“Home owners are not responsible for the safety of workmen on their property, the Court of Appeal has ruled, throwing out a Polish builder’s claim for compensation from a woman who refused to let him walk on her pristine white carpets.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Home owners who were sold mortgages during the property boom that they couldn’t afford are to be given compensation following a ruling by the City watchdog.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An IT student who says he can’t get a job because he got a second class degree has had his bid for £5m damages from the university he claims let him down thrown out by a High Court judge.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A boss who took an employee he caught stealing to the police station with a sign saying ‘Thief’ around his neck has paid £13,000 after the criminal sued for ‘humiliation’.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An NHS Trust has paid out a five-figure compensation settlement to a couple whose son was stillborn following a series of ‘basic errors’ in ante-natal care.”
The Independent, 14th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Birmingham couple has received an out-of-court settlement following hospital failures which allegedly led to the death of their baby son.”
BBC News, 8th Febraury 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“All pending court actions brought by former coalminers who allege their solicitors did not claim adequate government compensation on their behalf have been suspended pending a special hearing in April, the Gazette has learned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th January 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Thousands of people investing their retirement savings were given poor advice by Barclays, which must now pay millions of pounds in compensation.”
BBC News, 18th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
M v Hackney London Borough Council and others [2011] EWCA Civ 4; [2011] WLR (D) 2
“A hospital trust was entitled to rely upon an application for the admission for treatment of a patient under the Mental Health Act 1983 which appeared to comply with section 6(3) of the Act as being a lawfully made application pursuant to the provisions of the Act. Where such an application, completed by an approved mental health professional (AMHP), had failed to comply with those provisions, the failure rendered the patient’s detention unlawful and imposed the responsibility for the unlawful detention upon the AMHP. The statutory defence in section 139(1), which relieved the AMHP from civil liability unless he or she had acted in bad faith or without reasonable care, would be read down by virtue of section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 so as to permit a claim by the detained person for compensation from the AHMP.”
WLR Daily, 17th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“A boatyard worker who suffered brain damage when he was hit by a falling gantry has won £7.2m in damages.”
BBC News, 14th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Firms that offer cash incentives to attract people to make compensation claims through them – including for personal injuries – will be stopped under new proposals.”
Ministry of Justice, 6th January 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Claims management companies will be prevented from offering clients cash incentives to bring damages claims if a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) proposal to tighten up the rules comes into effect.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th January 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Nearly £200,000 in compensation has been paid to women who have become pregnant or been hurt after they were fitted with a popular contraceptive implant.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than 400 customers who suffered burns and injuries from sofas bought from collapsed firm finally win compensation.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man brain damaged at birth due to complications has been awarded a £5.7m payout from health chiefs.”
BBC News, 14th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ex-boxer Ricky Hatton has settled a £1.4 million claim for unpaid wages from his former trainer. Hatton today reached an undisclosed but ‘mutually acceptable’ deal with Billy Graham on the third day of a hearing at Manchester’s Civil Justice Centre.”
The Independent, 8th December 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Childless couples will be able to pay surrogate mothers large sums of money to have babies for them, following a landmark High Court ruling.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A photographer who was struck in the face by a police shield during the G20 protests last year has been awarded £30,000 compensation by the Metropolitan police.”
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The Guardian, 7th December 2010
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R (Moore) v Skipton Fund Ltd [2010] EWHC 3070 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 308
“For the purposes of a claim for an ex gratia payment from public funds, there was nothing irrational or unfair in requiring certain people infected with hepatitis C through treatment with NHS blood or blood products prior to September 1991, to show that spontaneous clearance of the virus after a period of six months had occurred.”
WLR Daily, 2nd December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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The Bridgewater Canal Co Ltd v GEO Networks Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 1348; [2010] WLR (D) 306
“On the proper construction of the Electronic Communications Code, set out in Sch 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1984 as amended by the Communications Act 2003, the special regime which applied to linear obstacles differed not only from the general regime but also from the other special regimes for which the code provided. When determining, under para 13(2)(e of Sch 2), an award of compensation or consideration in respect of the right to carry out works and the loss sustained by reason of doing so in implementation of the right to install and keep, there was no reason to interpolate into the words ‘the right to carry out the works’ in para (13)(2)(e) the additional words ‘and to keep the same’. Accordingly, an operator of a communications network installing a cable through an existing duct under a canal was liable to pay to the person with control of the land compensation only for the right to execute the works and not also for the right to keep them on the relevant land as and when executed.”
WLR Daily, 1st December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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