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A senior Border Force officer who was sacked after calling a black colleague ‘King of the Jungle’ has won more than £16,000 after a tribunal ruled his remark wasn’t racist. Joel Gold, 47, argued that he had used the phrase to describe the Nigerian man’s importance in the organisation rather than as a racist slur. … Read more
Woman who won Britain’s biggest divorce payout from her Russian oligarch ex is now taking her SON to court after accusing him of helping his father hide assets from her Tatiana Akhmedova, 52, was awarded a landmark £453million payout in 2016 Russian oligarch Farkhad Akmedov has refused to pay most of the settlement Akhmedova now believes … Read more
An apprentice joiner won a £8,000 payout after he sued his building firm boss for age discrimination when he was told over email ‘you have a lot of maturing up to do’. Callum Graham, 16, was offered a job as an apprentice joiner following a successful interview at building firm MHD (Morton Hynes Developments) Builders … Read more
A self-made online shopping tycoon has landed an £830million pay out after his firm’s share price soared. Matthew Moulding, 48, founded technology firm The Hut Group in 2004 and has received what is one of the largest bonuses in corporate history after the company’s share price rose to meet its target. The target was set … Read more
A self-made online shopping tycoon has landed an £830million pay out after his firm’s share price soared. Matthew Moulding, 48, founded technology firm The Hut Group in 2004 and has received what is one of the largest bonuses in corporate history after the company’s share price rose to meet its target. The target was set … Read more
A preacher has been awarded a £50 pay-out and £1,200 in legal costs by Dorset Police after an officer forcibly removed him from a van while he sang Amazing Grace to a crowd amid coronavirus lockdown. Dorset Police did not admit liability after Dominic Muir, 44, said a police officer ‘aggressively’ mounted his van and … Read more
Clarks shoes criticised for £13m payout to founding family before more than 1,000 job losses Family shareholders were paid £13.4m of dividends over two years This was as the company racked up losses of £114.2m and made job losses Unions representing Clarks’ shop workers lashed out at the payments By Tom Witherow For The Daily … Read more
Wimbledon in line for £174MILLION insurance pay-out after All England Tennis club cashed in policy amid Covid-19 pandemic (which saw event cancelled for first time since the Second World War!) Wimbledon’s guarding through a pandemic is set to result in £174million payout All England Club will be largely unscathed despite the cancellation of event The figure, … Read more
Tory aide ‘frogmarched’ out of Downing Street after being fired by Dominic Cummings amid Brexit leaks frenzy settles employment case with ‘five figure payout’ Ex-Treasury aide Sonia Khan has settled employment claim with ‘five figure’ sum Ms Khan was frogmarched from No10 after being fired by Dominic Cummings She had been accused of still being … Read more
A self-confessed ‘Jack the Lad’ firefighter has won almost a £7,000 payout after he successfully sued the fire service for being unfairly sacked, despite sleeping through an emergency call. ‘Cocky’ full-time firefighter Dan Phelps, from Trowbridge, Wilts, was booted out of his job after bosses had to repeatedly pull him up for a series of behavioural … Read more