Personal Injury

Average motor insurance premiums increased by 42 per cent between 2009 and 2018, despite the cost of claims per policy decreasing by 2.5 per cent over the same period, according to new Central Bank of Ireland figures. The bank's first annual Private Motor Insurance Report of the National Claims Info

Four models for capping personal injury awards have been set out by the Law Reform Commission in an issues paper published today. The Cost of Insurance Working Group (CIWG) and the Personal Injuries Commission (PIC) previously recommended that the law reform body should examine whether a statutory c

Personal injury solicitors are not guilty of misconduct just because their client's claim has been dismissed, a High Court judge has affirmed in response to allegations from an insurance firm. Mr Justice Charles Meenan made the comments as he refused an application from Aviva Insurance for a wasted

A meeting of the seven "members designate" of the Personal Injuries Guidelines Committee will be convened early next week by Ms Justice Mary Irvine of the Supreme Court, Ireland's top judge has announced. The Chief Justice, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, confirmed that he had designated the membership of

The new statutory scheme providing for periodic payment orders (PPO) for plaintiffs with catastrophic injuries has been described as “a dead letter” in the High Court. Noting that the Courts did not have discretion to fix an increase other than that specified in the Harmonised Index

A pedestrian who was struck by a driver on an N road in Longford has had his personal injuries claim against the driver dismissed in the High Court. Stating that the case turned on the appropriate application of The Rules of the Road, Mr Justice David Keane said that if the pedestrian had followed t

The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, has identified judges to sit on the Judicial Council's personal injuries guidelines committee, he announced this morning. Ireland's top judge told Insurance Ireland's annual fraud conference in Dublin that he had picked judges from the High Cour

Personal injury solicitors Una O'Neill and Gerard Nugent have celebrated three successful appeals which led to higher pay-outs for their clients. The pair, who practice at Northern Ireland-based JMK Solicitors, advised their clients, including the representatives of two children, that the sum awarde

More than nine in ten whiplash patients at a Dublin pain management clinic stopped attending treatment after completing their personal injury litigation, according to research. The unpublished finding was referenced in a presentation at recent European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) c

The Provincial of the Oblate Fathers of Ireland has been granted an order dismissing personal injury proceedings brought against him, in which a man who alleged he had suffered sexual abuse by an Oblate priest in the 1950s sought to hold him vicariously liable for the priests actions. Dismissing the

The Adoption Authority of Ireland has been granted an order dismissing proceedings brought by a woman whose child was adopted in 1980. The woman was 16 at the time and submitted that the circumstances surrounding the adoption of her daughter entailed a breach of her rights. Granting the order to dis

Gardaí are planning a number of raids on solicitors' offices as part of a crackdown on insurance fraud, according to reports. According to The Irish Times, the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) is planning to lead a number of "days of action", consisting of raids on the homes of su

Plans to double processing fees for claims submitted to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) by post have come under fire from solicitors. The processing fee for claim application forms submitted by post or email is set to increase to €90 from 1 September 2019, but will stay at €4

A man who suffered an injury to his knee requiring surgery after he slipped on the stone staircase at the National Museum of Ireland has been awarded €67,000 in the High Court. Criticising the Museum for its failure to provide the court with CCTV evidence of the fall, or present witnesses who h

A garda who was involved in a "traumatic" road traffic collision in Mullingar, in which large pieces of wood entered through the body of the car while his young children were in the back seat,  has been awarded €90,000 in the High Court. Accepting that the man continued to suffer problems