Browne & Murphy Solicitors

07/12/2021

https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/high-court-worker-fails-to-quash-hospitals-refusal-to-let-her-to-work-from-home

The High Court has refused an application by a hospital worker to quash a decision that prevented her from working from home. The applicant claimed that she was at high risk from Covid-19 due to her health history and that the hospital failed to comply with HSE requirements in making the decision. D

25/11/2021

The sheer cost of homes and the difficulties for younger workers with lower earnings in qualifying for mortgages means new buyers are older.

24/11/2021

Homeowners could save €4,000 by switching mortgage providers

Mortgage advice company doddl.ie says switching in Irish market has hit record levels

24/11/2021

A recent Court of Appeal decision found that litigants challenging planning permission could only avail of protective costs orders if their challenge was based on national environmental law.

A recent Court of Appeal decision found that litigants challenging planning permission could only avail of protective costs orders if their challenge was based on national environmental law

24/11/2021

https://www.irishexaminer.com/farming/arid-40750143.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=linkedin

Legal advice: Succession rights if born out of wedlock

18/11/2021

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2021/1117/1260502-settlement-court/

The High Court has approved a €30m settlement for a 14-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. It is the largest sum of damages ever recorded for a birth injury case in the State.

18/10/2021

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/insurers-pay-out-130m-to-date-on-covid-business-interruption-central-bank-1.4686725

Derville Rowland says sum paid out to 4,371 policyholders, including 3,485 claims that have been fully settled

09/10/2021

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/award-of-53-000-to-woman-over-knee-injury-sustained-during-stocktake-set-aside-1.4694013

Edine Nemeth took case against Topaz after being hurt while working in filling station

22/09/2021

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/sales-assistant-sacked-after-shop-lifting-incident-should-be-paid-6000-compensation-40873925.html

An adjudication officer found there was a “complete absence of fair procedures” in his dismissal from a lifestyle goods shop.

09/09/2021

Browne and Murphy LLP have been awarded the Global Law Experts Personal Injury Law Firm of the Year 2021.

06/09/2021

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/news/85000-award-for-nurse-told-to-retire-at-66-a-warning-to-all-employers-says-legal-expert-40821044.html

A ruling that a nursing home must pay €85,000 compensation to a senior staff nurse for discrimination, after ‘retiring’ her at the age of 66 has been described as “a significant warning to employers”.

17/08/2021

Employment law expert, Richard Grogan on Friday described the WRC decision as ‘ground-breaking’ in terms of remote working