
Man launches legal action over claims of exposure to noxious chemicals at Intel plant
Prognosis for man (71), who suffers from shortness of breath, is chronic, court hears
Retiring judge fears personal injury case changes benefit those ‘with deep pockets’
Mr Justice Kevin Cross said the practice of having pre-trial motions, motions for discovery and written submissions can have serious negative effects in ordinary personal injury cases
Man who claims he spent over a year in prison after being wrongly accused of rape sues the State
Woman who accused him had previously fabricated similar claim against another man, court hears
Mother and Baby Homes: 34,000 survivors eligible for compensation in €800m redress scheme
The Cabinet signed off on the details of a long-awaited redress scheme today.
Man claims he spent 10 days in jail due to name mix-up on garda pulse system
A man has claimed before the High Court that he wrongfully spent 10 days in jail after gardaí merged his PULSE-computer system profile with that of another unrelated person with a similar name.