Bridget Delaney loses personal injury guidelines challenge

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Bridget Delaney’s constitutional challenge to personal injury guidelines was dismissed by the High Court, as reported on 2 June 2022.

The action challenged guidelines that reduced damages for minor injuries; Delaney disputed PIAB’s €3,000 assessment of her ankle injury, which she said should have been assessed under the former Book of Quantum.

The judge ruled that her constitutional rights did not include a right to a particular sum of damages, and that her damages were to be assessed under established legal principles.

The court was due to return to the issue of costs on 30 June.