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Personal injury lawyers have launched legal action against Northern Ireland's Department of Justice (DOJ) over its decision not to set an interim personal injury discount rate pending legislation to introduce a new mechanism for setting the rate. The Department ran a consultation this summer on how

The setting of a new personal injury discount rate (PIDR) for Northern Ireland could be jeopardised by the possible collapse of the Northern Ireland Assembly, an insurance law expert has warned. The Damages (Return on Investment) Bill, which introduces a statutory methodology for calculating the dis

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald The remaining provisions of the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015 come into force in Ireland today, including the new court review where a mortgage lender rejects the borrower’s personal insolvency proposal.

Eileen McAuley An 88-year-old pensioner who was struck by a trolley in a department store has been given the maximum €60,000 personal injury damages that can awarded by Circuit Civil Court judges.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has told TDs that she has used her personal email account in relation to her Government role "on very rare occasions".

Fred Logue Solicitor Fred Logue of FP Logue Solicitors writes on accessing exam scripts under data protection rules.

The judge overseeing the personal injury list in the High Court has launched a scathing attack on the insurance industry, the media and parts of the judiciary, The Irish Times reports. Mr Justice Kevin Cross wrote in The Bar Review it is "entirely untrue" inflated damages awards have led to increase

In a test case which impacts “some 400” pending cases, the High Court has ruled that debtors have a right to directly engage in the review by the Court of a proposed Personal Insolvency Arrangement (PIA). Finding that the Personal Insolvency Acts 2012 to 2015 did not envisage that the Personal I

A woman who commenced personal injury proceedings against singer Rihanna has been granted an order deeming the service of the summons good. While Ms Justice Miriam O'Regan was not satisfied that there was valid service as a matter of New York law or US federal law; she held that the service actually

The Irish courts saw an increase in defamation and personal injury cases last year, amid a decline in divorce applications and possession orders. Over 655,000 new matters were introduced to the courts last year in total, including a 16 per cent increase in new appeals to the Supreme Court.

Emily Paisley, a solicitor specialising in debt recovery for businesses at Worthingtons Solicitors in Belfast, writes on debt recovery in Northern Ireland. The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) recent survey (Financial Lives 2017) found that personal debt levels in Northern Ireland are the h

A revised edition of the Green Book, which sets out judicial guidelines on damages in personal injury cases in Northern Ireland, will take effect next week. The fifth edition of the Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases in Northern Ireland has been produced by a c

The definition of secured debt advanced by a Personal Insolvency Practitioner in the High Court clearly did not work when read in the context of the Insolvency Act 2012 as a whole. Stating that Personal Insolvency Practitioners were not required to “work miracles” to protect a debtor's p

A judge has urged personal injury solicitors to be more selective in taking up cases after dismissing five claims as clearly fraudulent. Judge Jacqueline Linnane of the Circuit Court directed that files relating to the cases should be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Personal data transfers from the European Union to third countries under the standard contractual clauses established by the European Commission are valid, according to an Advocate General of the European Court of Justice. Advocate General Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe gave his view on issues rais