A judge has thrown out four claims for a total of â¬240,000 in damages arising from an accident close to the Border in which four occupants of a car that was ârear-endedâ claimed to have sustained significant injuries.
Judge James McCourt described the difference in medical reports provided by Dundalk doctor John Murphy for the four plaintiffs and the histories recorded on their complaints by Blackrock Clinic orthopaedic surgeon Garry Fenelon, who had examined each of the plaintiffs on behalf of defendant South County Self Drive, Rochestown Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, as âremarkableâ.
The rear-ending incident happened on December 1st 2014 on a slip road off the M1 motorway at Carrickdale, Dundalk.
There was a âsurgeâ in personal injury cases lodged last week in the run-up to the new reduced damages regime for injury compensation, according to a spokesman for the Courts Service.
While there were 670 personal injury summonses lodged last week with the High Court, the same period last year saw just 100, the spokesman said.
Figures are not available for the Circuit Court but legal sources said that a rush to lodge claims at that court was also evident.
New guidelines for personal injury awards adopted by the Judicial Council in March came into effect from Saturday.
The guidelines will see cuts of up to 50 per cent in the awards given for most types of minor and medium-range injuries.
Missed deadline costs council £667,000 and sparks call for top-level resignation
The mistake was down to human error, the council has said
Tory councillor Roger Bayliss, who has refused to resign over the blunder (Image: North West Leicestershire District Council)
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UFC welterweight Rhys McKee has been released from the world’s leading MMA promotion after losing both of his fights inside the Octagon.
UFC president Dana White promised up to 60 fighters would be released. The promotion had 660 fighters under contract when White said that, and he’s already made good on his promise. We saw the promotion make plenty of cuts in late 2020, including cutting stars like Anderson Silva and Yoel Romero, and the organization figures to release many more in early 2021. Unfortunately for McKee, he was among the latest casualties of the UFC’s bloated roster issue.
McKee posted a story to his Instagram on Wednesday indicating that he has been released by the UFC. Check out what he said (Via Sean Sheehan).
Accolade for Cork company as its expansion continues
Wisetek (with Cork locations in Dublin Hill, and Brooklodge in Glanmire) has been recognised as a “representative vendor” in the “IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) industry” in Gartner’s recent Market Guide for IT Asset Disposition. With
headquarters in Cork, Wisetek is the only Irish company recognised among the major international vendors in the report, which analysed trends in the global ITAD market.
As part of its contribution to the Market Guide for IT Asset Disposition, Wisetek completed a comprehensive questionnaire regarding its operations in Ireland and globally, and the wider industry.
Wisetek has grown exponentially since it was established by Sean Sheehan in 2007, and has expanded its international footprint to include facilities in Ireland, the UK, the USA, the Middle East and Thailand.