Former manager wins £26,147 for unfair dismissal
28/08/2009 - A former customer services manager from Bromsgrove has won a compensation payout of £26,147 aft...

EDF Energy fined for fatal personal injury to worker
28/08/2009 - The contracting division of EDF Energy has been fined £160,000 after a worker suffered a fatal ...

Cambridgeshire police pay out £21,500 to injured officers
28/08/2009 - Police officers in Cambridgeshire have claimed a total of £21,500 in compensation for personal ...

Cemetery employees win £33,000 compensation for dismissal
27/08/2009 - Two former cemetery groundsmen from Edinburgh have been awarded total compensation of more than ...

Holidaymaker to claim for compensation after bus crash
27/08/2009 - A holidaymaker from Blackburn is claiming for compensation for personal injuries he suffered in a mi...

Woman wins compensation after road accident
27/08/2009 - A woman from Hampton has won a "substantial" compensation payout after suffering severe pe...

New ruling 'can facilitate unfair dismissal claims'
26/08/2009 - Workers displaced from their jobs by the transfer of their employment to another company could soon ...

Former Honda worker claims £3,732 compensation for sacking
26/08/2009 - A former engine fitter at a Honda plant in Swindon has received a compensation payout of £3,732...

Pavement trip compensation costs Norfolk council £417,000
26/08/2009 - Personal injuries sustained in trips on faulty pavement have cost Norfolk County Council just over &...

Sacked whistleblowers 'can claim for unfair dismissal'
25/08/2009 - Employees dismissed for exposing malpractice at a company have been reminded of their right to claim...

Leeds council pays out £10m for pavement trip injuries
25/08/2009 - Compensation claims for personal injuries sustained in trips on faulty pavements has cost Leeds City...

Former council worker goes to tribunal over unfair dismissal
25/08/2009 - A former electoral services assistant has taken Derby City Council to an employment tribunal after a...

Hampshire clinical negligence payments rise to £10m
24/08/2009 - Medical accidents and occupational injuries cost NHS trusts in Hampshire a total of around £10 ...

New mesothelioma diagnosis technique 'can aid legal claims'
24/08/2009 - Researchers at Oxford University have established a new method of diagnosing mesothelioma which they...

MoD facing 279 compensation appeals from injured soldiers
24/08/2009 - The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is facing appeals from 279 soldiers against compensation settlements t...

Pub managers to be compensated for unfair dismissal
21/08/2009 - The former managers of a pub in Doncaster have won the right to compensation after proving they had ...

Bookshop workers win compensation for email sacking
21/08/2009 - A group of 32 sacked Christian bookshop workers have won a compensation payout after being fired by ...

Man wins compensation for wife's fatal mesothelioma
21/08/2009 - A man has won a compensation payout after his wife was killed by the asbestos-related cancer mesothe...

Farm fined after worker suffers injury
20/08/2009 - The owner of a farm in Hull has received an £8,000 fine after an employee suffered a serious pe...

Driver wins £12,000 compensation for unfair dismissal
20/08/2009 - A former delivery driver from Staffordshire has been awarded a compensation payout of £12,000 a...

Employers' insurance database 'could aid injury claims'
19/08/2009 - A Barnsley solicitor has proposed the introduction of a national database of employer's insurers in ...

Former council worker wins £33,000 compensation
19/08/2009 - A former employee of Swansea Council has been awarded a compensation payout of £33,000 after an...

Apprentice wins £17,000 for dismissal after injury
18/08/2009 - An apprentice heating engineer in Glasgow has been awarded a compensation payout of £17,000 aft...

London maternity patients claim £27m a year for negligence
18/08/2009 - Maternity patients in London hospitals are claiming £27 million a year in compensation for medi...

Shop manager awarded £20,000 compensation for dismissal
18/08/2009 - A former sandwich shop manager from Preston has been awarded a compensation payout of £20,000 a...

Postman wins £5,000 compensation for unfair dismissal
17/08/2009 - A postal worker has won a compensation claim for £5,067 after a tribunal ruled that he had been...

Lancashire Council to face wave of employment tribunals
17/08/2009 - Nearly 500 council workers are seeking to take action against Lancashire County Council over dispute...

Care home worker wins £31,000 compensation for bullying
17/08/2009 - The former manager of a Wirral care home has been awarded a compensation payout of £31,000 afte...

