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This is another interesting article I came across in the Irish Times. I have bought land with no planning permission – can I put a caravan on the land? The short answer is no. For the purposes of camping, the planning Acts provide for temporary use of any land for the placing of a caravan…
This is a summary of an article from the Irish Times. Commercial vehicles parked in residential areas are occasionally the subject of complaints and can lead to difficult neighbourly relationships. There are three aspects to the query. 1. Your right to claim the parking space as your own. 2. Your neighbour’s right to park his…
Dismissing the case with an order for costs against the claimant, Judge Linnane said she had heard very good evidence from the Chairman of the County Board as to the care taken for the safety of spectators. The Judge praised the “unbelievable” level of care taken by the GAA to safeguard fans when throwing out…
Counsel for the Plaintiff told the Court that the defendant turned up at the Plaintiffs house. The Defendant continuously pressed the buzzer in the house and had waited until the Plaintiff had identified himself before viciously head-butting him in the face, knocking him unconscious. The Plaintiff was sitting in a room at the back of…
A woman who told a court she was injured when she slipped on milk in a Lidl supermarket has had her €15,000 compensation claim thrown out. The woman was left facing hefty legal bills after she sued Lidl Ireland for damages for personal injuries as well as inconvenience and expenses she suffered. She claimed the…
A girl, who was left with a slightly stunted finger after she caught her hand in a door in her primary school, has been awarded damages of €10,000 in the District Court. The second-class pupil, through her mother, sued her School over the injuries she suffered. The district court heard that it arose out of…
Boy who fractured his elbow in fall at play centre offered €15,000 settlement. An eight-year-old schoolboy, who fractured his right elbow in a fall at a play centre, had been offered a €15,000 settlement, the court was told. Judge Gerard Griffen heard in the Circuit Civil Court that the boy had fallen from a climbing…
A gay man who was continually harassed by a work colleague has been awarded €27,000 on the grounds of his sexual orientation. The complainant told the WRC that the comments were aimed at him on a daily fashion and there was constant sniggering and juvenile stereotypical references made in his company, all of which made…
Hearing the screams of a seven-year-old girl, whose head and neck was trapped in electric gates, a passer-by helped in forcing them open and freeing her, the Circuit Civil Court heard. Counsel for the girl told Judge Kathryn Hutton that the terrifying incident took place a short distance from the girls’ home. Counsel went on…
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