Hundreds of victims of the Post Office IT scandal will be excluded from new compensation scheme and will not receive a payout Postmasters were sacked, bankrupted or wrongfully convicted due to IT failures Chirag Sidhpura, 37, is going to court after being sacked from a Surrey branch Nearly 2,200 victims put in claims to the Historical … Read more
The Government is considering giving energy networks the power to switch off a household’s energy supply without warning or compensation for those affected. A series of backdoor ‘modifications’ to the Smart Energy Code have been proposed by officials and look set to pass into law by next spring. These include giving networks the right to decide … Read more
Commuters caught up in South Western Railway’s lengthy industrial action last year have until the end of this month to claim compensation. For 27 days from 2 December, SWR embarked on Britain’s longest rail strike in history, hitting millions of commuters relying on its trains running in and out of London and beyond. Around 850 … Read more
1948-70 – Nearly half a million people moved from the Caribbean to Britain, which in 1948 faced severe labour shortages in the wake of the Second World War. The immigrants were later referred to as ‘the Windrush generation’. Working age adults and many children travelled from the Caribbean to join parents or grandparents in the UK … Read more
Millions of Britons could demand lucrative PPI pay-outs in ‘second wave’ of compensation after courts find products were ‘unfair’ Court rulings say PPI was ‘unfair’ because banks did not disclose commissions Commissions on some products amounted to 95 per cent of the cost of policy The deadline for making a PPI claim was set by the … Read more
Friend of the killers of PC Andrew Harper starts bid for compensation from the police – after he was wrongly accused of the murder Jed Foster, 21, has begun legal action against Thames Valley Police He is claiming unlawful arrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution Mr Foster spent a month in custody after being charged … Read more
A PR power couple have lost their battle for compensation after paying £615,000 for their dream home only to discover the house next door had been turned into a house of ‘noisy’ bedsit tenants. Matt and Hannah Graydon thought they had found the perfect home to bring up their family when they bought Mark and … Read more
A couple arrested when armed police stormed their home and held them for 36 hours over the Gatwick Airport drone chaos have received £200,000 in compensation and an apology. Paul and Elaine Gait have settled their claims for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment against Sussex Police, their legal team announced today. Drone sightings near the … Read more
Are you a victim of bad pension advice? Compensation hopes for savers cheated out of generous final salary schemes By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 9 June 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 9 June 2020 Cheated savers who were persuaded to move their money out of generous final salary pension schemes … Read more
Tui strikes compensation deal with Boeing for grounding of the 737 Max plane By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 3 June 2020 | Updated: 22:38 BST, 3 June 2020 Tui said Boeing would provide compensation for a significant portion of the financial impact of the grounding of the 737 Max Tour … Read more