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The long-awaited Family Court Bill is one of 34 pieces of draft legislation which will be published this summer as a matter of priority, the government has said. The bill, which will establish a District Family Court, a Circuit Family Court and a Family High Court as divisions within the current cou

A senior personal injury lawyer and former president of the Law Society has said insurance firms "are laughing at you all" after a sharp decline in personal injury awards was not matched with a decrease in insurance premiums. Stuart Gilhooly SC took to Twitter to make the comments in response to an

Average awards through the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) have declined by 42 per cent since the introduction of new personal injury guidelines, according to new figures.

Plans to transform the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) into a quasi-judicial body comparable to the Workplace Relations Commission could be revisited later despite being abandoned by the government on the advice of the Attorney General, a minister has said. Robert Troy, minister of state i

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a defendant in medical negligence proceedings which sought to compel the plaintiff to deliver expert reports. The defendant argued that the plaintiff had not properly particularised her claims of negligence and that the expert reports were necessary for

The Court of Appeal has held that the suspension of a consultant by the HSE should be lifted despite the fact that there was an ongoing investigation into alleged misconduct. The consultant had previously performed experiments on five women during hysteroscopy procedures without their knowledge or c

Co Cork firms Walsh & Partners Solicitors LLP and Deborah O'Connell Solicitors have announced a merger with effect from next week. The new firm will practice under the title of Walsh and Partners Solicitors LLP, incorporating Deborah O'Connell Solicitor, and will be located at 88 Main Street, Mi

The High Court has refused an application by a plaintiff for her legal costs to be paid on account by the defendant in a settled swine flu vaccine case. The plaintiff sought an order pursuant to High Court Practice Direction 71 for the payment on account pending the determination of taxation. Howeve

The personal injury discount rate in Northern Ireland has been set to -1.5 per cent following the first review under the new legislative framework established this year. The review, which has been welcomed by personal injury lawyers, was carried out by the government actuary under the methodology pr

The High Court has struck out a plaintiff's medical negligence proceedings for inordinate and inexcusable delay arising from a failure to progress the proceedings from their inception. The court held that the proceedings had not progressed from a “protective writ” issued in 2016. Althoug

The High Court has awarded €30,000 to a plaintiff injured in a motor accident despite allegations that he fraudulently exaggerated his claim. The Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland had made an application under section 26 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 to dismiss the proceeding

The High Court has granted an application to amend pleadings in a personal injuries case to expand the potential scope of liability for the MIBI, despite a significant delay by the plaintiff in bringing the motion. The court said that there were very unusual circumstances in the case which justified

The High Court has rejected a submission that judges who voted on the new Personal Injuries Guidelines should be recused from hearing a legal challenge to those Guidelines. The applicant brought judicial review proceedings seeking to challenge the adoption by the Judicial Council of the Guidelines o

The High Court has accepted a proposed settlement of €32,500 for a boy who lost the tip of his little finger while ice skating. In so ruling, the court held that the offer was appropriate in circumstances where there was a “real likelihood that the personal injuries claim would be dismiss

Plans to enhance and reform the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) in a bid to encourage more claimants and respondents to use it have been given the go-ahead by ministers. The government has approved the general scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill and has now given the gree