Category: compensation

Smith v Khan – Arden Chambers

Posted June 12th, 2018 in appeals, compensation, damages, landlord & tenant, news, repossession, trespass by sally

‘The Court of Appeal has held that, in unlawful eviction cases, damages for trespass must compensate the tenant not merely for the letting value of the property of which he has been deprived but also for the anxiety, inconvenience and mental stress involved in the loss of what was the tenant’s home. The practice of cross-checking the amount of damages against the contractual rent used in disrepair cases (Wallace v Manchester CC [1998] 30 H.L.R. 1111, CA) does not apply to such claims.’

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Arden Chambers, 18th May 2018

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Myles Bradbury: Addenbrooke’s Hospital pays £56,000 to victims – BBC News

Posted June 11th, 2018 in child abuse, compensation, doctors, hospitals, news by sally

‘A hospital where a doctor abused child patients has paid out a further £56,000 in compensation to victims and their families in the past six months.’

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BBC News, 10th June 2018

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Nearly half of train operators misleading passengers over compensation rights – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 11th, 2018 in compensation, consumer protection, delay, news, railways by sally

‘Nearly half of train firms are misleading passengers over their right to claim compensation for extra costs caused by delays, a Which survey has found.’

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Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2018

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Student ordered to pay more than £800 after ‘disgusting’ racist chant – The Guardian

Posted May 25th, 2018 in compensation, fines, guilty pleas, news, racism, threatening behaviour by sally

‘A law student has admitted racially aggravated harassment after mobile phone footage captured “disgusting” racist chanting at a university halls of residence.’

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The Guardian, May 2018

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Met chief wins £870,000 after being hounded out of job by ‘sexist’ female boss trying to abolish ‘macho culture’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 24th, 2018 in compensation, news, police, sex discrimination by sally

‘A decorated Chief Inspector has been awarded £870,000 by the Metropolitan Police after he was hounded out of his job by a female boss who was intent on ridding his squad of a perceived macho culture.’

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Daily Telegraph, 23rd May 2018

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Daily Mail to pay Kate Maltby £11,000 costs over negative article – The Guardian

Posted May 24th, 2018 in compensation, costs, defamation, harassment, media, news by sally

‘The Daily Mail has agreed to pay £11,000 towards legal costs and remove a negative article about Kate Maltby, the writer who accused Damian Green of inappropriate behaviour.’

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The Guardian, 23rd May 2018

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Patients lose hip replacement court case – BBC News

Posted May 22nd, 2018 in compensation, consumer protection, health, medical treatment, news by sally

‘Hundreds of patients have lost the first round of a legal battle for compensation at the High Court over allegedly “defective” hip implants.’

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BBC News, 21st May 2018

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Morrisons group action: claimants win, but get only 40% of their costs – Panopticon

Posted May 17th, 2018 in class actions, compensation, costs, data protection, news by sally

‘Needless to say, group actions for data protection breaches will generally be shaped by financial considerations. Those are partly about compensation, but also about costs. To make it worthwhile, claimants need not only to win and be awarded compensation, but also to get their costs covered, or at least not have their costs eat too far into their compensation. On this issue, today’s costs judgment in the Morrisons litigation is novel, interesting and instructive in practice.’

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Panopticon, 16th May 2018

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Appeal rules against seller’s solicitors in crucial Dreamvar liability case – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted May 16th, 2018 in compensation, conveyancing, fraud, news, sale of land, solicitors by sally

‘Solicitors representing fraudulent property vendors should share responsibility along with those representing the duped buyers for any resulting losses, the Court of Appeal has ruled in a widely awaited decision.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 15th May 2018

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EU rough sleepers win damages for illegal deportations – BBC News

Posted May 14th, 2018 in compensation, deportation, EC law, homelessness, news by sally

‘The government is to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds to European rough sleepers who were illegally detained and deported.’

