INJURY COMPENSATION IRELAND

Independent information and advice about injury compensation with a personal injury solicitor... For many victims of personal injury, the first step to claiming injury compensation in Ireland is via the Injuries Board. The Injuries Board was established in 2003 (as the Personal Injuries Assessment Board) to reduce the time and cost of processing an injury compensation claim in Ireland. In both these goals it has been successful - reducing the average length of time it takes to process an injury claim in Ireland from 36 months to just six months, and saving the Irish taxpayer more than 40 million each year in litigation costs... The Injuries Board has no role in determining liability and does not make any findings of fact in relation to fault or negligence. Instead, it simply values injury claims in Ireland on the basis of evidence presented to it (once the negligent party has agreed liability) and where legal issues are not in doubt, to compensate the victim of a personal injury for..