News

Boy hit by car while running to ice-cream van awarded €48,000.00

Family law - Child abduction - Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991 - Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction - O. 28, r. 1 of the Rules of the Superior Courts - Amendment of pleadings - Discretionary remedy

Contract - Breach of contract - Personal injury summons - Negligence - Practice and Procedures - O. 16, r. 8 (3) of the Rules of the Superior Courts - S. 27(1) (b) of the Civil Liability Act 1961 - Third party notice - Delay 

Family - Guardianship of Infants Act, 1964 - Removal of child from one jurisdiction to another without consent - Jurisdiction of Court over custody - Habitual resident - Best interests of child  

Family law - Judicial separation - Lump sum payment - Statutory requirements - Applicant seeking to vary the judgment and order of the High Court in relation to the lump sum payment ordered to be paid by the respondent to the applicant - Whether the respondent’s conduct should have resulted in a greater lump sum than that which was awarded 

Damages - Road traffic accident - Statute of Limitations Acts 1957 and 1991 - S.7 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 - Delay - Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act, 2003 

Negligence – Personal injuries – Damages – Appellant seeking damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of the negligence of the respondent – Whether trial judge did not fully engage with the evidence adduced on the appellant’s behalf in support of her claim  

Contract - Breach of contract – Damages – Termination of employment – Appellant seeking to appeal against an interlocutory order – Whether trial judge was in error in failing to accept that the respondent’s claim was in substance a claim for damages for breach of contract