Month: June 2022

Level of damages a matter ‘for society in general’ not just plaintiffs and defendants, judge says

The lead case challenging the constitutionality of the law under which new guidelines slashing awards for minor personal injuries by up to 50 per cent came into effect has been dismissed by the High Court.

In rejecting the challenge on all grounds on Thursday, Mr Justice Charles Meenan said the “well established” principles for the award of general damages make clear that the level of damages are not just a matter between a plaintiff and defendant “but also for society in general”.

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https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2022/06/02/high-court-rejects-lead-challenge-over-new-guidelines-slashing-awards-for-minor-injuries

Judge discharges panel and remands former solicitor on continuing bail until June 20th

The jury in the multimillion-euro theft trial of former solicitor Michael Lynn has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict.

Following more than 12 hours of deliberations in the wake of the 3½ month trial, the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court was told on Wednesday that the panel had been unable to come to a majority verdict.

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https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2022/06/01/jury-fails-to-reach-agreement-in-michael-lynn-multimillion-euro-theft-case

Three men have been sent to Mountjoy Prison for trespassing at a former family home which was repossessed by a mortgage company.

A fourth man, Dylan Kavanagh, avoided imprisonment by giving a sworn undertaking to the court that he would obey the orders made by Mr Justice Senan Allen last March.

Ms Justice Emily Egan made orders today committing to prison Dylan’s father, Vincent Kavanagh and two others who had been found this morning at their former home at 36 Beechwood Park in Carlow, in contempt of the earlier orders.

They would at any point be able to purge their contempt by giving an undertaking to obey the March orders, she said.

The judge said she wished it could have been possible to explain the gravity of the orders to the three men, but they had made it clear they did not recognise the authority of the court.

Committal orders are an “absolute last resort”, she said, but the fate of the four men was “entirely” in their hands, and she now had no choice but to commit three of them.

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https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/three-jailed-for-trespassing-at-family-home-repossessed-by-mortgage-company-41707603.html