Client must pay law firm £25,000 in libel damages for negative Trustpilot review

Client must pay law firm £25,000 in libel damages for negative Trustpilot review calling them ‘a total waste of money’ and a ‘scam’ in row over £200 Philip James Waymouth slammed Summerfield Browne in a furious online post  The law firm sued him and claimed his comments were untrue and defamatory   Waymouth didn’t appear at … Read more

New Forest pony damages VW Passat while searching for food

Kicking off: Aggressive wild pony smashes wing mirror and dents car bonnet as it terrorises parents after smelling their toddler son’s food Jack Cowlishaw, 26, was transferring his two-year-old son to his ex’s car  Several ponies approached his car in the car park at Cadnam cricket ground  The New Forest ponies came up to the … Read more

Kanye West faces two class-action lawsuits and $30 million in damages for ‘not paying workers’

Kanye West is facing two class-action lawsuits and could be hit with $30 million in damages over claims he mistreated and failed to pay up to 1,000 performers and backstage staff at his popular Sunday Service shows.    The lawsuits relate to around 500 performers and 300 backstage staff who worked at the 43-year-old rapper’s extravagant, … Read more

Thousands of black cab drivers plan to sue Uber for damages worth millions

Thousands of black cab drivers plan to sue Uber for damages worth millions of pounds in total after accusing the app of breaking taxi booking rules Legal action will allege that Uber allowed its drivers to accept bookings directly Cabbies claim this ‘unlawful breach’ was between June 2012 and March 2018  Around 4,000 black taxi … Read more

Environment: California’s 2018 wildfires cost the US almost $150 BILLION in damages

The wildfires that ravaged the state of California back in 2018 cost the United States $148.5 billion (£110 billion) in damages, a study has revealed. Experts from China, the UK and the US calculated the fires’ financial impact at 0.7 per cent of the country’s annual GDP — with $45.9 billion lost outside of California. These … Read more

Woman struck in the eye with a cricket ball at local park loses £17k damages claim

A woman who was struck in the eye with a cricket ball at a local park has lost her £17,000 damages claim. Phoebe Lewis was struck in the face with a cricket ball as she walked near to a boundary rope during a match in Battersea Park, London.   She successfully sued Wandsworth Council in the … Read more

Cyclist, 70, brain-damaged after dog ran into his path could get up to £50k damages

A cyclist could be awarded up to £50,000 after successfully suing a woman when her dog ran in front of him, causing a crash which left him brain damaged.    David Crane says he suffered a brain haemorrhage when he flew over the handlebars after braking to avoid Carina Read’s cocker spaniel on Acton Green Common … Read more

Flash flooding damages buildings and shuts roads across southeast England

Flash flooding has left buildings damaged and major highways closed in southeast England after black thunderclouds swept across the channel this morning.  The M11 northbound was forced to close between Junction 7 and the exit for Stansted Airport when heavy rainfall caused water to gush onto the road, while a sudden downpour flooded the centre … Read more

Studies provide more evidence that coronavirus damages the kidneys

Studies are continuing to emerge that the novel coronavirus attacks and severely damages the kidneys. Research has mostly focused on the ways the virus attacks the lungs, but two new reports reveal high levels of the virus in the kidneys and kidney injury in more than one-third of coronavirus patients.  In one study, about 90 … Read more

Mastercard faces Supreme Court over £14bn damages claim

Mastercard faces two days in front of Britain’s highest court to determine whether it potentially owes every adult in the UK a collective £14billion. Former financial ombudsman Walter Merricks is taking the card provider to court, claiming the fees it charged shops between 1992 and 2008, declared unlawful by the European Commission, resulted in consumers … Read more