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After 10 Years and Crumbling Health, Ex-Air Corps Tech Wins €2m Battle Over Toxic Chemical Exposure in the Workplace

Landmark €2m settlement for Air Corps chemical exposure survivor Coleman Legal LLP

Former Irish Air Corps technician Gary Coll secured a €2 million settlement after suffering severe health issues from toxic chemical exposure at Casement Aerodrome. His case exposes safety failures, hazardous initiation rituals, and systemic negligence. With nine lawsuits pending and a Defence Forces tribunal underway, it raises urgent questions about accountability and long-term health risks in the Irish military.

The State have breached right to human dignity by failing to provide housing to asylum seekers, High Court rules

The State have breached right to human dignity by failing to provide housing to asylum seekers, High Court rules Coleman Legal LLP

The High Court has determined that the State’s inadequate housing provisions for male asylum seekers constitute a breach of their fundamental right to human dignity. This landmark ruling, initiated by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, highlights the severe impact of homelessness on vulnerable individuals. Despite the State’s defence citing resource constraints, the court emphasised that human rights obligations must be met.

German firms Bayer and BASF ordered to pay $265 million in damages

One of Missouri’s biggest peach farmers, Bill Bader has sued Bayer and BASF. The farmer alleged that Dicamba “weed-killer” drifted onto his 1000-acre orchard from nearby fields killing his crops. In addition to this Bayer is being blamed for damages to thousands of hectares of crops in US Midwestern state Missouri. After Bayer purchased US […]

Siblings receive €225,000 in settlement from nearby wind farm owners

Siblings Laura, David, and Jack Kelleher received a settlement of €225,000 for their High Court damages claim. They claimed their family was forced to leave their residence at Gowlane North, Donoughmore, Cork in 2016 due to illnesses caused from an adjacent wind farm. The lawsuit arose after the siblings had claimed noise, vibrations and flickering […]

Staff resign at Hyde & Seek crèche

In the last couple of days several senior members of the management team of  Hyde & Seek Childcare have resigned following an RTÉ investigation on care standards at the Dublin crèche chain. It appears that the insurance company, Ironshore Europe DAC made this decision to apply  to cancel the insurance policies of the facilities in the aftermath of  the RTÉ investigation and media report . […]

Public Service Card Data Breach Could Result in Compensation Claims

In the wake of allegations that the data collected from the issuance of Public Services Cards (PSC) were kept unlawfully, the State is braced for a series of demands for damages. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) published a report revealing that the retention of data collected during the application process was illegal and unauthorized, as […]

Louise O’Keeffe honoured “Spirit of Mother Jones”.

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Crèche Abuse Compensation Awarded After RTE Exposé

Emily Martin, a young girl who was filmed trying to walk around while strapped into a chair and left to cry at nap time in RTE’s first undercover creche expose, has been awarded €35,000 in creche abuse compensation. Taking the personal injury compensation action through her father Jonathan Martin, Emily sued Giraffe Childcare and the […]

Compensation Claims Likely Against Hyde and Seek Creche Group Following RTE Documentary

The Hyde and Seek childcare group are likely to face a number of creche mismanagement compensation claims following the airing of an RTE Investigates documentary that covered the bad treatment of children, emotionally and in relation to safety, along with violations of childcare management legislation. Anne Davy, who owns Hyde & Seek along with her […]

Redress may be extended to all women whom may have not lived at the Magdalen Laundries

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.2.2″] Minister for Justice, Michael Flanagan has instructed survivors of the “adjoining institutions” to the Magdalen Laundries to contact his office directly.   The measure has been taken in line to the Ombudsman report last November, where the performance of the Department of Justice was criticised in regards to the administration of […]

HSE to contact women prescribed Epilim during pregnancy

The HSE were advised by HSE National Clinical Advisor and Group Lead, Primary Care, David Hanlon to contact the 1,700 women of childbearing age who were prescribed Epilim while pregnant as the drug can harm the foetus.   Although the HSE has not contacted these women directly, according the the Medical Independent, letters were issued to GPs […]

