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Insurance premiums still rising despite huge fall in payouts – CSO figures
There has been a sharp fall in the number and the value of claims paid out by the State’s Personal Injuries Assessment...
High Court: Invitation to disapprove PIAB assessment rejected
The High Court has approved a PIAB assessment of €60,000 in respect of severe facial scarring and minor psychological injury suffered by the minor applicant in a road traffic accident.
Court of Appeal: Hotel appeal against wedding slip and fall award dismissed
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a Cork hotel’s appeal against a €91,000 general damages award to wedding guest who slipped and fell on a wet dancefloor.
Essential to Avoid Delays in Litigating Claims
The Courts apply a high bar when considering whether to dismiss medical negligence proceedings due to delay. Indeed, in many cases they are allowed to proceed. While the Rooney decision in 2022 showed some departure from that tendency, there remains a high bar for defendants to get claims dismissed.
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.
The Personal Injury Guidelines – An Update
The Personal Injury Guidelines (‘the Guidelines’) came into operation on 24 April 2021, with the intention of achieving...
Court of Appeal: High Court personal injuries award reduced following ‘reality check’
The Court of Appeal has substituted a High Court award totalling €90,000 in general damages for physical and psychological...
Dublin man who made 12 injury claims tells judge to f**k off after being caught lying
This is the serial litigant who has been awarded €140,000 in multiple personal injury claims and told a judge to “f*** off”...