Capping of legal costs by District Court scale is upheld in personal injury case

By: Decisis

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High Court upholds the taxation of legal costs by the County Registrar, which significantly reduced the fees claimed by the plaintiff's legal team following a personal injury judgment, dismissing the plaintiff's assertion that the District Court Rules Committee and the County Registrar acted beyond their powers and in breach of statute, and finding that the scale of fees applied was within the exceptions allowed by statute and did not infringe the plaintiff's constitutional right of access to the courts.

personal injury - taxation of costs - County Registrar - District Court scale - Courts Act 1981 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 - judicial review - plaintiff's legal costs - Circuit Court - shortfall in fees - access to courts - Constitution of Ireland - scale of fees - statutory interpretation - recoverable costs.

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