How is compensation for personal injury assessed?
Compensation for injuries is often referred to as damages. Damages can be divided into general damages and special damages. General damages is the amount of money to compensate you ...
Can you settle your vehicle damage claim and still bring a personal injury claim?
At an early stage the insurance company for the Respondent will conduct their investigations into liability for the accident. If they accept that their driver is responsible for the ...
Can you make a claim for psychological injury?
If you have suffered a recognised psychological injury you can bring a claim to the Injuries Board in respect of that injury. Anxiety, stress, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, ...
How quickly must I act after sustaining my injury?
If you have had an accident, be it a road traffic accident, workplace accident, slip trip or fall, there has always been an obliged on you to serve a ...
A fall on snow or ice – who is responsible?
Public footpaths are public due to the fact that they have been taken in charge by the local authority. There has been much caselaw in Ireland on whether a ...
In an accident involving an unidentified driver and untraced driver – what do I do?
Most people are well aware of what to do if they are involved in an accident with another vehicle, but the situation changes if the vehicle doesn’t stop, or ...
Repetitive strain injury at work – who is liable?
Repetitive strain injury is the term used to describe a musculoskeletal injury effecting neck, shoulder, arm, wrist and hands. The most common cause of repetitive strain injury is a ...
What are the basic elements of a personal injury action?
If you have suffered an injury be it as a result of a road traffic accident, workplace accident or a slip and fall in a public place, there are ...
What are the steps involved in bringing a personal injury claim?
The first step which we usually take in any road traffic accident, workplace accident or slip, trip fall is that we instruct an Engineer to attend at the scene ...
Why is it beneficial to use a solicitor when applying to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board?
A Solicitor is invaluable in making an application to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, as there are a large number of pitfalls which can and do become fatal to ...