Tory leader contender Boris Johnson will be summonsed to court to face accusations of misconduct in public office over claims he was lying when he said the UK gave the EU £350 million a week. The former foreign minister faces a private prosecution by campaigner Marcus Ball. Lawyers representing Mr Ball lodged an application to [...]
Who is held liable for personal injuries at an airport? When an accident occurs in an airport terminal, e.g., when a passenger is going from one gate to another, near the food court, in waiting areas, at the passenger pickup zone, or other public spaces, and the accident is caused by negligence on the part [...]
The former England captain previously pleaded guilty to using the device while driving his Bentley in central London on 21 November last year. A court heard he was photographed by a member of the public holding a phone as he drove in "slowly moving" traffic. Beckham, 44, received six points on his licence to add [...]
The intended defendants have been identified following a court order by Facebook, which, along with Instagram, was used to host pages with advertisements containing allegedly defamatory statements about her in order to sell skincare products. The advertisements used attention-grabbing false headlines such as “Miriam sacked from RTÉ” which results in the ads appearing in Facebook users’ [...]
Originally from Templeogue and now living in Tallaght, Hughie Smith (34) was involved in a serious accident while competing in a sidecar racing event in Mondello on April 6. A self-employed tree surgeon, Hughie now faces another three months in Tallaght University Hospital before being transferred to a rehabilitation unit. “Hughie is in good spirits [...]
A former school teacher who suffered a life changing head injury two years ago is set to embark on a 1000 mile cycle. Nathaniel Spring was diagnosed with concussion and later developed post-concussion syndrome after falling while he was on a school trip to Dirleton Castle in 2017. As a result he has been unable to return [...]
A licensed premises has agreed to pay compensation of €3,500 to a customer with a brain tumour after he was mistaken for a drunk when asked to leave the premises. The man was in the pub celebrating the end of rehabilitative treatment for his brain injury. His condition causes a limp, and this was interpreted [...]
David Beckham's scheduled court appearance has been postponed until next month, after he previously admitted to using his mobile phone while driving. The former England captain was charged last month with the driving offence after a member of the public spotted him on the phone while driving his Bentley. His case was originally going to [...]
A French Court has upheld a guilty verdict against chemical giant Monsanto over the poisoning of a farmer who suffered neurological damage after using one of its weedkillers. This is the latest legal setback for the company over its controversial pesticides. Cereal farmer Paul Francois has been fighting Monsanto, a former US company which was bought [...]
Over €100,000 has been paid out in compensation to two families of prisoners who had died from self-inflicted injuries while in custody in recent years. That’s according to a document provided to the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (PAC) by the Department of Justice, seen by TheJournal.ie. The document showed that between the years of 2014 and [...]