compensation

Jun

2022

Talented Artist Struck by Stolen Moped Receives Seven-Figure Compensation

Written by David Lydon

Brave and determined road accident victims often make remarkable recoveries even from the most serious injuries and go on to achieve great things in life. However, as a case concerning a talented artist showed, such success need not lead to the...

Jun

2022

Secondary Victims and Psychiatric Injury

Written by David Lydon

If you witness the traumatic death of or another shocking event afflicting a close relative, which in turn results from earlier clinical negligence, are you entitled to compensation for any psychiatric injury you suffer? In considering that burning...

May

2022

£250,000 Compensation for Man Who Fell Through Pub Roof Skylight

Written by Mike Sutton

Some personal injury claims pose a much greater challenge than others but, even in the toughest cases, specialist lawyers can achieve life-changing results. That was certainly so in the case of a young man who suffered catastrophic injuries when he...

May

2022

Big and Sophisticated Companies Need Human Resources Departments to Match

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Big companies are expected to have substantial and sophisticated human resources departments to match their stature. An Employment Tribunal (ET) made that point in upholding a call centre worker's unfair dismissal complaint (Clark v DL Insurance...

Mar

2022

Tech Company Failed to Make Reasonable Adjustments for Cancer Sufferer

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Corporate reorganisations arising from a change in ownership very often result in a need to reduce staff numbers. However, as one case showed, it is vital to conduct redundancy exercises fairly and openly and with careful regard to the particular...

Mar

2022

COVID-19 Whistleblower Succeeds in Automatic Unfair Dismissal Claim

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many employees have complained that social distancing and other precautions were not enforced with sufficient rigour in their workplaces. As an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruling in a whistleblowing case made plain,...

Mar

2022

Whistleblower Treated as 'Complainer' Receives Substantial Compensation

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Whistleblowers perform a vital role in the public interest and managers who persist in viewing their activities merely as inconvenient belly-aching expose themselves to condemnation by Employment Tribunals (ETs). That was certainly so in the case of...

Feb

2022

Woman Sacked During Difficult Pregnancy Receives Just Compensation

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Dismissing an employee for being pregnant may seem extraordinary in this day and age but it still happens far too often. In a case on point, a shop assistant who was viewed as a malingerer by her employer during her complicated pregnancy was awarded...

Dec

2021

Lost Your Job Due to the Pandemic? You May Have Been Unfairly Dismissed

Written by Sydney Mitchell

If you are amongst the cohort of workers who have been made redundant in the wake of the pandemic and feel that you have been treated unfairly, you should contact a solicitor without delay. In one case, a bar manager who was sacked without notice...

Nov

2021

Disability Discrimination – Diabetic Cake Shop Worker Compensated

Written by Sydney Mitchell

Discrimination against disabled employees is a social evil with which Employment Tribunals (ETs) will have no truck. In one case, a cake shop worker who was dismissed because of her diabetes was awarded thousands of pounds in compensation (Nicholson...

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compensation

Talented Artist Struck by Stolen Moped Receives Seven-Figure Compensation

Secondary Victims and Psychiatric Injury

£250,000 Compensation for Man Who Fell Through Pub Roof Skylight

Big and Sophisticated Companies Need Human Resources Departments to Match

Tech Company Failed to Make Reasonable Adjustments for Cancer Sufferer

COVID-19 Whistleblower Succeeds in Automatic Unfair Dismissal Claim

Whistleblower Treated as 'Complainer' Receives Substantial Compensation

Woman Sacked During Difficult Pregnancy Receives Just Compensation

Lost Your Job Due to the Pandemic? You May Have Been Unfairly Dismissed

Disability Discrimination – Diabetic Cake Shop Worker Compensated

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