“Jimmy Savile’s estate, the BBC and five other institutions including Stoke Mandeville hospital have been issued with formal notice that they face legal action from 43 victims seeking damages for alleged sexual abuse.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cairns v Modi; KC v MGN Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1382; [2012] WLR (D) 302
“When breaking down the details of an award of damages in a defamation case there was no need to introduce a more analytical reasoning process founded on the three broad bands of compensation for injury to feelings in the context of sex and race discrimination cases.”
WLR Daily, 31st October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The natural father of Baby P who was falsely accused of having been convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl has had a libel award of £75,000 cut to £50,000.”
The Independent, 31st October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An appeal against a £90,000 libel award to former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns over an accusation of match-fixing has failed.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The White Paper which first proposed follow-on damages claims promised a ‘swift’ and ‘streamlined’ procedure. The idea was that when a regulator had made an infringement finding, there would be a simple way for victims to claim damages without having to prove the infringement afresh.”
Competition Bulletin from Blackstone Chambers, 28th October 2012
Source: www.competitionbulletin.com
“Gordon Exall look at the cases and principles relating to interim payments and accommodation in catastrophic injury cases.”
Zenith Chambers, 22nd October 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“The comedian Frankie Boyle has been awarded £54,650 in damages after a high court jury found that he had been libelled by the Daily Mirror.”
The Guardian, 22nd October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man from Cornwall who was awarded a six-figure sum after being abused by paedophile William Goad has said he is yet to receive any money.”
BBC News, 21st October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“As you may know, the original Court of Appeal decision in Simmons v Castle on the 10% uplift in general damages was revisited after representations by the ABI and APIL.”
NearlyLegal, 11th October 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has ruled that a 10% uplift on general damages will not apply to cases begun before 1 April on a conditional fee agreement (CFA).”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th October 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The CLAF (contingent legal aid fund) is ‘dead’, writes Elizabeth Davidson. That’s according to Roger Smith, director of JUSTICE. A CLAF – a fund which backs claims and re-invests a proportion of any damages won into future cases – was first proposed by JUSTICE in the late 1960s, and has been backed by the Law Society, Bar Council and various consumer bodies at various times, but never found its way into existence.”
LegalVoice, 4th October 2012
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“Lawyers acting for more than 170 alleged phone-hacking victims, including Cherie Blair and Wayne Rooney, have dropped their claim for exemplary damages, the high court has been told, as News International accused them of seeking ‘windfall’ payouts.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The high court judge presiding over 155 civil damages claims for alleged phone hacking being brought against News of the World’s publisher has disclosed that one of his relatives is among the fresh cases.”
The Guardian, 25th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Attempts to claw back almost £10 million a year from compensation awarded to disabled children and their families have been abandoned.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A gay couple have sued the owner of bed and breakfast accommodation after she refused to let them stay in a double room because of her religious views.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An unlawful eviction case with some unusual dramatis personae.”
Nearly-Legal, 11th September 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
“Siobhain McDonagh, a Labour MP, has launched a legal action against News International and the Sun in relation to the theft of her mobile phone and is seeking damages for alleged invasion of privacy and breach of confidence.”
The Guardian, 10th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An Afghan refugee who helped set a police car ablaze in the London riots has been let off because of the violence he saw in his home country.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is preparing to go into battle with the claimant lobby after the Court of Appeal (CoA) said damages should be raised by 10 per cent from April next year.”
The Lawyer, 3rd September 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A teacher paralysed in a wellington boot accident has lost his High Court claim for more than £5m in damages.”
BBC News, 13th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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