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Big Tobacco proposes nearly $24 bln payment to settle Canada lawsuits

$24 billion Big Tobacco settlement to end Canada lawsuits

A total of 761 taxpayers have had such a claim accepted by Revenue over the past five years

Revenue missed out on €100m due to inability to pay

Revenue has foregone tax, interest and penalties worth over €100m in the past five years in circumstances where taxpayers have pleaded inability to pay the money they owe.

Business • 25 Oct 19

Justice Peter Kelly described Saibhe O'Connor as "something of a warrior"

First injury settlement with lifelong payments approved

The High Court has approved the first settlement under new legislation to allow for periodic, lifelong payments in cases of catastrophic injuries.

Courts • 21 Feb 19

Counsel for Rachel Gallagher told the High Court the €10m settlement was fair and reasonable

€10m settlement for Mayo girl injured at birth

The High Court has approved a €10m lump sum payment for an 11-year-old girl who sued the HSE over the circumstances of her birth.

News • 07 Mar 18

Deutsche Bank does not plan a capital increase to cover the settlement, a person close to the bank said

Deutsche Bank agrees to $7.2bn mortgage settlement

Deutsche Bank has agreed to a $7.2 billion (€6.89 billion) settlement with the US Department of Justice over its sale and pooling of toxic mortgage securities in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis.

Business • 23 Dec 16

The spill was sparked by an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig that killed 11 men and saw millions of barrels of oil flow into Gulf waters

BP to pay record $20.8bn settlement over oil spill

British energy giant BP will pay a record $20.8bn to settle civil claims for damages stemming from the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, US Attorney General General Loretta Lynch has said.

Business • 05 Oct 15

Some of the world's largest banks are accused of rigging the $5.3 trillion-per-day market

Nine banks settle over foreign exchange scandal

Nine banks including Britain's Barclays, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland have agreed a settlement of more than $2 billion with US investors over foreign exchange rate rigging claims, lawyers said.

Business • 14 Aug 15

Tax settlements worth €31.8m were made with Revenue in the three months to the end of June

Revenue charges Fermanagh tax defaulter €13.5m

A retired company director from Co Fermanagh has topped Revenue’s latest tax defaulters list with a €13.54m charge relating to a bogus non-resident account and under-declaration of income tax.

Business • 10 Sep 14

Israeli security forces on duty at the separation barrier in the village of Bilin, near the West Bank city of Ramallah last week

Israel claims West Bank land for settlement

Israel has announced a land appropriation in the occupied West Bank that an anti-settlement group termed the biggest in 30 years, drawing Palestinian condemnation and a rebuke from the US.

News • 01 Sep 14

Bank of Montreal Ireland's three contraventions occurred at various periods between 2008 and 2013

Bank of Montreal Ireland fined €650,000

The Central Bank has fined the Bank of Montreal Ireland a total of €650,000 for breaches of various regulations.

Business • 29 May 14

JP Morgan has set aside $23 billion to cover litigation expenses

JP Morgan in record $13 billion settlement

US bank JP Morgan has agreed to a record $13 billion settlement after admitting it regularly overstated the quality of mortgages it sold to investors, federal officials have said.

News • 20 Nov 13

Israel's controversial separation barrier surrounds the Ras Khamis neighbourhood of East Jerusalem

Palestinian peace talks team resigns - Abbas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said his peace negotiators have resigned over the lack of progress in US-brokered statehood talks clouded by Israeli settlement building.

News • 13 Nov 13

Palestinians said 'E1' settlement plans may end up in ICC

Palestinians may take legal action on settlements

Palestinians have said they will have no choice but to complain about Israel to the International Criminal Court if it proceeds with controversial settlement plans.

News • 24 Jan 13

The Revenue Commissioners has released its latest tax defaulters list

Trade union makes €146,800 settlement with Revenue

A trade union has made a settlement with the Revenue Commissioners for €146,800, according to the latest tax defaulters list.

Business • 12 Dec 12

The payment was the largest in a personal injury case

Record €11.5m settlement awarded after car crash

The largest settlement in a personal injury case in the history of the State was agreed at the High Court today when €11.5m was given to a ten-year-old boy from Loughrea, Co Galway.

Ireland • 20 Apr 12

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