Defective Product Compensation Claim Solicitors - Injury Lawyers Ireland



Irish law relating to defective products is mainly contained in European law that seeks to harmonise the regulations applying to product liability throughout Europe. The new approach to product liability means that sector specific legislation is contained in EU directives and the applicable rules to determine whether or not a product is defective depends on European Standards. Harmonisation across Europe currently covers almost 80% of products however the remaining products are dealt with by the General Product Safety Directive which merely indicates that all non-food consumer goods must be ‘safe’. Claims can be made against a wide range of potential defendants including everything from multinational pharmaceutical firms to local manufacturers of defective domestic goods. Our accident solicitors deal with compensation claims for personal injury caused as a result of the normal usage of a defective product. If you have been injured and would like to know about product liability just contact our offices and a solicitor will give you qualified advice on whether or not you have a viable claim and the amount of compensation that you may expect to receive.


Product Liability

A consumer is entitled to make a product liability claim for compensation if they are injured by a defective product. The consumer may issue legal proceedings against manufacturers, wholesalers, designers, retailers and anyone else involved in the sale of the defective product. Legal proceedings for product liability general involve four main issues to do with the defective product as follows :-

  • A product that is intrinsically safe in design but has suffered a defect due to lack of adequate quality control.

  • A product that is inherently unsafe due to a fundamental defect of design.

  • Failure by a company to act quickly when problems first came to their attention including contact and withdrawal.

  • Failure to provide adequate warning or notice of limitations or contra-indications or contradictory advertising or promotional material or untrue claims by sales personnel.


Free Accident Advice

Product liability claims are complicated cases. Expert testimony and extensive evidence is necessary to obtain fair compensation for the victim. Our specialist personal injury solicitors deal with defective product compensation claims. If you have been injured using a defective product just contact our offices for a free assessment of your potential claim. If after talking to us you decide not to take your claim further you are under no obligation to do so and you will not be charged anything at all.