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ParrisWhittaker
If you have been injured during a package holiday, it is important to tell your tour or travel operator about the accident – and ask them to notify its insurer – following an important ruling.
ParrisWhittaker
Expert witness reports are crucial in substantiating a personal injury claim; must be disclosed within the appropriate time required by court rules – even if you don't like its contents.
ParrisWhittaker
The reasoned report of a medical expert is critical to the success of any personal injury claim.
ParrisWhittaker
The appointment of a Single Joint Expert to provide expert evidence to the court in civil proceedings is always intended to save time – and the all-important legal costs of the parties.
ParrisWhittaker
A Norwich Pharmacal Order against an ‘innocent' third party will only be granted if the court is satisfied it is for a ‘proper purpose', a court has ruled.
ParrisWhittaker
A landmark ruling has clarified that doctors owe no duty of care towards the family of a patient they are treating.
Cyprus
Michael Kyprianou Law Firm
Commentary surrounding the introduction of the new Civil Procedure Rules (‘'CPRs'') in Cyprus this September has tended to focus on the extended powers of courts as a result of the rules.
George Z. Georgiou & Associates LLC
As of 01/09/2023, the new Civil Procedure Rules (the "Rules") will apply to new cases filed from that date onwards. However, the Court has the discretionary power to extend the application...
Ireland
Dillon Eustace
The High Court has highlighted what it describes as "a far from satisfactory" situation whereby there is a divergence in the approach adopted by the courts to the insertion of certain...
Dillon Eustace
In O'Donovan v Cork County Council [2024] IEHC 33, the High Court agreed to stay personal injury proceedings on foot of an application by the defendant that the plaintiff undergo a medical examination...
Dillon Eustace
The Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) has been renamed and will now be known as the Injuries Resolution Board.
Dillon Eustace
In C. (A Minor suing through his Mother and Next Friend) v An Unnamed Driver [2023] IEHC 651, the High Court approved a PIAB assessment of damages arising out of a road traffic accident.
Dillon Eustace
Our February 2019 article detailed the duty of care owed by schools to their students in the context of injuries arising from physical activity.
Dillon Eustace
In Egan v Castlerea Co-operative Livestock Mart Limited [2023] IECA 240, the Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court order for discovery in personal injury proceedings...
Dillon Eustace
In Wolfe v PIAB and Mater Misericordiae Hospital [2023] IECA 245 the Court of Appeal, overturning a High Court decision, has quashed an assessment made by PIAB and referred...
Dillon Eustace
The Personal Injury Guidelines ('the Guidelines') came into operation on 24 April 2021, with the intention of achieving greater consistency in awards for varying types of personal injury.
United Arab Emirates
Awatif Mohammad Shoqi Advocates & Legal Consultancy
Moral damages, non-material or non-pecuniary damages, are a significant part of Federal Law No. 5/1985 on the Civil Transactions Law (Civil Code) in the UAE.
Awatif Mohammad Shoqi Advocates & Legal Consultancy
Under the UAE laws, assault is classified as a criminal offence, carrying penalties, all guided by the UAE Penal Code under Federal Law No. 31/2021.
European Union
Dillon Eustace
The 6th Motor Insurance Directive, Directive (EU) 2021/2118 (‘2021 Directive'), was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 02 December 2021...
Hamdan AlShamsi Lawyers & Legal Consultants
Limitation is the time within which a legal action can be brought or a legal right enforced. If a party bringing a legal claim misses a limitation date...
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