All news on the topic: compensation

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Airport worker wins £40,000 after being sacked over 55 days of sick leave
A worker for a security firm at Aberdeen Airport has been awarded £40,000 compensation after being “wrongly sacked” over sick days.
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British passengers sue Singapore Airlines after deadly turbulence horror flight
More Brits who were onboard a turbulent Singapore Airlines flight which left one grandfather dead and dozens more injured have joined forces to sue the airline.
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Shell continued operating Nigerian pipeline despite internal warnings over major pollution risk
Internal documents obtained by the BBC indicate that British multinational Shell continued operating a major oil pipeline in Nigeria for years despite awareness that it was causing extensive pollution.
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EPPO case in Czechia ends with conviction over €200,000 EU childcare subsidy fraud
An individual and an association were convicted today by the Regional Court in Ostrava (Czechia), branch office of Olomouc, for fraudulently obtaining €200,000 (CZK 5 million) in EU funds for the provision of childcare services, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín (Czechia).
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Elite cricket coach sues for £200,000 after being crushed by bowling machine at £45,000-a-year private school
An elite cricket coach is seeking more than £200,000 in compensation after being crushed by a heavy bowling machine during a training session at a prestigious £45,000-a-year private school.
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Passengers sue Singapore Airlines after deadly mid-air drop on SQ321 flight
Passangers on a Singapore Airlines flight left injured by severe turbulence that killed a grandfather are suing for personal injury compensation, The Sun can reveal.
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Easyjet offers compensation after passengers forced off over safety weight calculations
The service to Malaga was scheduled to depart at 08:40 on Saturday, but the airline mentioned that weather conditions and the runway length necessitated weight restrictions before take-off.
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Bank of America to pay $72.5M to Epstein victims as up to 75 women eligible for payouts
Lawyers state that as many as 75 women who were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein since 2008 may qualify for a $72.5 million fund, which is part of a settlement reached by Bank of America with their legal representatives.
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Michelin-starred chef spared jail after running over intern twice at staff party
A Michelin-starred chef has been spared jail after running over his British intern twice after a staff party.
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£7.5bn motor finance scandal sees millions owed payouts as FCA unveils compensation plan
Compensation payouts are due on around 12.1 million unfair motor finance deals, at an average of £829 each, the financial watchdog has said as it unveiled the final plans for its redress scheme.
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Lloyds under pressure as lawyers prepare £66mn compensation claim
Lloyds Banking Group is gearing up for a lawsuit from more than 30,000 consumers who claim to have been mis-sold car loans, in a sign that they believe that the regulator’s long-awaited redress scheme will favour large banks.
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NS&I boss on £300k salary sacked amid outrage over lost savings and unpaid families
The boss of National Savings and Investments has been dismissed over a series of errors regarding payouts and its bereavement services.
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UK women win over £1bn in equal pay claims as tens of thousands of cases remain unresolved
Women workers across the UK have secured more than £1 billion this year after successful equal pay campaigns led by the GMB trade union, highlighting long-standing pay inequality in local government.
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Spa worker avoids prison after sexually assaulting clients
A masseur at a luxury spa who sexually assaulted five women during treatments has been spared jail.
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London court orders Kolomoisky and Boholiubov to pay over $3 billion to PrivatBank
London’s High Court finalized a ruling requiring oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky and his partner Hennadii Boholiubov to pay PrivatBank over $3 billion in compensation and legal costs.
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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund rejects Elon Musk’s $1tn pay deal
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund has rejected a $1tn (£765bn) pay deal for Elon Musk in a shareholder vote to decide his future at Tesla.
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Law firms call FCA’s car loans compensation plan “unfair and hypocritical”
Victims of the car loans scandal could miss out on more than £4bn in compensation if the City regulator proceeds with plans for an “insulting” interest rate in its redress scheme, consumer groups and claims firms say.
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FCA unveils £8.2bn redress scheme for unfair car loans affecting 14 million consumers
Millions of consumers could be eligible for £700 payouts after the City watchdog outlined compensation plans for the car finance scandal.
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270,000 UK drivers owed £200m in insurance compensation after payout error
Around 270,000 motorists whose cars have been written off or stolen are owed compensation from insurers due to an error.
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After 61 years, woman cleared in landmark South Korea sexual assault retrial
A court in South Korea has acquitted a woman convicted six decades ago for biting off part of a man’s tongue during an alleged sexual assault, after she challenged the ruling, inspired by the country’s #MeToo movement.
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Co-op worker wins £10,600 after being unfairly dismissed for imitating Michael Jackson at work
A Co-op worker was dismissed for making Michael Jackson’s "hee-hee" sounds at a colleague, as heard by a tribunal.
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Ukrainian farmer gets 70 times less compensation for stolen tractor after 15 years of legal battle
A farmer in Ukraine says he will seek justice at the country’s Supreme Court after he was awarded 70 times less than he sought as compensation for mismanagement in the case of his stolen tractor.
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British Airways flight attendant wins unfair dismissal case over anxiety disorder
A flight stewardess from British Airways (BA) who was dismissed after becoming too anxious to fly has successfully won an unfair dismissal claim at an employment tribunal.
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Portugal airport strikes to continue every weekend in August, disrupting thousands of UK travellers
If you’re traveling to Portugal this summer, brace for potential disruption, as ongoing strikes at the country’s busiest airports are expected to last until the end of August.
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Argentine man wins $12,000 from Google after photo of his bare backside appears on Google Maps
A police officer in Argentina has been awarded approximately $12,500 in compensation after a Google Street View car accidentally captured an image of his bare buttocks and uploaded it to Google Maps.