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Girl awarded €65,000 over fall on Dublin city pavement

Damages and Restitution - Personal injuries - Contributory negligence – Civil Liability Act 1961 - Ex Turpi Causa Non Oritur Actio - Award of damages 

Family - Award of costs - Issue of public importance - Costs of guardian ad litem - The Child Care Act, 1991 

The main improvements to the law contained in the Domestic Violence Bill are as follows:

Family – S. 49(2) Adoption Act 2010 - Hague Convention - Pre-existing Thai adoption - Domestic adoption 

Practice and Procedure - O. 18, r. 1 of the Rules of the Superior Courts – Leave to amend the defence – Lack of material change - Amplification of earlier defence 

Personal injuries - Negligence – Duty of care – Injury – Appellant seeking damages – Whether duty of care should extend to a bus driver having to satisfy himself or herself that passengers are actually seated before the bus moves away from a stop.  

Family - The Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act, 1991 - The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“Hague Convention”) - Council Regulation 2201/2003 - Custody rights - Wrongful removal - Place of habitual residence 

Ireland’s First National Shared Parenting Survey Results Revealed

Man who lost finger retrieving football awarded €145,000