Woman to be paid €75k of €302k car accident damages pending appeal, judge directs

A High Court judge has put a stay, pending appeal, on an award of €302,000 damages to a woman over a road traffic accident on condition, within 28 days, she gets €75,000 of the sum and her solicitors get €30,000 towards legal costs.

Mr Justice Anthony Barr said it would be "unduly harsh" to deprive Jo-Ann O'Sullivan of her entire award pending an intended appeal over the damages sum, which, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, was unlikely to be heard until near the end of 2021 or perhaps 2022.