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Investors could face higher bills after compensation bill for victims of mis-selling and collapsed firms tops £1bn By Rachel Rickard Straus For The Mail On Sunday Published: 11:46 GMT, 14 February 2021 | Updated: 11:46 GMT, 14 February 2021 Savers and investors face higher product and advice charges this year as a result of a … Read more
Legal battle to win compensation for savers in Neil Woodford’s flagship fund now under way after crucial insurance and financial backing secured By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 7 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 7 February 2021 A legal battle to win compensation for savers in Neil Woodford’s flagship fund … Read more
Mother-of-two, 32, is demanding compensation after being forced to live with her children in council house with ‘bricks falling from ceiling’ Debbie Barker, 32, wants compensation for leaking Staffordshire council house Mother-of-two has lived in three-bed home in Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, three years Ms Barker claims the house is ‘getting unlivable’ due to the cold affecting … 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
Cheated savers who were sold bad investments are now losing almost half of their compensation money to claims firms. Money Mail today reports how mis-selling victims are being charged ‘astronomical’ sums for claims they can make themselves at no cost. It comes as regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announces plans to force firms to … Read more
Prisoners are handed £41m in compensation in just three years for issues including lost property as well as in-custody injury or death EXCLUSIVE: Prisoners have been paid £40.8million in taxpayer funds since 2017 Some £11million was spent compensating the UK’s criminals in the year 2019/20 It comes after a record high year for prison violence … Read more
Windrush victims are in line for £10k payout as Priti Patel is due to announce increase in minimum amount of compensation Under the new reforms, those who can show an ‘impact’ on their life from the scandal will be immediately paid £10,000, according to The Sunday Times Compensation for Windrush scandal victims has been criticised … Read more
The grieving widow of an ‘intoxicated’ RAF officer who fell to his death from a hotel window after a friend’s wedding is fighting for a £400,000 payout after the owners appealed a judge’s ruling that they should pay compensation for a safety fault. Sergeant Christopher James, 41, toppled 20ft onto the pavement below after slipping … Read more
Two drunken friends who claimed they slipped down the same 18-inch-wide manhole face jail after launching an ‘extraordinarily implausible’ compensation case. Phil Craze, 54, and Shaun Barnicoat, 52, fell into the open drain in Bodmin, Cornwall, and were discovered lying face down with their legs dangling over the hole. Craze, a plasterer, claimed he had … Read more
The FA are braced for brain injury compensation claims which could lead to pay-outs totalling millions of pounds for thousands of ex-pros FA facing a mass claim for compensation due to brain injuries caused by football Sportsmail learned dozens of ex-professionals have signed up for legal action Case would be the first class action in … Read more