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The High Court has awarded €83,000 damages to a woman who slipped, fell and injured her knees in a Dublin branch of Dunnes Stores.

A plant hire firm has been fined €80,000 and ordered to pay over €10,000 in costs after the company was convicted of failing to maintain proper safety standards when one of its employees was struck by an excavator and ended up losing his leg.

A number of senior higher court judges have circulated memos to colleagues arguing against proposed guidelines that would lead to reductions in personal injury awards.

The Central Bank of Ireland said on Wednesday it has written to a number of insurers pressing them to pay out on valid business interruption claims, following landmark court judgments in the UK and Ireland in favour of companies affected by the economic shock caused

A woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury and was in a coma for weeks after being struck by a car when she attempted to cross a dual carriageway has settled her High Court action for €3.2 million.

Irish insurance companies “can’t get away from” commitments to the Oireachtas finance committee to pass on savings to customers if the Judicial Council moves to reduce personal injury award guidelines significantly, according to the chief executive of the industry’s lobby group.

At the High Court a €80,000 car accident injury compensation settlement has been approved by the High Court for a girl who suffered with injuries following a crash that occurred when the driver of the car she was travelling in, her aunt, suffered a partial

The Court of Appeal (CoA) has upheld a €65,000 award to a 10-year-old girl who was injured when she fell at a skating rink and another patron skated over the back of her hand.

Design Engineer for an agricultural machinery manufacturer who was dismissed over his stammer has been awarded €15,000 in compensation.

Two cheers for the Government’s new reform plan aimed at bringing down the cost of insurance. Not three because, in one major respect, the changes are somewhat one-sided.