Judge refers details of personal injury appeal to DPP

A HIGH Court judge has referred to the DPP details of a personal injuries appeal hearing in which a “mixed boxing” enthusiast claimant was filmed competing in four separate events while receiving medical treatment for alleged lower back pain arising from a road crash.

President of the High Court, Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, said the videos had been taken over a period of from two to three years.

Raymond Smith, aged 27, of Lanesborough Avenue, Finglas, Co Dublin, had taken proceedings against Lisa Fitzgerald of Lanesborough Square, St Margaret’s Road, Dublin. He was awarded €7,500 by a circuit court judge last November but this decision was appealed.