Work Related Upper Limb Disorder

Work Related Upper Limb Disorder Upper limb disorders (ULDs) affect the arms, from fingers to shoulder, and neck. They are often called repetitive strain injuries (RSI), cumulative trauma disorder or occupational overuse syndrome. What are ULDs? Upper limb disorders (ULDs): are aches, pains, tension and disorders involving any part of the arm from fingers to shoulder, […]

Asylum seekers should be allowed to work following Supreme Court ruling

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Residential Care Centre Abuse

Residential Care Centre Abuse – Unannounced HIQA inspections highlight various issues in Care Homes for the intellectually disabled HIQA has reported that a residential centre for 13 adults with intellectual disabilities recorded an average of one incident of physical or verbal resident-on-resident abuse each day over a three-month period. The residential care centre, Rosanna Gardens […]

Coillte Farm Partnership Landowners left without payment

Coillte Farm Partnership Landowners left without payment Coillte, the State-owned forestry department, has stated that they will ‘work very hard to regain the trust of landowners’ in relation to non-payment to landowners who entered into farm-forest partnerships with it over 20 years ago. Coillte have entered into over 630 partnerships with farmers on an estimated […]

The effects of a delay in diagnosis

The effects of a delay in diagnosis Delay in diagnosis has unfortunately been quite prominent in recent months. In University Hospital in Kerry a recheck of over 46,000 scans is underway after it was discovered that there were errors found with a number of results. To date, the hospital has acknowledged that seven serious cancer […]

Woman Denied Irish Citizenship due to seven week Holiday in France

Woman Denied Irish Citizenship due to 7 week Holiday in France A British national who spent the last 44 years in Ireland with her Irish husband and five children has been denied an Irish citizenship under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956 (as amended). The reason for this was due to a seven-week holiday […]

Hip Dysplasia Diagnosis in Infants and Adults

Hip Dysplasia Diagnosis in Infants and Adults Hip Dysplasia is condition whereby the hip socket does not fully cover the “ball portion” of the upper thighbone. As a result of this, the hip joint can easily become partially, or in some cases, completely dislocated. Those who suffer from hip dysplasia are often born with the […]

The Pandemrix Swine Flu Vaccine and Narcolepsy

The Pandemrix Swine Flu Vaccine and Narcolepsy The Pandemrix vaccine was authorised in September 2009 and was used by various states within the EU during the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic – also referred to as swine flu. More than 30 million people were vaccinated with the drug in the EU with some 900,000 receiving it […]

Costochondritis

What is Costochondritis? Costochondritis is a condition that results from an inflammation of the junctions where the upper ribs join with the cartilage that holds them to the breastbone, or sternum. Being a relatively harmless condition, it usually goes away without the need for medical treatment. Costochondritis commonly occurs in young children and adolescents, between […]

International Enforcement of Judgments

International Enforcement of Judgments Coleman Legal Partners has advised clients extensively on the legal principles and methodologies involved in seeking to enforce monetary judgments across a wide range of legal jurisdictions to include the United Kingdom, Europe, and in sub Saharan Africa. The following is a brief summary of the legal principles pertaining to enforcement […]

Couple awarded €30,000 for Facebook defamation by neighbour

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 defendant, who didn’t appear in court, admitted the action and had agreed to […]

Dying British teenager wins right to be cryogenically frozen

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 proceedings as JS, JS was tragically diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in […]

Torticollis as the result of trauma

Torticollis -What is Torticollis? Torticollis, or wry neck, literally means “twisted neck” in Latin.  Torticollis is a broad category of disorders that involves twisting, flexion and extension of the neck muscles beyond their normal position. The definition of torticollis translates as ‘twisted neck’ where the neck tends to twist to one side causing the head to […]

Sugar tax to be introduced in Irish budget

Sugar tax to be introduced in budget The Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan is set to announce a sugar tax in next month’s budget. However, the implementation of the levy for this may be delayed until 2018. It is believed that Mr Noonan will commit to introduce a new tax on sugar-sweetened drinks. There have […]