Welsh NHS 'facing potential £500m clinical negligence bill'
14/08/2009 - Legal claims for compensation could rise to a total of £500 million in Wales this year, accordi...

Claim for compensation to follow asbestos death
14/08/2009 - A woman from Surrey is to launch a claim for compensation after her husband was killed by mesothelio...

Disabled worker wins £9,000 compensation
14/08/2009 - A London student has been awarded a compensation payout of £9,000 after a retailer informed her...

Man claims £286,500 compensation for holiday illness
13/08/2009 - A holidaymaker has been awarded a compensation payout of £286,500 after contracting a potential...

High status women 'continuing to face pay discrimination'
13/08/2009 - Female workers are routinely being paid less than men despite occupying high status jobs, according ...

BBC Wales pays £100,000 to DJ for dismissal
13/08/2009 - A former BBC Wales DJ has received a compensation settlement of £100,000 after alleging that he...

Driver compensated for work vehicle injury
12/08/2009 - Employers whose businesses involve the use of vehicles have been reminded to ensure their health and...

'Asbestos timebomb' fears for York workers
12/08/2009 - An increasing amount of claims for compensation are being lodged by Yorkshire workers who were expos...

Pregnant workers 'seeing increase in redundancy'
12/08/2009 - Pregnant women are finding themselves increasingly at risk of being discriminated against or unfairl...

Warehousing firm fined for worker injuries
11/08/2009 - A Doncaster warehousing firm has been fined more than £15,000 following an accident in which tw...

Worker claims for compensation after 'detrimental' transfer
11/08/2009 - A gallery employee is claiming for compensation after alleging that her bosses had failed to take he...

Soldier wins £330,000 for ear damage
11/08/2009 - A former soldier has won a compensation claim for £328,941 after suffering permanent damage to ...

Clinical negligence claims 'on the rise in Grampian'
10/08/2009 - Victims of clinical negligence in Grampian are increasingly looking to claim for compensation for in...

Family to take action over asbestos death
10/08/2009 - The family of a mesothelioma victim is to take legal action against his former employer after an inq...

Car accident victim wins £3.3m compensation
10/08/2009 - A man has been awarded a compensation payout of £3.3 million after suffering life-changing pers...

Firm condemned for asbestos health risk
07/08/2009 - A Canadian-based company has been prosecuted after an incident at its site in Swansea which saw a nu...

Personal injury claims for accidents 'on the rise'
07/08/2009 - People who have been involved in road accidents are becoming increasingly likely to claim for compen...

Individual insolvencies rise by 27% in Q2
07/08/2009 - Individual insolvencies have seen a significant year-on-year increase of 27.4 per cent in the second...

Worker awarded £8,500 for work equipment injury
06/08/2009 - A former toolmaker employed by car manufacturer Ford has won a compensation payout of £8,500 af...

Former BP worker's death 'was caused by asbestos'
06/08/2009 - The death of a former employee of petrol company BP was caused by his workplace exposure to asbestos...

Surrey Police accused of 'bullying culture' at tribunal
06/08/2009 - A former policewoman who is claiming for compensation for unfair dismissal has had her case bolstere...

Decorator's death 'was asbestos-related', rules coroner
05/08/2009 - An investigation into the death of a former glass decorator has found that the man's fatal lung canc...

Woman wins compensation after botched surgery
05/08/2009 - A woman from Barnsley has won her claim for compensation after she suffered personal injury and disf...

Personal injury claims 'on the rise during recession'
05/08/2009 - The number of claims for compensation for personal injuries could be on the rise due to falling safe...

Crane company fined for dual workplace deaths
04/08/2009 - A crane company has been fined £125,000 after it was deemed to have been responsible for an acc...

Former teacher wins discrimination ruling
04/08/2009 - A retired ex-teacher from Somerset has won a potentially significant ruling from the Appeal Court to...

Hairdresser wins compensation for dismissal
04/08/2009 - A former trainee hairdresser from Dundee has been awarded a compensation payout of £8,824 after...

Worker's injury leads to fine for Chester firm
03/08/2009 - A lead products manufacturer from Chester has been fined £4,500 following an incident which saw...

Asbestos worker wins compensation for wife's disease
03/08/2009 - A former fitter from Leeds has won his claim for compensation after both he and his wife contracted ...

Family wins £2,500 compensation for daughter's injury
03/08/2009 - A Fife family has won a compensation settlement of £2,500 after their four-year-old daughter su...