Injury Compensation Claims: Time Limit Traps to Watch
Statute of Limitations The term Statue of Limitations refers to the law which states the length of time a person has to make a personal injury compensation claim following an accident. If not made within the appropriate time, the claim is lost no matter how serious the injury may be. In most personal injury claims, […]
Fraudulent or Exaggerated Personal Injury Claims
General Concern For some time insurance companies and, indeed, the Courts have been concerned with the number of fraudulent or exaggerated claims for compensation for personal injuries and it is not generally well known that this was tackled by the legislature in The Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 (the 2004 Act) certain provisions of […]
Don’t forget the victims
Insurance spin Sunday 20th November was World Day of Remembrance for the victims of road traffic accidents. I felt a significant frustration for the families of victims and those injured in accidents. Currently Insurance Companies are raising insurance premiums and they are trying to blame high awards given to victims and their legal costs. The […]
Fatal Accident Compensation Claim
The death of a loved one, tragically, in an accident is a shocking and traumatic experience. The grief and loss can never be compensated in monetary terms. However, the practical financial implications to a family, of a sudden and tragic death, all too quickly become apparent and survivors should be aware of the compensation which […]
Compensation Claims against Local Authorities—Irish Law still in the 18th Century!
It is hard to believe that in 2015, the Law which decides whether persons injured on a public roadway or footpath are entitled to compensation is still governed by an English decision of the year 1788! However, that fact was again reinforced in a recent decision of the High Court (McCabe v South Dublin County […]
Damages and Compensation in a Court Case
A court may remedy a civil action in a number of different ways. However, the most common remedy sought by an injured party (Plaintiff) in a civil action is monetary compensation. Monetary compensation is also referred to as damages and this article will explore the various ways in which a court will assess damages and […]
Time limits for compensation claims—traps for the unaware!
Many people seem to be unaware that the time limits laid down by law for taking compensation claims have been considerably reduced in recent years so it is vital that injured claimants seek advice at the earliest opportunity and get their claims processed in time. Many people will be familiar with the expression “statute barred” […]
Sports and law
The area of sports and the law is peculiar for a number of reasons. This is an indirect acknowledgment that its place in society is somewhat different to that of our ordinary everyday activities of going to work or school etc. While the area of Sports and the law is actually quite broad, I only […]
Injuries & The Law
One of the unfortunate side effects of industrialisation and the development of the motor car has been a significant increase in the amount of injuries suffered by people, particularly in road traffic accidents. The law cannot put somebody back into the position they were in before the accident and deals with the difficulty by giving […]