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Mayo teacher awarded €9k damages after Garda car accident
Aoife Connaughton, a Mayo woman and teacher in Dublin, received €9,000 in damages after a collision with a Garda vehicle at a COVID checkpoint. She suffered injuries and took legal action against An Garda Síochána.
Judge rejects €7,117 offer for girl struck by car at ice cream van
A young girl in Donegal who was struck by a car while buying candy floss has rejected an offer of €7,117. The offer included compensation for her injuries. The girl suffered mild concussion, bruises, and psychological trauma from the accident. The judge did not endorse the offer.
High Court clarifies procedural steps in data breach cases where stress/anxiety is pleaded
Beauchamps partner Thomas O’Dwyer and knowledge lawyer Sinead Grace discuss an appeal from a Circuit Court decision regarding applications to the Personal Injuries Resolution Board (PIRB). This was an appeal from a Circuit Court decision where the key issue was...
High Court: Application for judicial review of decision on admissibility of screenshots to be heard in camera
The High Court has determined that a judicial review application will be heard in camera as the relatively few inquiries before the panel of respondents combined with the question over the admissibility of the particular evidence increased the risk of identification...
Meat plant operator to contest former employee’s personal injury claim over contracting Covid
A Tipperary meat plant operator is contesting a personal injuries action brought by a former employee who claims he contracted Covid-19 while at work, the High Court has heard. Paul Feighery, who nearly died after contracting the virus, is suing Rosderra Irish Meats...
How much is a lawyer really worth?
With recent commentary from High Court judges past and present, the issue of legal costs in Ireland has arisen once again. Killian Flood writes on the issue of legal costs from a barrister’s perspective. Two weeks ago, Mr Justice Peter Kelly returned to the judge’s...
Quantity surveyor says Ryanair wrongly banned him for being ‘disruptive’ on a date when he did not fly
A quantity surveyor has claimed before the High Court that he has been defamed by and wrongly banned from flying with Ryanair. The action has been brought by Eoin Michael Cahill who says the airline has wrongly accused him of engaging in disruptive behaviour on a date...
High Court: Personal injury proceedings stayed until plaintiff examined by defendant’s second orthopaedic surgeon
The High Court has stayed personal injury proceedings until the plaintiff submits to examination by a further expert orthopaedic surgeon retained by the defendant despite opposition on the basis of “expert-shopping”. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice...
Supreme Court upholds appeal over pension
The Supreme Court has ruled that a man whose long-term partner died in 2021 is entitled to a widower’s contributory pension (WCP) John O’Meara and Michelle Batey, who died in 2021, had lived together and had three children, but had never married or entered into a...
High Court: Parties can continue to live together after decree of divorce
The High Court has granted a decree of divorce to a couple who will continue to live together in the family home under the terms of their settlement agreement. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice John Jordan determined that “if a couple can be...