Airline compensation: law firm flies to aid of delayed passengers – The Guardian
“A Cheshire solicitors has recovered more than £300,000 for 700 passengers with their no-win no-fee service.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: compensation
Jobseekers try to overturn law denying them benefit rebates – The Guardian
“Iain Duncan Smith and parliament have conspired to undermine the basic rights of hundreds of thousands of jobseekers by enacting retrospective emergency legislation, according to the contents of a legal filing sent to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).”
The Guardian, 11th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK to expect more colonial-era compensation claims – The Guardian
“Following news of payments over Mau Mau insurgency, more claims likely from Kenya, Cyprus and other former colonies.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
West Midlands Police pay out to bereaved mum Abby Podmore – BBC News
“A mother arrested on suspicion of murder after her son died of natural causes has accepted an undisclosed settlement from the police.”
BBC News, 6th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kenyan Mau Mau veterans to get £14m torture settlement from Britain – The Independent
“Britain will offer compensation to victims of the torture and brutality it meted out to thousands of Kenyans detained during the Mau Mau uprising, according to reports.”
The Independent, 5th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Leicester Royal Infirmary sorry over 100-year-old’s death – BBC News
“A ‘catastrophic error’ led to a 100-year-old great-grandmother dying from dehydration, a hospital has admitted.”
BBC News, 5th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed for sprinkling pubic hair on curry to avoid payment – The Independent
“A man who sprinkled his own pubic hair over a half-eaten curry in an attempt to avoid paying for it has been jailed.”
The Independent, 5th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina v Jawad – WLR Daily
Regina v Jawad [2013] EWCA Crim 644; [2013] WLR (D) 209
“There was no mandatory duty to take the confiscation order made under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 into account when deciding on a compensation order, but the question of compensation might have been relevant to disproportion, if compensation meant that money restored to the loser would have been counted again in the confiscation order, so it was necessary to consider both issues together.”
WLR Daily, 3rd May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Police force pays £8,000 compensation to staff member who tripped over pile of paper – Daily Telegraph
“A police force paid out £8,000 in compensation to a member of staff who was hurt tripping over a pile of paper in a corridor, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Only the Innocent Need Apply for Compensation for a Miscarriage of Justice – Criminal Law and Justice Weekly
“The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, art.14(6) requires state parties to compensate those who have suffered ‘a miscarriage of justice’. Although the UK ratified the Covenant in 1976, for more than a decade compensation for miscarriages of justice continued to be paid by the Home Office only on an ex gratia basis. Payment was first put onto a statutory basis in 1988.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 1st June 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
Muslim-run company to compensate Christian worker for race discrimination – Daily Telegraph
“A Muslim-run company have been ordered to pay a Christian worker over £2,000 for racially discriminating against him because he is white.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Army sniper gets £100k after MoD blew his cover – Daily Telegraph
“An Army sniper has been paid £100,000 in compensation after being driven into hiding when Ministry of Defence officials blew his cover.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Distress must be directly linked to data breach for consumers to claim compensation, rules Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com
“Businesses do not have to pay compensation for causing distress to consumers if they break data protection laws unless the distress suffered by consumers is linked to the breach itself, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Torture victims win test case over detention in UK immigration centres – The Guardian
“The Home Office has been ordered by the high court to pay compensation to four torture survivors who were unlawfully held in British immigration detention centres.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Female police officer offered ‘pink gun’ wins £20K in compensation – Daily Telegraph
A female police firearms officer tricked into opening a filing cabinet full of porn and offered a “pink gun” as a weapon has been awarded £20,000 in compensation.
Daily Telegraph, 21st May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Detainees win torture claims test case – BBC News
“Hundreds of people who were tortured before seeking asylum in the UK could seek compensation and release from immigration detention.”
BBC News, 17th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Damages under section 13 DPA: Court of Appeal’s judgment in Halliday – Panopticon
“I blogged a while ago about the ex tempore judgment from the Court of Appeal in a potentially groundbreaking case on damages under section 13 of the DPA, namely Halliday v Creation Consumer Finance [2013] EWCA Civ 333. The point of potential importance was that ‘nominal damages’ appeared to suffice for the purposes of section 13(1), thereby opening up section 13(2). In short, the point is that claimants under the DPA cannot be compensated for distress unless they have also suffered financial harm. A ‘nominal damages’ approach to the concept of financial harm threatened to make the DPA’s compensation regime dramatically more claimant-friendly.”
Panopticon, 17th May 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Trainee lawyer was denied permanent contract when she became pregnant – The Guardian
“A trainee lawyer is in line for compensation from a top City law firm after winning her case for discrimination after she missed out on a job because she was pregnant.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Widower to receive £150,000 payout linked to wife’s death in Oxfordshire – BBC News
“A widower left with brain damage from alcohol abuse linked to the shock of his wife’s sudden death is to receive a £150,000 payout from the NHS.”
BBC News, 15th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dental nurse wins case after being given written warning for eating apple – Daily Telegraph
“A dental nurse who was given a written warning by bosses for eating an apple has won a case for constructive dismissal against the surgery.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
