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Courts report 15% increase in personal injury claims last year
- Financial Services
- July 25, 2017, 15:50
The number of personal injury claims before the courts last year jumped 15 per cent, which is likely to heighten concerns surrounding the insurance in(...)

Policing Authority selects auditors to review breathtest errors
- Irish News
- July 16, 2017, 07:50
Financial auditors Crowe Horwath have been selected by the Policing Authority to review Garda roadside breath test figures and examine how almost 15,0(...)

Errors identified in 8,500 motorist fixed-charge convictions
- Irish News
- July 15, 2017, 01:00
The first of nearly 9,000 appeals by motorists who were wrongly convicted and fined for fixed-charge driving offences will begin in courts across the (...)

Service for victims of domestic abuse sees 30% rise in clients
- Crime & Law
- June 26, 2017, 01:00
The country’s leading in-courthouse support service for women who have experienced domestic abuse has seen an increase in clients of more than 30 per (...)

Court email accidentally sent to the wrong people
- Crime & Law
- May 4, 2017, 16:08
Court offices around the country have been warned about data protection after information on a court case was mistakenly sent to a group of people tha(...)

Fall in number of court applications to repossess homes
- Crime & Law
- April 10, 2017, 17:18
Legal action to repossess homes with mortgages in arrears dropped again last year, according to Courts Service figures. The number of orders granted b(...)

Courts making arrangements to deal with repossession cases
- Crime & Law
- November 9, 2016, 19:03
Courts around the country are making their own arrangements to deal with repossession cases and ensure “safe and timely access to justice”, the Court(...)

Some courts likely to close if Garda strike goes ahead
- Crime & Law
- November 2, 2016, 01:00
Courts in some areas are likely to close if impending industrial action by gardaí goes ahead from Friday. District Courts around the country will bea(...)

Grim and daunting: Dublin child care court moves to new setting
- Crime & Law
- October 11, 2016, 19:28
Chancery Street Courthouse is a far from ideal location for cases involving families of children taken into care in Dublin. But since last week such c(...)

Judges claimed over €780,000 in expenses in first half of 2016
- Crime & Law
- August 26, 2016, 01:00
Judges claimed more than €780,000 in expenses in the first half of 2016, new Courts Service figures show. The largest claim, for €24,500, was made by(...)