In contrast to a recent trend of personal injury awards being reduced by appellate courts, the Court of Appeal recently upheld a High Court award of damages for €65,000. Mark Collins has briefly summarised the findings. Case Summary The background to the case is that in December 2015 Aoibhe Naghten, aged ten years old at the time, was injured when … Read More
The Personal Injuries Guidelines Committee has submitted to the Board of the Judicial Council the first draft of personal injuries guidelines prepared by the Committee pursuant to Section 18 (4), as amended, of the Judicial Council Act 2019 The Act provides that the guidelines are to be prepared in accordance with Section 90 of the Act. This section requires the … Read More
In April of this year, the High Court awarded Ms Lisa Sheehan €87,000.00 in damages as a result of the psychiatric injury that resulted from her presence at the scene of a road traffic accident. The Defendants were the persons responsible for each of the two vehicles directly involved in the collision. The High Court judge focused on two fundamental … Read More