Houlihan Solicitors were successful in bringing in judicial review proceedings against the Personal Injuries Assessment Board for their delay in dealing with minor applications submitted to them for personal injury as new guidelines come into effect on the 24th of April 2021. Read Full Reference Article
A boy who, as a baby, suffered a fractured arm when it got caught between a shopping trolley and a lift door has settled his High Court action for €22,500. The boy was aged five months when the incident happened as he sat in a baby seat in a Dunnes Stores shopping trolley as [...]
Dr Scally's report lists 50 recommendations to the governement that need to be actioned. We are shocked that there has been no scheme of redress has been recommended at this stage. See link to the review report below. http://scallyreview.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Scoping-Inquiry-into-CervicalCheck-Final-Report.pdf
In April 2007 Mr. Sutherland was patrolling with a colleague when they were received a call about two youths robbing firearms from a house in Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford. Mr. Sutherland told the High Court that he saw the two youths fleeing in a Seat Leon. As Mr. Sutherland and his partner approached the Seat, [...]
The Injuries Board New Book of Quantum 2016. How much is your case worth? Deriving from the Latin phrase “Quantum” the Book of “How much” was updated by the Injuries Board. The Manual compiled by a company known as Verisk Analytics completed the work and the Book of Quantum is the basis on how the [...]
Many of our clients and thousands nationwide are still awaiting payment of compensation from Setanta. This delay is most frustrating and even though our clients have already had their cases ruled in the High Court (Flynn -v-Hannon ruled by Justice Hedigan on the 20th October 2015), our client have still not gotten paid. Why is [...]
James Hennessy and his daughter Michelle Hennessey were awarded €15,000 by the High Court after they were found to have been falsely imprisoned in an Iceland Store in 2014. The Court heard that the Hennessy’s were holding goods in their hands before proceeding to pay for them. They had brought with them two plastic bags [...]
In March 2012 Jessica Kelty was pushing a 2 metre loaf of bread when the top tray fell off and hit her in the head. Ms Kelty said she fell to the ground and felt dizzy. Dunnes employee came to her aid before she attended the A&E department in Tallaght Hospital where she had been [...]
Ms Kenneally 27, is suing hip manufacture Depuy International LTD for implanting her with a defective or unsuitable implant. She was just 16 at the time of the operation and as a result of this defective/unsuitable implant she has suffered personal injuries, upset, distress. loss and damage. Ms Kenneally further claims that she was provided [...]
The court heard that in September 2015 Kyle Kiernan had been playing with his Trinity Comprehensive Secondary School when one of a number of kegs which had been stacked nearby fell and hit his foot. Kyle was taken to the A&E Department of Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, where X-rays revealed a fracture. Judge [...]
