Month: April 2022

Bridget Delaney’s action questions the legal basis of the guidelines, which have resulted in damages awarded being reduced by 40 per cent

There would be “riots on Trafalgar Square” if the personal injury guidelines in England had regard to the level of damages awarded in Ireland, a court has heard.

The claim was made as part of a legal challenge to the new guidelines for personal injury awards which began in the High Court last week.

The guidelines were adopted by the state’s judges in March last year, and have resulted in payouts being reduced.

To read the full story please visit:
https://www.businesspost.ie/legal/waterford-woman-begins-legal-challenge-to-new-personal-injury-award-guidelines-18bd1a16

A shoplifter bit off the ear of a Tesco customer who tried to stop him stealing razors, lamb and champagne before swallowing it and saying: “I have HIV”, a court has heard.

When other customers told the victim to go and look for his missing ear in the wake of the attack, he told them: “I can’t. It’s in his stomach”, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard on Friday.

To read the full story please visit:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/circuit-court/shoplifter-bites-off-tesco-customer-s-ear-and-swallows-it-court-hears-1.4848214

A protestant worker who claimed he was “intimidated” out of a Dundalk factory because his colleagues played “anti-British” songs on repeat has had his claim for sectarian harassment rejected.

One song included the lyrics “go home you British bastards”, the Workplace Relations Commission was told.

His former employer told the commission, however, that the worker had an “agenda” and “was never going to accept” the outcome of an internal appeals process.

Glen Weir lodged a complaint under Section 77 of the Employment Equality Act against his former employer, Anord Mardix (Ireland) Ltd of North Link Business Park, Coes Road, Dundalk Co Louth, alleging religious discrimination by way of harassment.

To read the full story please visit:
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/protestant-who-claimed-intimidation-when-colleagues-played-anti-british-songs-has-claim-rejected-41533556.html