Ipswich mother wins six-figure payout after cancer missed – BBC News
‘A woman has won a six-figure payout after doctors failed to recognise the symptoms of cervical cancer, her lawyers said.’
BBC News, 23rd January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: compensation
Take blame out of personal injury law, Supreme Court judge says – Daily Telegraph
‘”Ambulance chasing” lawyers are not to blame for compensation culture as it is the way the system is set up that encourages claims, a Supreme Court judge has suggested.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Grandmother strangled and left for dead by rapist who murdered her daughter is refused compensation as her injuries are not serious enough – Daily Telegraph
‘An 81-year-old great-grandmother who was strangled by a man who had just raped and murdered her daughter has been refused compensation after being told her injuries were not severe enough.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Home Office pays out £15,500 to asylum seeker over data breach – The Guardian
‘The Home Office has paid out £15,500 in compensation after admitting handing over sensitive information about an asylum seeker to the government of his Middle East home country, a move which could have endangered his life and that of his family.’
The Guardian, 17th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
What does NHS compensation pay for? – BBC News
‘Thomas Hord and his family were given almost £8m in compensation by the NHS after he was starved of oxygen during birth.’
BBC News, 16th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fraudster has home sold to pay compensation to company he stole £3million from – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A fraudster who stole millions of pounds from his employer to spend on lavish properties and jewellery has had his home in Kent sold for £2.7 million to pay as compensation to the company he defrauded.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 15th January 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Met officers who wrongly arrested black man put through misconduct hearings – The Guardian
‘Four police officers who wrongly arrested a black man for stealing a bicycle in London when told that the suspect was white have been put through misconduct hearings.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Facebook pays teen undisclosed damages over naked photograph in first case of its kind – Daily Telegraph
‘Facebook has settled a landmark legal action over a naked photograph of a 14-year-old girl posted on a “shame” page. The social media giant agreed to pay undisclosed damages to the teenager after failing in its attempt to get the action thrown out of court.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Costs judges reject claims for files by claimants wanting to challenge solicitors’ deductions – Litigation Futures
‘The Senior Courts Costs Office has refused separate attempts to obtain copies of law firms’ client files by another firm that describes itself as the country’s “leading experts in fighting unfair compensation deductions”.’
Litigation Futures, 8th January 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Family win five-figure sum after Grandmother choked to death on egg sandwich -Daily Telegraph
‘The family of a grandmother who died in hospital after choking on an egg sandwich have received a five-figure payout. Lilian Hugill, who had previously survived cancer, was admitted to York Hospital with a bladder infection, but later died after staff wrongly gave her the sandwich rather than soft food.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
MOD to compensate Iraqis for “ill treatment” – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The High Court has upheld claims by four Iraqi civilians that their human rights had been breached by the British army. Their claims in tort were rejected as time-barred.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th December 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Undercover police officers: how far does their legal liability go? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The High Court has refused an application to strike out a claim in negligence and misfeasance in public office taken by someone born as a result of a liaison between an activist in the animal liberation movement and a man who subsequently turned out to be an undercover police officer.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 8th December 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Undercover policeman’s son sues force after discovering his father was an officer ‘left him with depression’ – Daily Telegraph
‘A man who says he suffered a depressive illness as a result of discovering his father was an undercover police officer rather than a political activist has won the latest round of a High Court compensation battle with the Metropolitan Police.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ombudsman tells council to pay compensation over forcible eviction by landlord – Local Government Lawyer
‘Maidstone Borough Council should pay compensation to a homeless family of £4,170 after it accepted their forcible eviction at short notice from temporary accommodation, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th November 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
EU’s top court rules workers can claim compensation for untaken holidays – The Guardian
‘Workers are entitled to paid leave and can claim compensation if they are not allowed to take their holidays, the EU’s highest court has ruled.’
The Guardian, 29th November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Costs and Compensation in Closure Orders – UK Police Law Blog
‘Where the police are unsuccessful in a closure order application there is no presumption that there be no order compensating the Respondent for financial loss. Unlike when considering the position on costs, the court’s focus on an application for compensation should be on the respondent’s behaviour, not that of the police, so held the Administrative Court in R (Qin) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2017] EWHC 2750 (Admin).’
UK Police Law Blog, 27th November 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
NHS pays out record compensation to cancer patients – Daily Telegraph
‘The number of cancer patients successfully suing the NHS for missed diagnoses has doubled in the past five years, new figures show.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th November 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Council settles historic abuse claim with five-figure payout: report – Local Government Lawyer
‘A local authority which initially defended a sexual abuse claim on the basis that it would be an abuse of process to make a second attempt at compensation, has agreed to make a five-figure payout to settle the claim, it has been reported.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th November 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Compensation for Paralympian unable to use toilet on train – The Guardian
‘Paralympian athlete Anne Wafula Strike has won a financial settlement from CrossCountry trains after she was forced to wet herself on a rail journey because the accessible toilet was not working.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Discount Rate and Accommodation Claims: Is there a will and is there a way – Byrom Chambers
‘On 07.09.2016, the Lord Chancellor announced his much awaited response to the Consultation commenced by his predecessor following the decisions made on 27.02.2017 to lower the discount rate from 2.5% to -0.75%.’
Byrom Street Chambers, September 2017
Source: www.byromstreet.com
