Search: personal injuries

The High Court has allowed an amendment to a personal injuries summons which changed the method of accident from slipping on a wet floor to slipping on steps from a truck. The plaintiff was an employee of the defendant who claimed that he slipped during the course of his work in October 2014.

The Court of Appeal has substituted an award of the High Court for personal injuries sustained by a cyclist involved in a road traffic accident with a bus. Delivering judgment for the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Seamus Noonan found that the High Court had largely ignored the evidence tendered on beh

The High Court has determined that a sportsman involved in a road traffic accident is entitled to a €63,000 award where he could no longer fully participate in the sporting activities which he enjoyed prior to the accident Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Mark Heslin commented

The personal injuries guidelines drawn up by the Judicial Council are legally binding, the Supreme Court has ruled. In the complex case of Bridget Delaney v. the Personal Injuries Assessment Board & Others, the court ruled by 4-3 that part of the Judicial Council Act 2019 relating to the making

The High Court has dismissed the claim of a woman who alleged that she suffered a right shoulder injury following a 2016 road traffic accident, in circumstances where the medical evidence did not support her claim and where the court had regard to her failure to call her treating GPs and the GP whos

The High Court has dismissed a claim from a prisoner who was injured in an unprovoked attack in toilets at Mountjoy Prison. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Conor Dignam could not find that there had been a breach of duty on part of the prison authorities, but observed that their f

Orla Keane Orla Keane of Arthur Cox writes about the demise of generous personal injury claims.

John McCarthy John McCarthy, partner with McCarthy & Co, writes on a rise in personal injuries claims.

New legislation to prevent claimants from sidestepping the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) in an attempt to have their cases heard in court has been approved by the Cabinet. Claimants, especially those making false or exaggerated claims, often prefer for their cases to be heard in court as

The Government has been urged to go further in reforming the personal injuries process in Ireland by Fianna Fáil. Michael McGrath, the opposition party's finance spokesperson, was responding to the Government's Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill.

The Law Society of Ireland and The Bar of Ireland persuaded the Personal Injuries Commission (PIC) not to pursue the option of legislation capping personal injuries pay-outs, The Times reports. According to documents released to the newspaper under Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation, PIC chair

Rosalind Carroll has taken up the role of chief executive officer at the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB). Previously the CEO of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) since 2016, she was appointed to the PIAB last year and took up the role with effect from 2 March 2020.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by Dunnes Stores Limited Company over a July 2019 judgment in which Ms Justice Miriam O’Regan awarded the sum of €102,000 and costs to a respondent in respect of injuries sustained in a fall in a Co Cork store. Background

The Law Reform Commission has identified two "constitutionally permissible" models for capping personal injuries pay-outs in Ireland. In a new report, the law reform body said two of the four models it first detailed in an issues paper last December could be introduced.

The Judicial Council's personal injuries guidelines committee is standing by its recommendations and will not make changes in response to criticism from some judges, according to reports. Draft guidelines were drawn up by the committee last year and are currently being considered by the full Judicia