Disclaimer

InjuryWise gives information, not legal advice. Nothing on this site is advice about your own situation. No page or tool gives a figure for your claim, says who was at fault, or recommends that you claim, accept or reject an assessment, and reading it does not create a solicitor-client relationship with anyone.

What the content is

The guides describe the law of the Republic of Ireland on personal injury as published in the Acts, the Board’s own pages, the Judicial Council’s Personal Injuries Guidelines and official reports, with the date each page was last checked. The tools apply those published rules to the dates and figures you enter. What an injury is worth, whether a claim would succeed, and whether a court would accept a later date of knowledge or reasonable cause turn on facts that only the Board or a court can weigh.

Figures

Statutory periods and fees come from the named primary source and carry the date they took effect. The Guidelines’ brackets are the Judicial Council’s own 2021 figures; an amended edition is approved but not in force, and the injury checker says which edition it is using. The Board’s and the Central Bank’s figures are averages and medians across thousands of claims, dated and sourced, and are not a prediction of any case. Figures that could not be checked against the primary source are marked on the sources page.

The Board and the courts

InjuryWise is independent. Applications are made to the Injuries Resolution Board at injuries.ie; we never make or submit a claim. An assessment is binding on nobody until both sides accept it, and the Board decides no question of liability. Where a page and the Act, the Board’s own page or the Guidelines differ, the primary source is right.

Changes in the law

The Guidelines, the Board’s fees, the Criminal Injuries scheme and the welfare rates change by resolution, regulation or Budget. The rule-change tracker records what is in force, what is approved or enacted but not in force, and what is only announced, and keeps them apart. A page that was accurate when verified may be overtaken; check the date on it.

Your own case

For decisions about your own situation, speak to a solicitor regulated by the Law Society of Ireland. A solicitor may not charge personal-injury fees as a percentage of damages. The guides say where a solicitor is plainly the right step and link the Law Society’s directory; the enquiry form reaches one partner firm, with your consent, and the disclosure page says how that firm pays.

Independence

InjuryWise is not affiliated with the Injuries Resolution Board (PIAB), the Judicial Council, the Courts Service, the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal, the Department of Social Protection, the Law Society, any insurer or any solicitor's firm, and no State body, regulator or firm has reviewed its content.