Law professor says new flat-payment model could incentivise guilty pleas, while a High Court judge has previously criticised State’s ‘fundamentally incoherent’ approach to justice
Figures include €6.6m in damages paid to people who took legal action over 2018 smear test scandal
Politicians seem caring in person, but the process continues to be dragged out, adding to the pain of people who have already endured so much
‘This is like getting through the Strait of Hormuz,’ says barrister as costs orders still not made eight years after cases settled
Anticipated surge comes as Department of Justice ramps up decision-making and deportations
Introduction of alcohol warning labels to be deferred for two years, Ministers to hear
Dáil Public Accounts Committee expected to question agency over legal cases and protected disclosure
Cases relating to exposure to dangerous chemicals used in aircraft maintenance are due before the courts
Payment from State Claims Agency believed to be largest ever for tribunal witness
Paschal Donohoe expected to brief colleagues on proposed changes to LPT charging mechanism to limit the impact of rising property values on householders
Compensation payments from the State Claims Agency across all categories were down almost €90m last year
State’s first chief legal costs adjudicator says legal costs claims are ‘high’ rather than ‘excessive’
‘Arrangements continue’ for ‘full and final wind-down’ of tribunal established 27 years ago, says Department of the Taoiseach
Injuries Resolution Board made €170m awards in 2023, down more than €100m since 2019
Report by Medical Protection Society found medical negligence cases take longer and cost more in Ireland than in many countries
Slow pace of legal actions is damaging patients and doctors’ mental wellbeing, says Medical Protection Society
Protections against psychological harm need to be put in place to safeguard employee health and guard against legal actions, employers told
Retired District Court judge intervenes in ‘unprecedented crisis’ in services for children most at risk
Cian O’Carroll, Ms Phelan’s lawyer, says patients would prefer quality medical care to damages
This was nearly €37m higher than the previous year
‘Big firms want to brief somebody who will charge a fortune so that they can justify charging a fortune’
Some 10,038 healthcare-related claims were received by the State Claims Agency between 2018 and 2022
Warning to new HSE chief of threat to future of cancer screening services
Mass actions now comprising 10 per cent of all legal cases against the State
The €140m paid to lawyers by the State Claims Agency in 2021 represented approximately 15% of the profession’s income that year
The highest amount paid out in claims was for wound infections at almost €3 million
Obstetrician says his expert opinion has sometimes been sought and then put aside because it did not suit a plaintiff’s case
Requirement for in-cell sanitation will mean less room for prisoners in E Block
Almost three-quarters of 2,272 legal claims have been completed, committee told
Businessman named one of seven people who engaged in ‘active concealment’
HSE has written to those identified in report on child and adolescent mental health services
Woman takes case against Dealgan House over death of mother in first pandemic wave
Case against Co Cork facility first of many set to be lodged against HSE
Figures show more than €200,000 recently paid out due to property damage in raids
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