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A total of £75,000 has been awarded in compensation to six people who fell and were injured whilst enjoying a night out at a Council-run nightclub. The clubbers had all attended special theme nights at the club in Wolverhampton Civic Hall. The...
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The family of a man who died of an asbestos-related disease has secured a settlement of £57,500. John Scott, who was 76 when he died of mesothelioma, had worked as a foreman and electrician for the Atomic Energy Authority for almost forty years until...
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A pedestrian who was hurt in a road accident in East London has won the right to compensation from Newham Council because it failed to trim the shrubs in the middle of a busy road. Mrs Pervin Yetkin, 54, was attempting to cross Stratford High Street when...
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After a seven-year legal battle, a college lecturer has won compensation after delays in his medical treatment left him paralysed. Tim Joplin, 58, an artist and lecturer at Dudley College, was admitted to Russells Hall Hospital with pain in his shoulder and...
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A woman who was left paralysed after a tragic fairground accident has secured compensation of £35,000 from the company responsible testing the equipment. She is also pursuing further claims to compensate her for her injuries. Jessica Oseland, 28, was...
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A man who suffered permanent eye damage in a workplace accident has won compensation from his employer. Phillip Heeney, 25, was helping a colleague move a drum of acid when the accident happened. As they were removing the lid, the acid splashed into Mr...
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Following a four-year legal battle, a motorcyclist who lost his leg after being involved in a collision with a car has won a lump sum of £640,000 in compensation. The accident happened when a car pulled out in front of the motorcyclist without...
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A fitter has won nearly £7,000 in compensation after suffering damage to his hearing as a result of exposure to noise at work. The 66-year-old man began working for his employer in 1967 but was not provided with hearing protection until the early...
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A pensioner who developed a deadly form of lung cancer decades after coming into contact with asbestos in the workplace has won a six-figure compensation settlement. The 72-year-old man worked as an engineer for a motor vehicle manufacturer between 1953 and...
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A man who was left in agony after a failed operation has won a six-figure sum in damages. In October 2004, Gerald Morgan, 60, had a spinal stimulator implanted at the Royal London Hospital to help combat pain he had suffered from for many years. However,...
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A man who suffered a broken leg in a workplace accident has agreed a £17,500 compensation settlement. The man was using overhead lifting gear to turn over a metal plate weighing approximately one and a half tonnes when the accident occurred. He was...
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A couple whose honeymoon was ruined after the husband was struck down by salmonella and amoebic dysentery have won compensation from the tour operator. Francis and Beverley Mayes, 49 and 43, were holidaying at the Gran Bahia Principe Hotel, a five-star...
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The Court of Appeal has upheld the compensation award of a woman who injured her ankle when she tripped on a footpath outside her home. Louise Bell, 49, brought a claim for compensation against the London Borough of Havering. She told the County Court that...
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The family of a cyclist who was killed in an accident involving a lorry has been awarded £337,500 in compensation at the High Court. Ninian Donald, 33, who worked as a set builder, was in a designated cycle and bus lane when a tipper lorry turned...
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Pushchair manufacturer Maclaren has agreed to pay compensation to over 40 children across the UK who sustained serious injuries after getting their fingers trapped in the hinges on their folding pushchairs. The children were mostly between the ages of one...
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A manual worker at a nuclear waste plant has won £35,000 in compensation for injuries he sustained as a result of working with vibrating tools. The unnamed 49-year-old was a process worker at the Sellafield nuclear plant, where he had worked with...
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After a four-year legal battle, the seven sisters of a Plymouth woman killed by an asbestos-related disease have won a five-figure sum in damages from the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Beverley McKnight was diagnosed with mesothelioma, an asbestos-related...
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Tourist attractions in Britain have paid out millions in compensation for slips and trips over the last five years, according to a recent survey. The survey was conducted by the Sunday Telegraph and covered 24 organisations responsible for hundreds of...
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In a landmark decision, the family of a woman who committed suicide while she was a patient in a psychiatric hospital has won £10,000 in compensation from the NHS Trust responsible for her care. Carol Savage, 50, absconded from the hospital in Essex...
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A rail worker whose wrist and arm were fractured in an accident at work has won £32,000 in damages. The unnamed man was injured when a cleaner lost control of a floor cleaning machine. The machine ran into one of his colleagues, who collided with some...
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A man who was left with severe disabilities after a horrific road accident caused by another motorist has been awarded millions of pounds in compensation. Nazer Ahadi, 22, was on his way to work at a bakery when he was involved in a head-on collision with...
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More than 1,500 people who suffered chemical burns and allergic reactions after purchasing ‘toxic sofas’ are to share £20 million in compensation in what is thought to be the largest consumer class action in English legal history. Several...
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A former pipe fitter who worked for Michelin Tyre plc has been awarded £23,300 in compensation after he developed a respiratory disease from exposure to asbestos in the workplace. Roy Ibbs was employed by Michelin between 1969 and 1985, during which...
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A cyclist who suffered serious injuries after the wheel of her bicycle hit a hole in the road has won almost £17,000 in damages. The unnamed 59-year-old woman was commuting to work when the accident happened. In her path was a sunken drain in a large...
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A woman who went into hospital for routine gallstone treatment has been awarded a compensation package worth £3.45 million, after a series of medical blunders left her with severe brain damage. In January 2001, Grannia East, 44, was admitted for...