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BBC News, 13th May 2018

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Miscarriage of justice victims are cast aside in the UK. The details are shocking – The Guardian

Posted May 10th, 2018 in appeals, compensation, miscarriage of justice, news, Supreme Court, victims by sally

‘The wrongly convicted are abandoned by the state. This week, the supreme court has a chance to change that.’

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The Guardian, 9th May 2018

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Compensation for injury to feelings is not taxable, says Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com

Posted May 9th, 2018 in age discrimination, compensation, dismissal, news, taxation by sally

‘A termination payment made to an employee for “injury to feelings” following age discrimination related to his dismissal is not taxable, the Court of Appeal has said in a ruling which overturns a decision by the Upper Tribunal.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 4th May 2018

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Care homes firm Sunrise to refund ‘up-front fees’ to residents – BBC News

Posted May 9th, 2018 in care homes, compensation, fees, news by sally

‘Care homes operator Sunrise Senior Living will pay more than £2m in compensation to residents after charging them thousands of pounds in compulsory “up-front fees”. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) secured the deal for most people who had paid since 1 October 2015.’

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BBC News, 9th May 2018

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Men wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years seek compensation – The Guardian

Posted May 8th, 2018 in compensation, criminal justice, human rights, miscarriage of justice, news, reports by sally

‘The fairness of the criminal courts process goes on trial this week when two men who spent a total of 24 years wrongfully imprisoned seek compensation for their ordeals.’

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The Guardian, 7th May 2018

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NHS makes near record £19m payout to parents of girl left brain damaged after jaundice treatment went wrong – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 2nd, 2018 in birth, compensation, hospitals, negligence, news by sally

‘The NHS has made a near record £19m payout to the parents of girl left brain damaged after jaundice treatment went wrong. The nine-year-old was born at King’s College Hospital with severe jaundice and her lawyers claimed there was a negligent delay in giving her a total blood transfusion.’

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Daily Telegraph, 1st May 2018

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Fundamental Dishonesty or Fundamental Miscommunication? – Zenith PI

Posted April 27th, 2018 in carers, compensation, fundamental dishonesty, news, personal injuries by sally

‘In Wright v Satellite Information Services Limited [2018] EWHC 812 (QB) the Defendant appealed against the decision of the trial judge, HHJ Pearce, who refused to make a finding of fundamental dishonesty within the meaning of section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015.

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Zenith PI, 27th April 2018

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Steep rise in law firm closures and Compensation Fund payouts – Legal Futures

Posted April 25th, 2018 in compensation, disciplinary procedures, law firms, news, solicitors, Solicitors Regulation Authority, statistics by sally

‘The number of law firms shut by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) increased by more than a third last year from 37 to 50, figures from the regulator’s annual review have shown.’

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Legal Futures, 24th April 2018

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Students take court action over hours lost during strike – The Guardian

Posted April 24th, 2018 in compensation, industrial action, news, pensions, teachers, universities by sally

‘More than 1,000 students have signed up to a lawsuit seeking compensation for lost teaching hours during recent strike action by university staff, which could cost universities millions of pounds.’

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The Guardian, 24th April 2018

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Insurer must compensate solicitor whose clients it induced to settle – OUT-LAW.com

Posted April 23rd, 2018 in compensation, costs, fees, insurance, news, personal injuries, solicitors by sally

‘An insurer which offered to settle directly with personal injury claimants who had filed notices of their claims on the Road Traffic Accidents Portal (RTA Portal) must compensate the claimants’ solicitors, who would otherwise have been entitled to costs by virtue of a conditional fee agreement (CFA).’

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OUT-LAW.com, 20th April 2018

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‘Overstated’ PI claim was not fundamental dishonesty, appeal rules – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted April 17th, 2018 in appeals, compensation, costs, fundamental dishonesty, news, personal injuries by sally

‘The High Court has refused to overturn a personal injury ruling despite defendant lawyers arguing that the judge should have found the claim to be “fundamentally dishonest”.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 17th April 2018

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