by Coleman Legal LLP | Jan 19, 2017 | Other Categories
Couple awarded €30,000 for Facebook defamation by neighbour A couple have been awarded damages of more than €30,000 against a neighbour who defamed them on Facebook for no apparent reason. The action was settled in Letterkenny Circuit Civil Court on Tuesday. The...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Dec 1, 2016 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse Law
An investigation is under way into an alleged assault that took place in the Lucan area last Thursday 24th November. This has been confirmed by Gardai. It has been reported that eight pupils have been suspended following an alleged incident at King’s Hospital School...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Nov 26, 2016 | Other Categories
Dying British teenager wins right to be cryogenically frozen In an unprecedented judgment released on Friday, 18th November 2016, Justice Peter Jackson granted a fourteen-year-old girl’s dying wish for her body to be cryogenically frozen upon her death. Known in the...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Nov 21, 2016 | Defective Product, Employer's Liability, Personal Injury
A €60,000 damages claim for an undisclosed figure has been settled in the Circuit Civil Court for a chef who suffered burns to his face when a gas oven exploded in the restaurant he was working in in Dublin. The plaintiff suffered flash burns to his neck, face, lips,...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Nov 18, 2016 | Hospital Negligence, Medical Negligence, Personal Injury
Psychiatric Patient Mistreatment Ireland Patients at Portlaoise hospital held in isolation until they showed ‘remorse’ The Mental Health Commission has carried out a focused inspection of the psychiatric unit at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Portlaoise. This...
