“A police force ordered to pay record damages for sexually discriminating against a woman firearms officer acted in a ‘high-handed, insulting and malicious way’, according to an employment tribunal judgment obtained by the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Kent mother of twins who were ill with E. coli in an outbreak in Surrey last year is suing the petting farm where her children became infected.”
BBC News, 18th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Geldof Metaalconstructie NV v Simon Carves Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 667; [2010] WLR (D) 146
“A defendant was entitled to set off against the claimant’s claim under an installation contract a counterclaim under a separate supply contract, because the claimant had itself linked the two contracts by demanding payment of invoices under the supply contract as a condition of continuing performance of the installation contract. In addition, the supply contract contained a right to set-off clause which went further than the common law in permitting the defendant to set off “any amounts lawfully due” against the purchase price.”
WLR Daily, 14th June 2010
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“A policewoman who endured sexist comments at work has been awarded £275,000 in damages from her former force, it emerged today.”
The Independent, 14th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Lawyers representing 28 victims of last year’s E. coli outbreak at Godstone farm in Surrey are preparing to demand ‘substantial’ damages in a group legal action.”
BBC News, 11th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 571; [2010] WLR (D) 135
“An employee who suffered damage as a result of findings of personal or professional misconduct leading to dismissal and loss of professional status that were made against him in disciplinary proceedings conducted in breach of contract, and which would not otherwise have been made, could recover damages at large.”
WLR Daily, 27th May 2010
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Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWCA Crim 571; [2010] WLR (D) 135
“An employee who suffered damage as a result of findings of personal or professional misconduct leading to dismissal and loss of professional status that were made against him in disciplinary proceedings conducted in breach of contract, and which would not otherwise have been made, could recover damages at large.”
WLR Daily, 27th May 2010
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“Barry George, who was cleared of murdering Jill Dando, accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over claims that he was obsessed with Cheryl Cole and Kay Burley.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cooper v Attorney General [2010] EWCA Civ 464; [2010] WLR (D) 122
“The obligation of a member states to make good damage caused to individuals by infringements of Community law for which they were responsible also applied where the alleged infringement stemmed from a decision of a court adjudicating at last instance where the rule of Community law infringed was intended to confer rights on individuals, the breach was sufficiently serious and there was a direct causal link between that breach and the loss or damage sustained by the injured parties. In assessing whether there had been a sufficiently serious breach, domestic case law in particular carried weight where it purported to interpret and apply the relevant Community law.”
WLR Daily, 13th May 2010
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“A man who sustained extensive injuries in a road crash in Wiltshire has been awarded millions of pounds in damages.”
BBC News, 10th May 2010
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“One of the longest-running legal cases in UK history, centred on systemic sexual abuse at children’s homes in the north-west of England, is poised to end after a judge found in favour of two men who claimed they had been sexually assaulted while in care.”
The Observer, 9th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The damages recoverable by a claimant whose investment fund had been depleted by fraud included not only the loss to the original amount invested during the period of the fraud and the profits that would have been made on it, but also the loss of those profits that would have would have been made from investment of the lost money in the period after the discovery of the fraud until the date of trial.”
WLR daily, 6th May 2010
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Muuse v Secretary of State for the Home Department; [2010] EWCA Civ 453;; [2010] WLR (D) 108
“When considering an award of exemplary damages in respect of the oppressive, arbitrary or unconstitutional conduct of government officials where the conduct complained of was considered by the court to be outrageous, it was not necessary to show further that the outrageous conduct disclosed malice, fraud, insolence, cruelty or the like.”
WLR Daily, 28th April 2010
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“Jude Law has settled a breach of privacy action with Hello! magazine, with the magazine agreeing to pay £9,500 in damages and undertaking not to publish any pictures of the Alfie star with his children until they are 18.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A convicted drug dealer was awarded £880 compensation by a European court which ruled her human rights were breached by a British judge.”
The Independent, 2nd April 2010
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“A venture capital company that breached the confidentiality of businessmen who came to it with a proposition should only have to pay damages as compensation and not a share of their profits from the deal, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th March 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Workers awarded payouts from their former employers at Employment Tribunals will be given extra help to ensure they receive their payments. Justice Minister Bridget Prentice today confirmed the creation of a new Employment Tribunal Fast Track scheme, which will simplify the process for successful tribunal applicants.”
Ministry of Justice, 25th March 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Insurers who delay paying valid claims should be liable to policyholders for any foreseeable losses they cause, a new Law Commission paper suggested this week.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th March 2010
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“Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich has accepted a public apology and substantial libel damages at the High Court over false newspaper allegations that he had a serious gambling problem.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2010
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Vercoe and others v Rutland Fund Management Ltd and others [2010] EWHC 424 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) 68
“Where a claim was based on breach of obligations of confidentiality, the claimant did not have a complete discretion to choose between claiming an award of damages assessed by reference to the notional reasonable price which the defendant should have paid to buy release from the rights in respect of the relevant confidential information and claiming an account of profits.”
WLR Daily, 9th March 2010
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