Fachtna O’Driscoll Solicitors Cork brought a claim for personal injuries for a man who was caused to trip and fall by a large pothole which resulted in him receiving a painful injury to his wrist. Liability (which simply means admission of legal responsibility) was contested, and so the Local Authority declined to have the personal…
Fachtna O Driscoll Solicitors Cork brought a claim for personal injuries for a man who was rear ended in a road traffic accident. Liability was not in issue and therefore the claim concerned an assessment of compensation only. Our client suffered injuries to his neck, shoulder and back and was out of work initially and…
Fachtna O Driscoll Solicitors Cork brought a claim for personal injuries for a woman who fractured her wrist when she fell on a footpath. The Defendant was a Local Authority and denied liability and we obtained an engineer’s report and issued Court Proceedings and secured a substantial settlement for the client a few days before…
Fachtna O Driscoll Solicitors Cork brought a personal injuries claim for a man who was rear ended in a road traffic accident and he suffered an exacerbation to an old injury to his back. Our litigation submitted an Application to the Injuries Board on his behalf and obtained a substantial settlement for his back injury without…
Fachtna O Driscoll Solicitors Cork brought a successful personal injuries claim for a client who suffered a fracture to her hip when she struck a glass wall in a shopping centre. Our litigation team submitted an Application to the Injuries Board and secured a substantial settlement for our client without her having to go to…
Fachtna O Driscoll Solicitors Cork represented a client who was visiting from the UK when he was involved in a road traffic accident and suffered an injury to his back. Liability for the accident was contested and we issued personal injury court proceedings after which we secured a very satisfactory settlement for our client for…
Fachtna O’Driscoll Solicitors represented an employee before the Rights Commissioner who had been unfairly dismissed for misconduct. The employee instructed Fachtna O’Driscoll Solicitors to act on his behalf in the unfair dismissal claim and it was successfully settled on the morning of the hearing, avoiding the necessity for further legal proceedings for our client. There…
Fachtna O Driscoll Solicitors Cork represented a client who suffered personal injuries as a result of a slip and fall in a supermarket. CCTV footage was critical in assessing liability for the personal injuries claim and we successfully brought an early application to court for the CCTV footage after which liability was admitted. We settled…
Fachtna O Driscoll Solicitors Cork represented an employee in a constructive dismissal appeal. Although both are technical legal terms, constructive dismissal can be viewed as a form of unfair dismissal that occurs when the employee terminates his or her contract of employment, with or without prior notice, due to the behaviour of the employer. The…
Fachtna O Driscoll Solicitors represented a client who suffered personal injuries as a result of having had a road traffic accident abroad. Although the accident happened abroad we were able to sue the owner of the other vehicle in Ireland. The case involved complicated issues of law in relation to jurisdiction and damages. The question…