Personal Injury

The Law Reform Commission has identified two "constitutionally permissible" models for capping personal injuries pay-outs in Ireland. In a new report, the law reform body said two of the four models it first detailed in an issues paper last December could be introduced.

The High Court has denied an application for an order pursuant to Ord 31 r 1 RSC granting leave to deliver interrogatories in a swine flu vaccine personal injuries case. Background

Kennedys has urged the government to establish an independent panel to advise on the personal injury discount rate based on what people actually do with their compensation. The global law firm set out its recommendations on the matter in response to a Department for Justice and Equality consultation

Kildare solicitor Liam Moloney has been appointed as co-chair of the new COVID-19 litigation group within the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL). Mr Moloney, managing partner at Moloney & Co Solicitors, joined the organisation's executive board earlier this year.

The Bar Council of Northern Ireland has recommended following the Scottish framework on personal injury discount rate. The Department of Justice recently launched a consultation on how the discount rate or “real rate of return”, used by the courts to determine the size of personal injury

Law firm Kennedys has urged the Northern Ireland Executive to change the way the personal injury discount rate is calculated to reflect what injured people do with their compensation in real life. The Department of Justice recently launched a consultation on how the discount rate or “real rate

The Court of Appeal has allowed a personal injuries appeal, and greatly reduced an award of damages for personal injuries. The court said that more regard should be had to the Book of Quantum. Background

The Court of Appeal has set aside the order of Mr Justice Max Barrett striking out personal injuries proceedings on the grounds of inordinate and inexcusable delay. Background

Flor McCarthy, managing partner at McCarthy + Co Solicitors, explains that statements of truth have been introduced but will not yet be immediately available for use in personal injury and medical negligence claims. Back in May we started a campaign to replace affidavits sworn on oath with a more mo

Personal injury lawyer Liam Moloney has been re-elected to the board of governors of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for a further three-year term. His election took place at the organisation's recent annual convention in Washington, D.C., which was held remotely for the first time due to

A Limerick solicitor has launched defamation proceedings against the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association (ISME) over its comments about a personal injury case, according to reports. Gerard O'Neill, founder and principal of O'Neill & Co Solicitors, acted for a claimant in a case which

Personal injury cases have restarted at the High Court following a four-month absence as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The backlog of cases that has accrued since mid-March is believed to be 300, the Irish Examiner reports.

Lawyers have been urged by Ms Justice Mary Irvine, the new president of the High Court, to consider settling 320 personal injury cases which have been left "in limbo" since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement this morning, Ms Justice Irvine highlighted statistics showing that 97 per c

It is a "myth" that claimants in Northern Ireland are being disadvantaged by the current personal injury discount rate, the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) has said. The Department of Justice recently launched a consultation on how the discount rate or "real rate of return", used by the courts to

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice is taking a "wholly unfair" approach to the personal injury discount rate, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has said. The Department recently launched a consultation on how the discount rate or "real rate of return", used by the courts to det