Personal Injury News

Pavement payouts 'could be cut'
Tue 1st Sep 09 - 12:38

A council that has spent more than £700,000 compensating people who have tripped on pavements should spend more on improvements, an MP has said. Norman Baker, the Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes, discovered the figure was spent by East Sussex County Council over the past five years. Following a Freedom…

Ł300,000 payout for 'Honeymoon from hell' victim
Mon 17th Aug 09 - 14:25

Julian Hurley, 50, from Doncaster, whose honeymoon was ruined when he contracted a potentially fatal illness has been awarded nearly £300,000 by tour operator First Choice after he was diagnosed with a form of dysentery caused from eating "poor-standard" food at an all-inclusive hotel in Venezuela in August 2004. Hurley,…

Equality watchdog faces discrimination lawsuit from pregnant employee
Wed 15th Jul 09 - 16:39

The government's equality watchdog, set up to combat all forms of prejudice at work, faces a sex discrimination lawsuit this week from a female member of its own staff. The case is a fresh embarrassment for Trevor Phillips, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, who is widely…