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The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland was not liable for injuries sustained by a plaintiff after she lost control of her car. The plaintiff alleged that she crashed her car due to an oil spill on the road caused by the negligent use of an unidentified vehicle. Deliv

The High Court has awarded €350,000 in favour of a woman who was sexually abused by her father and raped by her uncle as a child. The abuse lasted at least eight years and began when she was seven years old. Delivering judgment in the case, Mr Justice Garrett Simons considered the jurisprudence

The High Court has awarded €60,000 in damages to a girl who suffered from moderate PTSD and who received a white scar on her thigh from a road traffic accident. The case was notable as it was one of the first cases in which a court was required to apply the new Personal Injuries Guidelines whic

Martin Browne has been appointed as partner and head of the Irish office of HF, legal advisers to the insurance and commercial sectors. Mr Browne, a former partner with Beale & Co, will help expand HF Ireland and support its ambitions to carry out cross-border litigation and defend claims anywhe

Cork solicitor Clare Daly has been appointed to the board of directors of online safety charity CyberSafeKids. Ms Daly is a solicitor in Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP and brings over 16 years of broad and varied experience in legal practice, specialising in child protection and data protection with a par

Dublin firm Richard Grogan & Associates is to close after its namesake passed away late last year. Richard Grogan, a well-known employment lawyer and regular contributor to Irish Legal News, passed away in November 2022 after a period of illness.

The Court of Appeal has granted a consent order for the withdrawal of a case with no order as to costs despite the fact that a full hearing of the appeal had occurred. Judgment was reserved following the appeal hearing but the parties resolved all issues prior to the delivery of the judgment. Accord

The High Court has ruled that a young woman who sustained significant scarring to her face in a road traffic accident was entitled to €86,000 for her injuries. The total award was reduced by 20 percent to account for the plaintiff’s contribution to the accident by failing to wear a seat b

Yuli O'Grady, the first Venezuelan-born solicitor to qualify in Ireland, has launched a new practice based in Kildorrery, Co Cork. O'Grady Solicitors & Co will provide services throughout the north Cork region in areas such as family law matters, property matters, succession planning including w

Four lawyers have been nominated by ministers for appointment as High Court judges and two as Circuit Court judges. Barristers David Nolan SC, Denise Brett SC, Nuala Jackson SC and Conleth Bradley SC have been nominated for appointment to the High Court.

Dublin firm French Kenny Solicitors has opened its second office at Northside Shopping Centre, Coolock. The opening of the new office, which joins the firm's existing office at 92 Manor Street, Stoneybatter, follows significant expansion over the past two years in particular.

The High Court has determined that a garda who collided with a driver who pulled out in front of him is entitled to €85,000 in general damages. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Paul Coffey had particular regard to the fact that the man’s “main injuries were to diff

The Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a clinical negligence claim in circumstances where no expert report had been obtained by the plaintiff’s solicitors almost eight years after the proceedings had issued. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Seamus Noonan denounc

Lacey Solicitors partner Ruaidhrí Austin examines the first update in five years to the 'Green Book' governing personal injury awards in Northern Ireland. The Judicial Studies Board for Northern Ireland has published the sixth edition of the Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in

Business lobby groups have met with a junior minister in the Department of Justice to set out their call for a €75,000 cap on defamation awards. A delegation from ISME, which represents small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and the Convenience Stores & Newsagents Association (CSNA) met with