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Woman who slipped on Dunnes Stores potato wedge awarded €23,000 Woman (60) injured her back and wrist when she fell in Clondalkin supermarket

Girl who bit into shard of plastic in ice cream awarded €25,000 Student (15) developed food aversion after incident, court hears

Woman (23) who hurt knee on wet dancefloor awarded €17,500

€60,000 for Roma family whose blonde son (2) was removed by gardaí Child was removed from his Athlone home in October 2013 and returned the following day

Boy settles action over birth for €2.15m

Schoolgirl awarded €35,000 damages after finger trapped in seat

Guidance from the High Court on cohabitants, qualified cohabitants, proper provision under section 194 of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act, 2010

Court upholds chef’s award of €91,000

Woman awarded €140,000 after swab left inside her

Child Abduction - wrongful removal of child from US to Ireland  The father of a 7 year old child who was born in the US, who was divorced in the US courts. The US court had ruled that the mother should have custody of their child. The dad had a history of drug abuse and his access had to be supervised. The 7 year old child was habitually resident in the US at the time of the alleged wrongful removal by the mother to Ireland in October 2011. The mother claimed that the father encouraged her to move to Ireland to avoid having to pay maintenance.   The Court case took place in the High Court in Dublin and it was decided that the father had not given unequivocal consent to the mother to allow her to relocate the child to Ireland, but  the 7 years old child was found to be sufficiently mature to form a view that he does not wish to return to the US. Judge O'Hanlon decided that it was in the best interests of the child that the HIgh Court refuses the order sought. The result is that the mother and child can remain in Ireland. It is not clear whether this decision was appealed.  F (F) v C B  High Court, O’Hanlon J, 14/7/2015, [2015] IEHC 541, 2015/4HLC    For further details or queries in relation to international or national child abduction, recognition of foreign divorce or other orders in the Irish Courts contact Keith Walsh, keith@kwsols.ie or 01 4554723