‘Contracts often include terms that give discretion to one of the parties to make a decision affecting the other party. Does that mean that the party with the discretion can use it freely? Apparently not, according to a recent Supreme Court case.’
Technology Law Update, 25th March 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘A Christian street preacher has been convicted of delivering homophobic sermons in the middle of a high street.’
BBC News, 23rd March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three airlines are facing legal action over complaints about how they handle passengers hit by flight disruptions.’
BBC News, 21st March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Judge rules HMP Manchester still has to pay Ryan Hough nearly £3,000 compensation for bunk bed fall despite burglar being caught taking TV in raid on fire-hit home.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Delaney v Secretary of State for Transport [2015] EWCA Civ 172; [2015] WLR (D) 112
‘Clause 6(1)(e)(iii) of the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (Compensation of Victims of Uninsured Drivers) Agreement 1999, made between the Motor Insurers’ Bureau and the Secretary of State for Transport, which provided an exclusion from liability for compensation for the Motor Insurers’ Bureau where the vehicle involved was being used in the course or furtherance of a crime, was incompatible with Council Directive 72/166/EEC, Council Directive 84/5/EEC and Council Directive 90/232/EEC.’
WLR Daily, 9th March 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The man, who cannot be named, claims he had no idea that his then wife used her ex-boyfriend’s sperm rather than his to father her child.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘As the watchdog considers formal compensation arrangements for savers sold inappropriate deals, Katie Morley looks at how much they could be owed in redress.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who spent 17 years in prison for attempted rape before having his conviction quashed on the basis of a DNA test is suing the miscarriage of justice watchdog for negligence. It is claimed the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) repeatedly failed to undertake forensic analysis of the victim’s clothing, instead relying on the assurances of the same police force that investigated the case.’
The Independent, 15th March 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been convicted of carrying out a campaign of throwing balloons full of excrement at a club used by ex-servicemen and women.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘More than 1,000 former senior police officers are seeking compensation after being forced to retire under the controversial regulation A19.’
BBC News, 10th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A high flying city lawyer, who was rendered infertile after NHS blunders, was told she was due less compensation as children would have hampered her career.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A former City banker has won nearly £70,000 in damages from Essex Police after he was named on a “most wanted list” as a suspected rapist on the run – despite phoning the force on his own initiative and offering to fly from Dubai to explain his innocence.’
The Independent, 2nd March 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘It is now known that 60 people from Stoke Mandeville hospital were abused by Jimmy Savile. But will they and his other victims receive compensation? And where will the money come from?’
Daily Telegraph, 26th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Airlines have been told by a judge in a test case that they cannot keep passengers waiting for compensation for delayed flights. The decision will affect tens of thousands of people demanding compensation for flight delays, according to solicitors representing Kim Allen, the passenger in today’s case.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A farmer’s daughter has won £1.3m after working on her parents’ farm for nothing as a teenager while her sisters were having fun.’
BBC News, 25th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Recent cases have show that, when faced with difficult issues of calculation in personal injury cases, judges look back at the very basic principles of personal injury damages. These cases show how important the basic principles of personal injury damages are. The multiplicity of tools now available to assess damages can often lead to the most basic, and important, principles of the law of damages being overlooked when preparing for a trial. It is clear, however, that judges often look to these basic principles first when considering a complex assessment of damages.’
Zenith PI Blog, 24th February 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A man who threatened to “chop the heads off” two female cadets on Tyneside has been given a suspended jail sentence.’
BBC News, 23rd February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Barry George, the man wrongfully convicted of the murder of Jill Dando, has told the BBC that a decision not to award him compensation is “a mockery of justice”.’
BBC News, 23rd February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who nearly drowned during a school swimming lesson when she was 10 years old has won a compensation battle at the High Court.’
BBC News, 17th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The mother of a woman brutally murdered after a 999 delay has said she will take her case to the House of Commons to get “justice” for her daughter.’
BBC News, 17th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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