HSE aware of ‘Mary’ case much sooner than first admitted

HSE aware of ‘Mary’ case much sooner than first admitted It has recently been discovered by RTE’s investigative programme ‘This Week’ that the HSE were aware of the ‘Mary’ case involving a young woman with intellectual disabilities that was deemed to be at risk, much earlier than first reported. ‘Mary’ was left in a foster […]

Cruise Ship Liabilities

Cruise Ship Liabilities The International Maritime Organisation is the united nations agency that is responsible for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution. The IMO adopted the Athens Convention relating to the carriage of passengers and their luggage by sea. This Convention declares that a carrier is liable for damage […]

Legal action to commence against Tony Blair

Legal action to commence against Tony Blair A crowdfunding campaign has resulted in legal action being taken against Tony Blair. The legal action is to commence against the former Prime Minister and has been initiated by the Iraq War Families Campaigns Group, which represents the families of the 179 servicemen and women that were killed […]

Young person left in foster home despite alleged abuse

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 and Family Agency) removed two foster children from the home, […]

Lawyers Facebook Ethics Probe

Lawyers accused of using paralegal to friend litigant on Facebook facing ethics probe Two lawyers have been accused of using a paralegal to friend a litigant and access non-public Facebook pages, and the New Jersey Supreme Court in USA has ruled in a decision on the power of the Office of Attorney Ethics. Ethical regulators […]

Further Foster Abuse Claims in the west of Ireland

Further Foster Abuse Claims in the west of Ireland The RTE Investigations Unit programme has revealed that a number of children were left in the care of a foster family in the west of Ireland for several years, despite sexual abuse allegations against one of the family members. RTE’s ‘Failure to Foster Care’ programme reports […]

Foster Home Abuse Wexford

Coleman Legal Partners are currently advising families of victims of the foster home scandal in Wexford. Recently media attention has primarily focused upon the ‘Grace’ case whereby a young girl presenting with intellectual disabilities was placed in the care of a family where she was subjected to horrific sexual and physical abuse over a 20 […]

Links Childcare Settlement

Links Childcare Settlement Coleman Legal Partners were recently involved in the settlements between 22 children and their families and Links Childcare, Malahide. In May 2013, the RTE Investigation Unit broadcast a documentary which revealed, through undercover footage, staff of the crèche mistreating children in their care which included incidents of physical assaults and verbal abuse. […]

Fraudulent Transfer of Property and the Avoidance of Legal Duty

Fraudulent Transfer of Property and the Avoidance of Legal Duty A recent High Court decision has found that the transfer of property from a former Irish dancing teacher to his wife was carried out with an intention to avoid an order requiring him to pay €400,000 damages to a former pupil who fell victim to […]

Medtronic Recalls Nearly 97,000 Insync III Pacemakers Due to Battery Issue

Medtronic Recalls Nearly 97,000 Insync III Pacemakers Due to Battery Issue When people refer to a pacemaker, they are actually discussing a pacing system: a pacemaker, a pacing lead or leads, and a programmer. Two parts are placed inside the body: the pacemaker and pacing lead. The pacemaker is a small metal case that contains electronic […]

Fiduciary Duty

Fiduciary Duty A fiduciary relationship can be described as one where a person places complete confidence in another in regard to a particular transaction or one’s general affairs or business. The relationship can be one of moral or personal responsibility, due to the superior knowledge and training of the fiduciary as compared to the one […]

Consent and the Law

Consent and the Law Consent Consent can be described as the “voluntary acquiescence to the proposal of another”. The law recognizes different forms of consent. Implied consent is not expressly granted by a person, but rather inferred from a person’s actions and the facts and circumstances of a particular situation (or in some cases, by […]

Longboat Quay Residents face €4 million Fire risk bill

Longboat Quay Residents face €4 million Fire risk bill Longboat Quay is a Docklands complex of 298 apartments built by developer Bernard McNamara. Residents were delivered the blow earlier this week that they may need to pay up to €18,000 in order to fix serious fire safety defects including fire stopping material issues in utility […]

