Egypt seeks $1bn compensation for Ever Given crisis which blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week

Egypt seeks $1billion compensation for Ever Given crisis which blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week Ever Given spent six days stuck in the canal after running aground on March 23 Compensation includes cost of the salvage operation and recuperation of losses The ship could be held in the Suez Canal until the compensation is … Read more

Hermes pays retailers compensation as computer glitch marked parcels as undelivered

Hermes pays retailers ‘hundreds of pounds’ in compensation after they missed out on processing fee because computer glitch marked parcels as undelivered Courier firm pays 35p to businesses for every packages successfully processed But computer issues saw scores of parcels not logged correctly in the system This meant retailers missed out on substantial sums of … Read more

Payout hope for thousands of tainted blood victims who could be handed billions in compensation

Payout hope for tainted blood victims: Thousands whose lives were blighted by the scandal could be handed billions of pounds in compensation after 40-year battle for justice Thousands treated by the NHS in 1970s and 1980s contracted HIV and hepatitis  Government never admitted liability and victims didn’t receive compensation Penny Mordaunt said a reviewer would … Read more

How to claim compensation for pothole damage as repair costs soar

More pothole related claims are made in March than any other month, new research has revealed. Some 13 per cent of all claims to cover the cost of repairs for damage caused to vehicles by craters in the road are made by motorists in the third month of the year. The number of claims for … Read more

Financial compensation bill to hit £1bn after a spike in failed firms

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

Neil Woodford fund savers begin legal battle for compensation

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, demands compensation after ‘bricks fell from ceiling’ of her council house

A mother-of-two is demanding compensation after being forced to live in a council house with ‘bricks falling from the ceiling’ and a catalogue of health damaging problems.  Debbie Barker, 32, has lived in the three-bedroom property in Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, for three years but claims the issues began in 2019. After calling on Stoke-on-Trent City Council … Read more

Victims of mis-sold investments losing near to half their compensation

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

Windrush victims in line for £10k payout as Priti Patel due to announce bump in minimum compensation

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