by Coleman Legal LLP | Jul 18, 2016 | Personal Injury
Woman who slipped and fell on wet floor in supermarket awarded €75,000 Ms Julie Greene who was claiming damages for injuries sustained as a result of a slip and fall on rainwater that had accumulated inside the entrance to the Dunnes’ Stores in Ennis. The failure by...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Jul 7, 2016 | Financial Mis-selling
One of the biggest class actions in UK history is being faced by Mastercard over card charges that were passed on to shoppers. Walter Merricks (the ex Financial Services Ombudsman) is heading the claim and is using the UK’s Consumer Rights Act 2015 to file the claim...
by Coleman Legal LLP | May 17, 2016 | Employer's Liability, Personal Injury
A record amount of €1.1 million euros has been awarded in the High Court to a young member of the Garda Drug Squad who was seriously injured and repeatedly stabbed while effecting an arrest. Mr Justice Bernard Barton, told barrister Paul O’Neill (Counsel for the...
by Coleman Legal LLP | May 9, 2016 | Other Categories
Young person left in foster home despite alleged abuse A young person with intellectual disabilities was left in a foster home for some time after allegations of sexual abuse were raised about a foster carer in the home. When alerted to the allegations, Tusla (Child...
by Coleman Legal LLP | May 8, 2016 | Personal Injury, Public Liability
Woman awarded €85,000 after B&Q varnish spill A woman was covered ‘head to toe’ by a tin of varnish when the lid fell off as she was scanning items at a self-service checkout in a DIY store. As a result she has been awarded €85,000 for injuries that she received....
