November
Up one level- MPs harangue Lords' pleural plaques ruling
- MPs have continued their opposition to the House of Lords’ judgement on pleural plaques, calling for the decision to ...
- London worker receives £550,000 payout
- A former London park worker has been awarded compensation of £550,000 at an employment tribunal in Croydon, the BBC reports. ...
- Mother claims for £300,000 after daughter injured at birth
- A mother from Kent is applying for £300,000 in compensation following injuries sustained by her daughter four years ago, newsshopper.co.uk ...
- Sales manager 'bullied at work'
- A disabled sales manager has told an Ashford employment tribunal that she was bullied by her colleagues, the Daily Express ...
- Worker awarded payout due to hearing loss
- A man from Oxfordshire has been awarded £3,500 in compensation after suffering hearing loss while working in a factory, the ...
- Scotland tops employment tribunal table
- Last year, Scotland saw more employment tribunal claims than anywhere else in the UK, according to new research. ...
- Retired solicitor wins £13k compensation for friend
- An 89-year-old former solicitor who retired from the profession 25 years ago has successfully secured £13,560 in compensation for her ...
- Stressed teacher suing for £800k
- A drama teacher is suing her former employers for £800,000, claiming her students' behaviour made her ill, the Daily Record ...
- Millions paid out to decorator after fall
- A painter and decorator who suffered brain damage after falling through scaffolding has received a £5 million settlement. ...
- Doctor ruled negligent in cancer case
- Winchester District Court has held that a doctor who failed to diagnose breast cancer in a patient acted negligently. ...
- Family seek money after misdiagnosed broken neck
- The family of a man who sustained a broken neck in car crash that was subsequently misdiagnosed as whiplash are ...
- Hospital made to pay out and apologise
- A woman who lost her baby after the hospital she was in aborted it without her consent has received compensation ...
- Care home fined after death
- The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning to UK care homes following an incident in which an ...
- Amputee wins £100k compensation
- A man who lost part of his leg after contracting MRSA while in hospital with a broken leg has been ...
- The end of pleural plaques?
- Despite the bombast, the Lords’ controversial decision appears to be final Three weeks have elapsed since the insurance industry ...
- Gender pay gap among directors "is unacceptable"
- New figures which indicate that the gender pay gap among directors has risen 22 per cent have been described as ...
- Dockyard and MoD made to pay £12k following accident
- Devonport Royal Dockyard and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have been made to pay £12,000 in damages after an incident ...
- Spears ordered to pay ex £57k
- Pop star Britney Spears has been ordered to pay ex-husband Kevin Federline $120,000 (£57,076) in costs. ...
- Employers 'not doing enough for disabled staff'
- Over 90 per cent of employers in Britain may be at risk of contravening disability discrimination laws, according to new ...
- Kent firm prosecuted for health and safety breaches
- Bromley-based construction firm Galamast has been prosecuted for breaches in health and safety after it exposed people to asbestos, Workplace ...
