Tag: breach of contract

  • Woman Walks Into Lift Door at Work and Sues Her Employer for Personal Injuries

    This personal injuries case involves a woman who worked in Abbott Ireland in Clonmel since 1999 and who injured her head as she entered a lift at her workplace in 2014. She was speaking with a colleague as she entered a lift and was looking away from the lift doors towards her colleague. The woman,…

  • Contract Law in Ireland-the Essentials

    We all come into frequent contact with contracts in our daily lives. Public transport, shopping, visiting your solicitor/doctor/physiotherapist, buying a second hand car, buying a sliced pan in Tesco or Supervalu-the instances of contract law being relevant in your day to day living are infinite. Let’s take an overview of contract law in Ireland, shall…

  • How to Begin Civil Proceedings in the District Court

    The District Court now has a jurisdictional limit of €15,000. So, if you need to pursue a debt or a claim for damages for breach of contract, negligence, or on any ground for less than €15,000 you will commence proceedings in the District Court. To do this, you file, for issue and service, a claim…