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Husband wins compensation over his wife's surgery
Edward Ronayne from Netherley, Liverpool, has become the first hospital visitor to receive a payout for shock, after a botched operation temporarily transformed his wife's appearance. The decision could open the floodgates to further claims
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Brit seeks damages - after contracting Cholera on holiday
One British holidaymaker was stunned to learn that he had contracted Cholera while on a package holiday to Tunisia last September. He had been ill throughout the 12-day £1,488 trip booked through Thomas Cook, and when he returned to the UK he
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Injured cyclist wins damages action
A cyclist left brain damaged after he was hit by a police car answering an emergency call has won his damages action at the High Court. Journalist Donald MacLeod was returning home to Stoke Newington, north London, after drinking two small
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Bad references could cost firms
Employers who unfairly give former employees bad references could face damages claims in the wake of a ruling by senior judges. The Court of Appeal has concluded that equality legislation catered for "post-employment
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Payout for brain op glue error girl
A girl whose brain was accidentally injected with glue during treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital is to receive a multimillion-pound damages payout. Despite having a rare medical condition that involved arteries and veins getting tangled,
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Driver goes to war with council over pothole damage and wins
When Essex County Council refused to cover the cost of Frank Cattrall's broken suspension following a run-in with a nasty pothole, he decided to take matters into his own
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Squirrel causes £7,000 worth of damage to magistrate's living room
A squirrel trashed a magistrate's living room, causing thousands of pounds-worth of damage, after it fell down her chimney. Margaret Bousfield, 64, said that, in its efforts to escape, the squirrel ransacked the room by clawing the
