Tortilla Flat-pack
A plaintiff in Ireland claiming general damages for a deficient holiday is more likely to be successful than a similar plaintiff in the UK.
The Garda Síochána Guide (2)
A well-wisher has directed me to page E-137 of the Garda Síochána Guide
What happened?
With regard to the tort of negligence, road traffic accidents are exceptional. They are exceptional because they conceal the fact that, often, the factual cause of an event is not discovered.
Continuous Professional Development
In the real world, the best form of CPD is to do. Do the work and you know more than any lecture can ever convey.
The Garda Síochána Guide
The latest edition of the Garda Guide has been published. The Guide is a compendium of the Criminal law of Ireland.
PIAB complete
The MIBI was not mentioned specifically in the 2003 Act, hence the doubt. The judgment makes sense; anything else would have been an anomaly. Indeed, in a very real sense the 2003 Act was intended to apply to the MIBI more than anyone or anything else; they are the insurance industry.
Digital Rights case (continued)
Three Motions are (or were) before the High Court. One, that of the Irish Human Rights Commission, was promptly decided by the judge in favour of the IHRC. The IRHC is now a “party” to the proceedings as “amicus curiae”.
Gormley’s man (woman?)
There, Humpty Dumpty explains himself to Alice:
Oops!
The Supreme Court held that this could only be read prospectively (into the future) and did not avail the State in its arguments. (The Supreme Court also found that the Act, as so read, was constitutional. It also found that the offence “assault occasioning actual bodily harm” was a common law offence.)
Family day at the Dail
The Dail is firmly under the thumb of the Government, whereas our Constitution envisages that it should be the reverse. The principle purpose of a Constitution is to rein in the Executive. Representative democracy exists for the same purpose.