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A new Garda unit dedicated to investigating insurance fraud will be established next month, according to reports. The new Insurance Fraud Coordination Office (IFCO) will be launched in mid-September and put under the control of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB), the Irish Independent

Northern Ireland's High Court has rejected an application to stay civil claims against an alleged Provisional IRA member and informer until after a one-million-page report into criminal activity is published, ruling that “stagnation is not an option”. The interlocutory application querie

The High Court has set aside third-party proceedings on the basis of cumulative delays of two years for the service of the notices. The court held that there was inordinate and inexcusable delay by the defendants in seeking leave to issue third party proceedings and in the service of the third-party

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

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

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 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