“A pregnant woman who was awarded £300 in compensation after a woman abused her at a doctor’s surgery was told to go and collect it herself as part of the Government’s restorative justice system.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Muslim cocktail waitress who quit after refusing to wear a bright red dress for work has won almost £3,000 in compensation for sexual harassment.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Rank Nemo (DMS) Ltd and Others v Coutinho
Court of Appeal
“An employment tribunal had no jurisdiction to enforce a discrimination compensation award it made to an employee; however, if the employee had entered a county court judgment on the award and the employer still failed to pay the money, then the employment tribunal could link the failure to post-employment discrimination and victimisation in order to assume jurisdiction to enforce the judgment.”
The Times, 8th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Rank Nemo (DMS) Ltd and others v Coutinho [2009] EWCA Civ 454; [2009] WLR (D) 163
“The failure of an employer to pay compensation awarded to an employee for race discrimination, even after such compensation award had been converted into a county court judgment, could amount to victimisation of the employee after termination of his employment, for the purposes of a claim under s 4(2) of the Race Relations Act 1976.”
WLR Daily, 21st May 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The Ministry of Defence is facing a flood of compensation claims from families of servicemen who have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan after a landmark legal ruling that they are covered by human rights laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Nine Iraqi civilians who were abused by British troops have been awarded almost £1 million in compensation, it can be revealed.”
Sunday Telegraph, 17th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ann Abraham, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, has today laid before both Houses of Parliament a further report concerning Equitable Life.”
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, 6th May
Source: www.ombudsman.org.uk
“Five elderly Kenyans detained and allegedly tortured during the Mau Mau independence uprising of more than 50 years ago are to issue a reparations claim against the British government in London next month.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Union Railways (North) Ltd and another v Kent County Council [2009] EWCA Civ 363; [2009] WLR (D) 143
“In a compulsory purchase order case in which applicable notices to treat had been served on the landowner, but not on a company which claimed previously to have acquired certain rights partly over land acquired under the order, the company was not excluded per se by reason of s 22 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 from making a reference to the Lands Tribunal seeking compensation.”
WLR Daily, 5th May 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A senior NHS manager could be paid nearly £500,000 in compensation after she was refused a new job at the age of 56.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The taxpayer could be facing a multi-million compensation bill after a court ruled the Home Office was wrong to change the settlement rules for skilled migrants.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Kelly and Another v GE Healthcare Ltd
Chancery Division
“Compensation for employed inventors of inventions of outstanding benefit to the employer should be determined after the event, not before, in accordance with all available evidence so as to secure a just and fair reward to the employee.”
The Times, 3rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A convicted rapist who won £7 million on the lottery while in prison has been forced to pay compensation to an elderly victim in a landmark legal settlement.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman has won a multi-million pound compensation settlement after a blunder at a Wearside hospital left her with serious brain damage.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers are to introduce emergency legislation to prevent thousands of prison inmates pursuing more than £55m in compensation for a breach of human rights over ‘slopping out’.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Victims of human trafficking will be helped to escape prostitution and domestic servitude following the award of a new £3.7 million government grant to the POPPY Project, Justice Minister Maria Eagle announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 19th March 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Criminals released early from prison under a scheme to end overcrowding have been paid more than £5 million in compensation, official figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Worcestershire woman whose twin girls were stillborn after ‘warning signs’ of medical problems were missed has won compensation from an NHS trust.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government will today come under pressure to forge a new compensation deal for thousands of people with haemophilia who were given blood tainted with HIV and hepatitis C, as a long-awaited report from an independent inquiry into the scandal is published.”
The Guardian, 23rd February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Muslim preacher awarded damages by European judges for being detained after September 11 attacks.”
The Guardian, 19th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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