‘North Lincolnshire Council recently successfully defended a personal injury claim brought by a claimant who slipped at a pay and display car park the local authority owned but had demised. Toby Coupe explains how.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th June 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A researcher who lost her job at a thinktank after tweeting that transgender women could not change their biological sex has been awarded more than £100,000 in compensation by an employment tribunal.’
The Guardian, 1st July 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A gender-critical woman has won a harassment claim against Arts Council England, after hostile comments were made about her beliefs at an internal meeting and on a petition circulated within the organisation.’
The Guardian, 27th June 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Sixty-four former employees of One Legal – the alternative business structure that owned two criminal law firms – have been granted full protective awards because they were made redundant without notice.’
Legal Futures, 21st June 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A football fan has been banned from attending football matches for three years after being found guilty of mocking the Hillsborough disaster.’
BBC News, 13th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In 2013, the Caribbean Community set up the CARICOM Reparations Commission to “prepare the case [for] reparatory justice for the Caribbean region’s indigenous and African descendant communities who are the victims of crimes against humanity in the form of genocide, slavery, slave trading and racial apartheid”. A decade on, the issue is rarely far from the headlines.’
3 Hare Court, 14th June 2023
Source: www.3harecourt.com
‘Millions of pounds have been paid out in the last ten years to people who were abused in the Scouts, lawyers say.’
BBC News, 13th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An experienced district judge has ruled it is “irrelevant” how medical reporting costs are broken down, as the debate over non-party disclosure takes another turn.
Law Society's Gazette, 12th June 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Multiple-injury motor claims with a bearing on thousands of other cases will be tested in the Supreme Court, it was confirmed today.’
Law Society's Gazette, 7th June 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Housing Ombudsman has found severe maladministration for Tandridge District Council after the local authority “did not abide by its duties under the Equality Act or its own safeguarding policy”, leading to the exacerbation of a resident’s poor mental health.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st June 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A support scheme set up for Church of England abuse survivors risks re-traumatising victims, a report seen by the BBC has concluded.’
BBC News, 1st June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Lawyers representing almost 1,000 current and former students whose studies were affected by Covid and strike action told the high court in London their clients felt “cheated” by their educational experience and should be entitled to seek compensation through the courts.’
The Guardian, 24th May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government is to launch a compensation scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse in England, the home secretary has said.’
The Guardian, 22nd May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court has struck out a representative action brought on behalf of 1.6m people who claimed Google and DeepMind Technologies misused their medical records.’
Legal Futures, 22nd May 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An Essex couple have spent 10 months seeking compensation after 18 escaped water buffaloes stampeded through their garden, with eight of them taking a morning dip in their new swimming pool.’
The Guardian, 20th May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘War widows who were forced to forfeit their pensions will receive a lump sum payment after a long-running campaign. The compensation scheme will benefit spouses who lost their government income if they remarried or moved in with a new partner before 2015.’
BBC News, 18th May 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three energy suppliers have been made to pay compensation totalling £8m for failing to supply a final bill on time to more than 100,000 households that had switched provider.’
The Guardian, 17th May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A judge has dismissed a claim that national firm Slater and Gordon was passed confidential information which caused it to chop £63m off the price of an acquisition.’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th May 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Housing Ombudsman found severe maladministration for housing association A2Dominion after its poor complaint handling left a mother and her family living in “dangerous and unacceptable conditions”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th May 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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