Waterford woman's challenge to personal injury award guidelines to be heard next month

Complainant, who injured her ankle when she tripped and fell on a public footpath, alleges the appropriate awards for the injury she sustained range from €18,000 to €34,000 but the Personal Injuries Assessment Board subsequently awarded her €3,000

Complainant seeks several declarations including that PIAB acted outside its powers, breached her rights to natural and constitutional justice, and that the council acted outside of its powers in adopting the personal injuries guidelines. Picture: Paddy Cummins/IrishPhotoDesk.ie

The High Court has fixed a date next month for the hearing of the lead challenge against new guidelines for personal injury awards.

The case, which is expected to run for six days, will be heard by Mr Justice Charles Meenan, who last week dismissed an application to determine whether a judge who was a member of the Judicial Council when it voted to approve the new guidelines should recuse themselves from hearing a case challenging those rules.