The European Commission has fined Google €4.34 billion for breaching EU competition rules in relation to its Android mobile devices. In a landmark case the Commission has accused Google of imposing illegal restrictions on makers of Android devices and mobile network operators in order to cement its dominant global position in internet search engines. The [...]
Singer Cliff Richard has won his High Court privacy case against the BBC over its coverage of a police raid on his home. He has been awarded £210,000 in damages, but a judge ruled that he is entitled to further sums to be decided at a later date. The judge said the BBC had infringed Mr Richard's privacy rights [...]
Medical institutions in Ireland paid out more than €99 million last year for negligence, according to the Courts Service. The Courts Service Annual Report reveals there were 50 cases of medical negligence in 2017. The lowest amount awarded was €17,500, while the highest payout totalled €15 million, an increase of €6 million from 2016. Overall, [...]
Jamie and Louise Redknapp have reached a divorce settlement after agreeing to "financial arrangements". The former couple, who announced they split up late last year, agreed their divorce settlement at a court in London today. The once loved up pair were married for 19 years and split last December, reportedly due to Louise's new-found freedom after taking [...]
Lawyers for a school groundskeeper dying of cancer asked a San Francisco jury on Monday to find that agribusiness giant Monsanto's widely used weed killer Roundup likely caused his disease. Dewayne Johnson's lawsuit is the first case to go to trial among hundreds of lawsuits saying Roundup caused non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Johnson sprayed Roundup and a [...]
Judge Francis Comerford in the Circuit Civil Court awarded cabin crew member Laura Albacete, from Manelvidal, Vielha, Spain, €30,000 damages against Ryanair. She was injured when she tumbled down the rear steps of a Boeing aircraft. Samantha Cruess Callaghan, counsel for Ms Albacete, told the court her client had fallen from the top to the [...]
RYANAIR’S MAKING AN injured air hostess pay for her flight home was not an aggravating factor in a €60,000 personal injury claim against the airline, a judge has ruled. Judge Francis Comerford in the Circuit Civil Court awarded cabin crew member Laura Albacete, from Manelvidal, Vielha, Spain, €30,000 damages against Ryanair. She was injured when [...]
An inquiry has been launched after a biopsy was carried out on the wrong side of a patient’s body. The error, which occurred at an undisclosed hospital in North Wales, has been classed as a “never event” by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board – that is one which was largely preventable and should never have happened. [...]
New Zealand's Court of Appeal has ruled that Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, born Kim Schmitz, is eligible for extradition to the United States. The German national, who is accused of industrial-scale online piracy, had asked the court to overturn two previous rulings that he and his three co-accused be sent to the US to face [...]
The government is to set up a group to examine an easier way to settle some medical negligence claims. The expert group will look at resolving cases where there is no dispute over liability from the outset. Cases where there are catastrophic birth injuries or certain vaccine damage claims will also be looked at. It [...]