“A couple who say they were driven out of their family farm by the ‘nightmare’ hum of wind turbines have mounted a ground-breaking £2.5 million compensation bid in London’s High Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A high court judge has blocked attempts by families of soldiers killed in Iraq to seek compensation from the government under human rights legislation.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Right Honourable Dame Janet Smith DBE has been appointed to succeed Lord Brennan of Bibury QC as the independent Assessor for miscarriages of justice compensation for England and Wales.The Assessor is appointed under schedule 12 of the Criminal Justice.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th June 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly has today been explaining reforms to tackle the problem of ‘no win, no fee’ legal schemes and fears of a compensation culture.”
Ministry of Justice, 28th June 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Prisoners have won more than £10 million in compensation over the last five years, figures show.”
The Independent, 26th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Barclays pledged today to compensate on a no-quibbles basis tens of thousands of its customers who were mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI). The group is the first bank to make such a move as it confirmed it was contacting customers who made a complaint before April 20 to settle claims in full as a ‘gesture of goodwill’.”
The Independent, 13th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Natasha Sivanandan has spent 25 years pursuing tribunal cases and has now secured her biggest victory with a £425,000 payout.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Sun has agreed to pay undisclosed compensation and apologised unreservedly to a social worker over the publication of false allegations about her role in the Baby P tragedy.”
The Guardian, 9th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A boy left severely brain damaged by complications at his birth in hospital has won the right to claim a seven-figure NHS compensation package.”
BBC News, 8th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Cumbria boy who was left severely disabled by hospital blunders during his birth has been awarded £7.9m in damages at the High Court.”
BBC News, 7th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The family of the murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor have criticised as ‘insulting’ a £70,000 payout to two youths who were tried but cleared of the killing.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A custody officer who was bitten on the face by an HIV positive asylum seeker has been awarded more than £100,000 compensation.”
BBC News, 31st May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A hospital being sued by hundreds of women, who claim their incontinence was made worse by a surgeon, has admitted liability or agreed to pay compensation in 50% of claims processed so far.”
BBC News, 29th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The father of a 13-year-old Iraqi boy who has been missing since 2003 after being treated in a British military hospital has begun legal action against the Ministry of Defence demanding compensation and a public inquiry.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A company does not have to compensate an employee it has unfairly dismissed for loss of earnings spanning the remainder of the worker’s career if there is a chance the worker could get a job on the same salary in the future, the Court of Appeal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Land Registry, the government department that logs land and property ownership in England and Wales, has paid out more than £26m since 2006 compensating victims of a recurring property fraud.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Adams) v Secretary of State for Justice (JUSTICE and another intervening); In re MacDermott’s and McCartney’s Applications for Judicial Review (JUSTICE intervening) [2011] UKSC 18; [2011] WLR (D) 155
“A miscarriage of justice, within the meaning of section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, occurred where a new fact so undermined the evidence against the defendant that no conviction could possibly be based upon it.”
WLR Daily, 11th may 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed
“Two men from Northern Ireland whose convictions for murder during the Troubles were quashed following the emergence of fresh evidence are entitled to compensation, the supreme court has ruled.”
The Guardian, 11th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK Supreme Court is due to rule on whether compensation should be more widely available for people who have been wrongfully convicted.”
BBC News, 11th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A six-year-old boy left disabled after ‘wholly avoidable delays’ at birth has won £4.6m in compensation.”
BBC News, 9th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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