Compensation for Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services

Compensation for Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services According to the Irish Fire and Emergency Services Association (IFESA), there is a huge need for a proper compensation scheme for firefighters injured in the line of duty, particularly as a result of attacks or vandalism which has proven rife over the last number of years. Firefighters from […]

Electromagnetic Hyper Sensitivity (EHS) – Allergy to WiFi

Electromagnetic Hyper Sensitivity (EHS) - Allergy to WiFi This highly controversial and little-understood condition has drawn a lot of media attention as late and could see much more publicity in weeks and months to come following a landmark ruling in France for a lady who claims to suffer from Electromagnetic Hyper Sensitivity caused by exposure to […]

The risks of Formaldehyde use for Funeral Directors

The risks of formaldehyde use for funeral directors Thousands of funeral directors across Britain and Ireland are at increased risk of falling fatally ill due to the toxic effects of formaldehyde used to embalm bodies, according to a new study. The chemical, a known carcinogen, is linked to cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly […]

Setanta Insurance

Setanta Insurance Company Limited Setanta Insurance Company Limited (“Setanta Insurance”) sold insurance policies in Ireland for seven years. The company was set up under Maltese law and in April 2014 was put in to voluntary liquidation in accordance with Maltese law. A legal issue has emerged in respect of policyholders and those seeking issue to […]

Recommended Reforms – the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 THE RECOMMENDED REFORMS TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN IRELAND AS OUTLINED IN REPORTS AND LEGISLATION UP TO AND INCLUDING THE LEGAL SERVICES REGULATION BILL 2011 AND HOW THESE SUGGESTED REFORMS MIGHT AFFECT THE LEGAL PROFESSION DOWNLOAD PDF OF THIS ARTICLE HERE Explaining The Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 From an […]

The State and its National Maternity Services in 2015: How we got here

The number of maternal deaths in Ireland has risen sharply, up by 22%, meaning the pregnancy-related death rate in Ireland is now higher than that in the UK, according to a new report of the Confidential Maternal Death Enquiry, based in UCC. In this country in the last two years, we have seen an unprecedented […]

INCREASED CLAIMS AGAINST PRIVATE HOSPITAL CONSULTANTS

INCREASED CLAIMS AGAINST PRIVATE HOSPITAL CONSULTANTS – the cost to them and the residual cost to the public purse The Health Service Executive has indicated that it expects an over-run on costs incurred by the State Claims Agency for 2014 in respect of negligence claims against the public health service. As a result of this […]

Girl injured at Dublin GAA match awarded €30,000

Girl injured at Dublin GAA match awarded €30,000 A 17-year-old student, who injured her right leg on metal railings while attending a GAA football match, has been awarded €30,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court. The student had gone to return a ball that had been kicked out of play when she fell over disused […]

Gender Discrimination in the Workplace

The Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2011 (“The Acts”) prohibit g discrimination in a wide range of employment areas including most particularly recruitment and promotion; equal pay; working conditions; training or experience; dismissal and harassment including sexual harassment. The Acts also apply to employers, providers of vocational training, employment agencies and employment advertisers. The Acts […]

CHALLENGING VARIABLE RATE MORTGAGES

On the 30th September Mr. Justice Hogan gave Judgment in the case of Millar & anor v. Financial Services Ombudsman, [2014] IEHC. The Court found that the Ombudsman made a serious and significant error, or a series of errors, in determining that the Plaintiffs should not succeed in their claim against Danske Bank, over its […]

Man loses case against Oxygen Festival organisers

Man loses case against Oxygen Festival organisers A MAN WHO broke his ankle after he says it became stuck in the mud during a Kings of Leon gig at Oxygen in 2007 has had a negligence action against MCD dismissed by the High Court. The plaintiff, claims that he and his friend were not particularly […]

Regulation of Pre-School Childcare Services in Ireland

A recent investigation by RTÉ’s Prime Time programme has shed light on the mistreatment of children at a number of crèches in Dublin and Wicklow. The programme, “A Breach Of Trust”, exposed a number of shocking practices at these childcare facilities and caused a social media storm in the days and weeks that followed. As […]