‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has met its timetable to introduce fixed recoverable costs for holiday sickness claims, announcing today that they will come into effect “in the coming weeks” and before the summer holiday season.’
Legal Futures, 13th April 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A law firm has said it has helped obtain the “largest ever sum” recovered by a Human Rights Act claim, after the government settled longstanding litigation by solar energy companies at just under £60m.’
Litigation Futures, 5th April 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘An 11-year-old boy has received £42,000 in compensation after his family said his cub scout group discriminated against him for having autism.’
BBC News, 26th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The whiplash reforms could cost claimant lawyers £80m in lost fees a year, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said yesterday as it unveiled its final impact assessment (IA) of the changes contained in the Civil Liability Bill.’
Legal Futures, 22nd March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Justice Secretary David Gauke today (20 March 2018) unveiled the Civil Liability Bill, offering hope of lower insurance premiums to millions of motorists.’
Ministry of Justice, 20th March 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘Publication of the Civil Liability Bill yesterday met with a polarised response and a commitment from the chief executives of 26 leading insurance companies to pass on the savings to customers – dismissed as empty promises by claimant solicitors.’
Legal Futures, 21st March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Car insurance premiums are to fall by £35 a year after the government announced measures to curb the high number of whiplash claims that currently cost UK drivers over £1bn a year. The justice secretary, David Gauke, unveiled plans to introduce the civil liability bill through the House of Lords, which will set out changes to the way that whiplash claims are calculated and paid.’
The Guardian, 20th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Justice Secretary David Gauke today finally published the Civil Liability Bill, which the government said “offered hope” of lower insurance premiums to millions of motorists by reducing the “unacceptably high number of whiplash claims”.’
Legal Futures, 20th March 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The UK government has come under fire from victims’ groups for failing to contribute to a UN fund for survivors of sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations staff.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The noisy neighbours of a banker must pay her £100,000 in compensation because their floors had no carpet, a judge has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Government faces paying thousands in compensation to child migrants who were sexually abused during an overseas settlement policy. Britain’s child migration programmes saw thousands, many in care or from poor backgrounds, sent to countries including Australia and New Zealand, partly to save money on care costs. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse found that successive UK governments, which played a “central role” in the policy, “failed to ensure that there were in place sufficient measures to protect children from sexual abuse”.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Lettings agents and landlords have been warned that they may be breaking the law if they refuse on a blanket basis to consider potential tenants simply because they are on benefits.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st March 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Inmates have been paid close to £2m in compensation for poor healthcare behind bars since 2010 amid mounting concern over the scale of the crisis gripping Britain’s prisons.’
The Independent, 26th February 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two victims of John Worboys have won their claim for compensation from the Metropolitan police after the supreme court ruled that the force had failed to carry out an effective investigation into the serial sex attacker.’
The Guardian, 21st February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Environment Agency (EA) must compensate a fisherman for the “severe and disproportionate” effect of conditions imposed on his fishing license limiting the number of fish he can catch in one year, the UK Supreme Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th February 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A fisherman who had to limit the number of salmon he was allowed to catch must be compensated, a court has ruled.’
BBC News, 14th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A student has launched a campaign calling for Cardiff University to compensate students for lost lessons as lecturers go on strike.’
BBC News, 12th February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘When the supply of gas to your house fails, you are entitled to compensation from the gas undertaker for the inconvenience. If that failure has been caused by another utility’s burst water main, the gas undertaker may seek to recoup its expenses for repair to its own infrastructure and the compensation it has had to pay out to consumers. A simple enough picture.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd February 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Payouts given to NHS patients who have been victims of negligence should be reduced because they are “unsustainable”, health service leaders have told the justice secretary.’
The Guardian, 2nd February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court has rejected as “totally without merit” a challenge brought by a council to a finding by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) that the authority could not take into account a woman’s personal injury award when carrying out an assessment of her finances.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th January 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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