We were delighted to be asked by the Examiner newspaper to comment on the law around rogue traders and cowboy builders: Many who run into difficulty with rip-off merchants fail to report them to gardaí, wrongly believing their wrongdoing to be of a civil rather than a criminal nature. “We have to differentiate between what’s…

Fachtna O Driscoll Solicitors Cork brought a claim for personal injuries for a man who was caused to slip and fall in a large pothole resulting in an injury to his wrist. Liability was contested and so the Local Authority declined to have the personal injuries claim assessed by the Injuries Board. It was necessary…

Fachtna O Driscoll Solicitors Cork brought a claim for personal injuries for a lady who slipped on liquid in a nightclub. Liability was in issue and so it was necessary to instruct an engineer to inspect the premises and prepare a report. Our client suffered an injury to her head. We initiated proceedings and secured…

What exactly does No Win No Fee (or No Foal No Fee to give it its agricultural title) mean? Enter any search term into Google on the subject of injuries, accidents, claims and compensation and you are sure to find No Win No Fee Solicitors or some variant of such appearing in your search results….

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…

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