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Too many people get that phone call. There has been an accident. Your loved one has killed in an accident. The experience is enormously traumatic for the family left behind. This is not helped by the legal minefield which then starts. This can literally mean that three different courts are involved.
The Injuries Board has 3 different names; these are the Injuries Board, the Injuriesboard.ie and the Personal Injuries Assessment Board. They are all one and the same and for the purpose of this article we will simply refer to the Injuries Board.
We have already written separately about accident cases going through the Injuries Board and would refer you to our blog entitled ‘Injuries board assessments; unravelling the mystery’. The purpose of this article is to outline what happens to accident cases in Ireland that the Injuries Board cannot deal with.
I have previously written articles entitled ‘Injuries board assessments; unravelling the mystery’ and ‘Accident cases in court; the procedure in simple terms’. The purpose of this blog is to give an idea of what can be expected in going to trial when you have an accident case in the circuit court or high court in Ireland.
Prior to a case going into a list for trial (or later with court permission) it is open to a defendant to make a payment into court of an amount which he believes is in full satisfaction of the amount due to the plaintiff.