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What does PIAB stand for? The Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) is Ireland’s independent state body which assesses personal injury awards for people that have been injured in an accident through no fault of their own. Sometimes the PIAB is known and referred to as the “Injuries Board”. PIAB is an independent body set up […]
Sometime ago in the UK the government abolished legal aid for Personal Injury and Medical Negligence claims. It was hoped that this measure would stem the tsunami of claims in the UK. However, as a result most accident cases are now funded on a No Win, No Fee * agreement. At first sight, this seemed
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That is an interesting question and the simple answer, if anything is simple is that it really depends on which jurisdiction that you are talking about. In some countries success fees are allowed and in others they are not allowed’ For example in the UK success fees are allowed and in Ireland they are not
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Amongst the terminology in Personal Injury and Medical Negligence cases is the term No Win No Fee* . Now No Win No Fee * is also known as a Contingency agreement or also No Win No Foal. What does No Win No Fee * mean? It means that unless your case is won then you
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If you think you have unfortunately sustained a whiplash injury in either a road traffic accident or any other accident, you should seek immediate medical treatment from a doctor. Why do you need to see a Doctor for a whiplash injury? You may think that seeing a doctor about whiplash injury is an unnecessary thing
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The Statute of Limitations in Ireland imposes a strict time limit for an injured person must commence their personal injury claim. If you do not start your proceedings within these very rigid time limits your claim will be disbarred, no matter how seriously you have been injured. For this reason, you really need to take
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All Personal injury claims are required by law in Ireland to be submitted to the PIAB, known as the Injuries Board, for assessment of value. Medical negligence claims however are not submitted to the PIAB. The PIAB will probably make an assessment of value of your injuries, depending on a number of important factors. The
After you suffered an injury following an accident can often lead to a substantial period of time away from work and a significant loss of income. A claim for loss of earnings forms part of a Personal injury claim for special damages which is a term for the out of pocket expenses, such as wages, salary,
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In Ireland, except for medical Negligence claims all Personal Injury claims have to submit the claim to the PIAB, known as the Injuries Board for assessment of value. One of the forms to be submitted to the PIAB is for special damages. You can find the online application form to the Injuries Board, Part 8
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Under the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 and 2007, all Personal Injury claims in Ireland, with the exception of medical negligence claims, must be submitted to the PIAB known as the Injuries Board for their assessment of value as a matter of due course. As all Personal injury claims go to the PIAB there
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