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The High Court has awarded €17,500 in general damages to a cleaner who gradually developed contact dermatitis on her hands through exposure to chemical cleaning substances at work. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Ms Justice Nuala Jackson determined that “the dermatitis in this ins

Photo credit: Suzanne Mischyshyn (CC BY-SA 2.0) Legal proceedings against the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) are to be lodged at the High Court in Belfast by the family of a man killed by the UVF in Dublin.

The Court of Appeal has overturned an award of damages in the sum of €67,450 made by the High Court in 2014 in favour of a supermarket employee who injured herself lifting a 10kg bag of potatoes in 2011. Ms Geraldine Martin, an employee of Dunnes Stores, had been working as checkout operator, when

Sinead Carroll This week, we reported that Jobs Minister Richard Bruton had met with leading members of the judiciary to win support for a revised Book of Quantum.

Emma Hutchinson Co Down lawyer Emma Hutchinson is among a group of UK Labour Party members who are defying party rules by running candidates in next month's Northern Ireland Assembly elections.

Figures derived from the 685,000 cases which the Court Service dealt with last year show a drop in drink driving and an increase in divorce, The Irish Times reports. The figures also revealed a steep increase in debt settlements and a rise of 5 per cent in bankruptcy.

In the High Court, Justice McCorry struck out claims against the State involving negligence and misfeasance in a public office, brought by the widow of a man who was murdered in 1972. Justice McCorry found that the woman had no reasonable cause of action, but refused to strike out her claim of misfe

A woman who lost one eye when the glass panel of a door shattered, and a shard went into her eye, has been awarded €200,000 in the Court of Appeal. The issue before the Court was an assessment of the duty of care owed by an occupier of premises to a visitor where they personally take on the task o

Pictured (l-r): David Browne, partner at BDM Boylan Solicitors & Business Advisory, Georgina O’Halloran and John Boylan, managing partner

Price Waterhouse Cooper have been granted leave to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal, which had limited the extent of particulars to be provided by Quinn Insurance Limited (Under Administration) in their action for damages. In proceedings involving an allegation of up to €800m in damages

HOMS Solicitors has hosted its annual insurance conference in London for the first time following its expansion into Britain last summer.

Six teams of Northern Ireland barristers raised over £21,000 for mental health charity AWARE by hiking over Slieve Donard in County Down on the weekend.

A woman who was hit on the head by closing lift doors at her work premises, has lost her claim for damages as it was concluded that the incident was caused by her own negligence. Accepting that the placement of sensors on the lift was consistent with the industry norm, and that voiceover warnings we

Bill Holohan, senior partner at Holohan Lane, is set to commence a PhD doctorate programme organised by the Law Society of Ireland and University of Northumbria this summer. He joked that he is a "glutton for punishment", having just completed the two-year Master's in Advanced Legal Practice offered

The Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) has had its application for the trial of a preliminary issue of law refused in the High Court. IBRC contended that a woman's claim for damages in relation to alleged negligent investment advice was statute-barred. However, Mr Justice Senan Allen said the