The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that a company which had read an employee’s messages sent through Yahoo Messenger while he was at work was within its rights to do so. The employer company argued that the man, a Romanian Engineer, used and sent message of a personal nature through Yahoo […]
Wishing all a very Happy and Peaceful Christmas 2015
Mary Bergin and all of the Staff at Fagan Bergin would like to wish all of our clients, both new and existing, a very Happy and Peaceful Christmas and all the very best for 2016. Thank you for your continued support in 2015. We look forward to working with you next year. Mary Bergin, Danielle […]
Central Bank Lending Restrictions from January 2015 – First time buyers beware!
Central Bank has recently announced that there will be strict new lending criteria for mortgages lending from January 2015. Central Bank announced that from the 1st January 2015 the majority of home buyers will need a 20% deposit before obtaining a mortgage. This is up from the previous standard 8-10%. This is just one of […]
Personal Injury – Cork girl who was injured in the eye during delivery settles High Court action for €198,000
A young Cork girl who was injured in the eye by a forceps during her delivery settled her action in the High Court for €198,000 on Tuesday 28.10.2014. The young girl sued the HSE through her mother and next friend over injuries sustained during her birth at St Finbarr’s Hospital, Cork on 18th October 2006. It […]
Unfair Dismissal – Saleswoman dismissed for reading and printing her manager’s emails awarded €15,000.00
A case involving a saleswoman who was dismissed for printing off private e-mails from her sales manager’s work account was recently heard before the EAT. The saleswoman won her case for unfair dismissal. The employee was dismissed from her job with the Westwood Club Ltd in Dublin following an investigation and disciplinary process in 2012. […]
Fagan Bergin Solicitors welcomes launch of Irish Hospice “Thinkahead.ie” public awareness initiative
Fagan Bergin Solicitors are delighted to welcome the launch by the Irish Hospice Foundation, in conjunction with the Forum on End of Life in Ireland, of the “Think Ahead” public awareness initiative and the launch of the website www.thinkahead.ie. This website promotes forward planning for your later years and for the wishes and decisions you […]
Woman (29) awarded €64,000 after slipping in nightclub
A woman who slipped and fell in Wright’s Café Bar Airside in July 2011 has been awarded over €64,000 by the High Court on 8th July 2014. Mr Justice Kevin Cross said he had found the plaintiff to be an honest witness who did not exaggerate any of her symptoms. It was noted by Judge Cross […]
Case begun challenging a Will involving an allegation of undue influence against a beneficiary
Mr Justice Paul Gilligan began hearing a case on 26th June 2014 involving an allegation of undue influence over an elderly testatrix, Claire Browne, in the High Court. It is alleged by a the plaintiff who is niece of the deceased,and resides in South Africa, that a gentlemen who had befriended the elderly woman some years […]
FBD Insurance must pay legal costs as a result of failure to carry out a “thoroughgoing investigation”
The High Court has ruled that FBD Insurance must pay the legal costs of a case as a result of its failure to carry out a “thoroughgoing investigation” of statements made by policyholders. The policyholders were being sued over an incident outside their home in Tallaght Dublin. Mr Justice John Hedigan ruled that FBD was liable to pay the full […]
Assistant Bar Manager awarded €21,000 in redundancy payments by the Employment Appeals Tribunal
A former assistant bar manager who found his hours cut from 5 days a week to 2 days a week in August 2012 has been awarded €21,000 in redundancy payments by the EAT. The claimant had worked in Kielys pub Donnybrook since 1989 before finding his hours reduced in 2012. He alleges that this reduction […]