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An Egyptian fisherman who worked over 17 hours a day while at sea has been awarded more than €20,000 compensation. In a new decision, Workplace Relations Commission adjudication officer Eugene Hanly said it was “essential” that fishermen are protected against working excessive hours due to safety risks. He found that Ali Rezk’s rights under working […]
Many colleagues use social media as a marketing tool, or to build their own personal networks. Some of our most active colleagues on social media have reported seeing fraudulent accounts impersonating them online. Whatever the impersonator’s intent, there are obvious risks posed when an unauthorised person (or even a potentially malicious stranger) assumes your identity
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Homeowners in Ireland living in houses built with defective blocks that “crumble like Weetabix” say a compensation scheme unveiled by the government will still leave them with devastating bills of up to €80,000 (£60,000). A long-awaited redress scheme for the estimated 6,000 people living in homes that have to be demolished and rebuilt was unveiled
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Husband of woman who died from cervical cancer tells court she was asked by CervicalCheck not to go public with her case. A man whose wife died from cervical cancer more than five years ago has told the High Court that, when she was in hospital, CervicalCheck visited her and asked her not to go
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A WOMAN who got lost for three hours in Ikea’s Ballymun warehouse, after she had been struck on the head by a falling flat-pack, has been awarded €60,000 damages. Judge Cormac Quinn said in the Circuit Civil Court that she had suffered both physical and psychiatric injuries for which she was entitled to compensation of
Freddy Tylicki has succeeded in his claim against Graham Gibbons over the 2016 fall at Kempton that paralysed him, the High Court ruled on Tuesday. Judge Karen Walden-Smith issued her judgement at 2pm, declaring: “The actions of Mr Gibbons were . . . undertaken in reckless disregard for the safety of Mr Tylicki.” Tylicki said
The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal to reduce a general damages award from €155,000 to €95,000 on the basis that the trial judge did not properly assess general damages under the Book of Quantum. Further, the court held that the plaintiff was liable in contributory negligence for his accident and therefore had his
The walk from your bed to your desk could now count as a commute, according to a recent ruling from a German court. The court ruled that a man should be covered by his company’s insurance after he suffered a fall on the way to his home office. According to the decision issued last week
The High Court has refused an application by a hospital worker to quash a decision that prevented her from working from home. The applicant claimed that she was at high risk from Covid-19 due to her health history and that the hospital failed to comply with HSE requirements in making the decision. Delivering judgment in
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A MAN who, as a teenager ended up blind and unable to walk after he went to Cork University Hospital (CUH) with a brain shunt problem, has settled a High Court action for €25million. Conor McCormack’s counsel told the court that in the hospital nothing was done for three weeks. As a result, Mr McCormack