Insurance surgery: Up for the challenge – New Law Journal
‘How should local authorities respond to the compensation claims landscape, asks Carol Dalton.’
New Law Journal, 13th February 2015
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Category: compensation
Patient death payout by University Hospital of Wales – BBC News
‘A patient’s family who blamed her death on medics’ failure to treat her following major heart surgery has received a compensation payout after taking the case to London’s High Court.’
BBC News, 13th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court says Welsh NHS charges Bill in breach of A1P1 – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Sounds like a rather abstruse case, but the Supreme Court has had some important things to say about how the courts should approach an argument that Article 1 of Protocol 1 to ECHR (the right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions) is breached by a legislative decision. The clash is always between public benefit and private impairment, and this is a good example.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th February 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill: reference by the Counsel General for Wales – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 9th February 2015
When a duty of care does arise in tort – suing Companies House – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Cases about whether someone owes a duty of care in tort can be surprisingly difficult to decide. Kate Beattie has just posted on the Michael case here, where no duty was held to arise, despite (it appears) the police control room being told by the doomed Ms Michael that her ex-boyfriend had just told her that he was just about to “fucking kill you”. He was as good as his word, within 20 minutes, and the family now sues the police. How much more direct can you be than that? And yet the family lost 5-2 in the Supreme Court.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 8th February 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Lee Balkwell concrete mixer death: Family awarded £12,000 – BBC News
‘The family of a man found dead in a concrete mixer in Essex has been awarded £12,000 in compensation.’
BBC News, 30th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
FCA could call time on PPI claims – The Guardian
‘Britain’s financial watchdog has raised the possibility of introducing a time limit on complaints about payment protection insurance, the mis-selling scandal that has cost banks more than £17bn in compensation.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The £8.8m typo: how one mistake killed a family business – The Guardian
‘The Welsh engineering firm of Taylor & Sons has won a major claim against the government agency after they mixed it up with another firm of a similar name.’
The Guardian, 28th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cilla Black among stars to settle phone hacking claims for ‘substantial’ damages – The Guardian
‘Cilla Black is among the latest group of celebrities to settle phone hacking claims for “substantial” damages with the publisher of the Mirror titles, the high court has heard.’
The Guardian, 22nd January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Girl, 7, awarded £10m in damages from King’s College Hospital Trust – BBC News
‘A seven-year-old girl whose mind is “trapped in a body” that will not do as she wants has been awarded £10.1m.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
£60k compensation for pensioner, 91, locked away from his cat – Daily Telegraph
‘Judge says it is ‘hard to imagine a more depressing and inexcusable’ case than that of the WWII veteran taken from his home against his wishes by Essex council.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
7/7 widow Louise Gray jailed for stealing son’s compensation – BBC News
‘The widow of a victim of the 7/7 London bombings has been jailed for stealing £43,000 from her son’s compensation.’
BBC News, 19th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Criminal Acts and Compensation – Zenith PI Blog
‘The recent case of AB v Chief Constable of X Constabulary provided the High Court with an opportunity to review the doctrine of ex turpi causa and its application in personal injury cases.’
Zenith PI Blog, 15th January 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
Sikh wins compensation over prison turban challenge – Daily Telegraph
‘A Sikh solicitor has won undisclosed compensation after being barred from entering a prison to visit a client because he had pins in his turban.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Victims of contaminated NHS blood launch legal case – BBC News
‘Three men who contracted hepatitis C from contaminated imported blood have begun a legal case in the UK to challenge the compensation scheme.’
BBC News, 15th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jimmy Savile victims’ compensation scheme approved by appeal court – The Guardian
‘The court of appeal has upheld a compensation scheme set up for scores of women who say they were sexually abused by Jimmy Savile, paving the way for claims to go ahead.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Stage manager is awarded £3.7m compensation after being left paralysed – The Guardian
‘A stage manager for an award-winning theatre company, left paralysed after walking through an unmarked backstage door into “thin air” and falling three metres, has been awarded £3.7m in compensation, in one of the biggest payouts in the UK entertainment sector.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Carrying over annual leave and back-pay: Sash Window Workshop Ltd v King – Cloisters
‘In Sash Window Workshop v King theEmployment Appeal Tribunal returned to two of the central controversies in recent holiday pay case-law. Firstly the right to carry annual leave entitlement over from one leave year to the next. Secondly the right to claim back pay for untaken leave in historic leave years, particularly upon the termination of employment.’
Cloisters, 7th December 2014
Source: www.cloisters.com
Merseyside dangerous dog raids: Police acted ‘unlawfully’ – BBC News
‘A police crackdown that saw 22 dangerous dogs rounded up and destroyed across Merseyside was “unlawful”, a court has ruled.’
BBC News, 9th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Criminal Injury Compensation Authority (CICA)’s refusal of application for compensation arising out of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is endorsed by Court of Appeal : CP (A Child) v First Tier Tribunal (Criminal Injuries Compensation) – Zenith PI Blog
‘Yesterday the Court of Appeal gave a vote of confidence in CICA’s recent policy change on FASD inflicted injuries. The Court concluded that, as a foetus was not ‘any other person’ in the eyes of the criminal law, the mother’s damagingly excessive alcohol consumption was NOT an act of violence susceptible to compensation.
Zenith PI Blog, 9th December 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
