“The British Refugee Council has been ordered to pay one of its former employees £30,000 in compensation after a tribunal ruled that it was guilty of racial discrimination when it sacked the only two black people working at an immigration centre.”
The Independent, 20th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A pensioner has won an £28,000 payout from a pharmaceutical company after being left seriously ill during a drugs trial.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A rail worker has won £200,000 in compensation for being sacked after he blew the whistle on a manager who asked him to lie about an accident.”
BBC News, 14th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Northern Rock was secretly given a ‘substantial’ valuation by the Government while shareholders received nothing in compensation when it was nationalised, the High Court was told yesterday.”
The Times, 14th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia—Linee Aeree Italiane SpA (Case C-549/07); WLR (D) 3
“A technical problem such as an engine defect that came to light during a routine check on an aircraft and resulted in cancellation of a flight did not normally justify the carrier in refusing to pay compensation to passengers on the ground that the flight had been cancelled owing to ‘extraordinary circumstances’.”
WLR Daily, 7th January 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Arthur Scargill’s trade union was paid more than £6 million by a firm of solicitors that deducted the money from compensation awarded to sick miners for industrial disease, a tribunal was told.”
The Times, 7th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Compensation payouts to severely wounded soldiers are to be doubled after criticism the payouts were far lower than those given to injured civilians.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A businesswoman who suffered brain damage after being hit by a car on a zebra crossing has won £2.75 million in compensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Around 270 families whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the Buncefield fire will share an initial payout of £320,000 after their lawyers reached an agreement with the plant’s operators today.”
The Times, 18th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Hundreds of victims of the Buncefield fire moved closer to an initial payout today after a judge instructed the oil depot’s operator to make them a ‘sensible and generous’ offer.”
The Times, 17th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two victims of high-profile ‘miscarriages of justice’ cases lost a legal battle for increased compensation awards today.”
The Independent, 13th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A woman is demanding £10,000 in compensation after discovering she has been paying her next door neighbours’ water bills for 16 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A pupil with dyslexia has received almost £25,000 in compensation from the local council after teachers failed to diagnose his condition, it has emerged.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A British couple whose two-month-old daughter was taken into care after a ‘misguided’ suspicion of abuse have been awarded £8,000 in compensation.”
BBC News, 30th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Birgit Green, 63, was walking along a public footpath at a nature reserve when a section of the wooden bridge’s planking collapsed.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A police force has offered £40,000 in compensation to animal rights campaigners, including supporters of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), after they were prevented from joining a protest against livestock exports.”
The Independent, 25th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Low-flying by the RAF caused the death of or serious injuries to dozens of horses, cows, chickens and other animals in a series of incidents for which the Ministry of Defence has paid tens of thousands of pounds of compensation.”
The Times, 1st September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Greenweb Ltd v Wandsworth London Borough Council
Court of Appeal
“Where a local authority compulsorily purchased a public open space after refusing the landowner’s application for housing development, the Lands Tribunal had to value the land on the basis that planning permission had been granted for the housing development.”
The Times, 28th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“How much compensation should be paid to someone whose life is blighted after being wrongly accused or even convicted and jailed for murder?”
The Times, 28th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Sion Jenkins, cleared of murdering his foster daughter Billie-Jo after spending six years in jail, has revealed that he is appealing to the Home Office for compensation.”
The Independent, 24th August 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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