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Expert Author: Sofia Abasolo | Submitted: 2008-07-11 | Word Count: 603 | Views: 7 Amendments India’s Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 have meant that there will be more compensation for those making accident claims, new reports have shown. According to the latest official statistics from the Indian government, over 100,000 people were killed in road accidents in India in 2006 and nearly half a million were injured. That means one accident per minute and a fatal one every five minutes.
Expert Author: Sofia Abasolo | Submitted: 2008-07-11 | Word Count: 556 | Views: 7 Cancer-stricken Susan Hurrell sought legal aid to take one of the UK’s biggest insurance companies to court for damages. But she was refused because no-one was prepared to represent her on a no-win-no-fee basis. But now the dying grandmother is celebrating after winning a five-figure windfall to safeguard her family’s future.
Expert Author: Sofia Abasolo | Submitted: 2008-07-11 | Word Count: 583 | Views: 8 In February, Canada’s Minor Injury Regulation - which put a cap on pain and suffering compensation for minor soft-tissue injuries such as whiplash claims -- was struck down in a Court of Queen's Bench ruling. The decision was praised by lawyers and consumer advocates, but led to warnings from the insurance industry that it would lead to significantly higher premiums.
Expert Author: Danielle Fletcher | Submitted: 2008-07-10 | Word Count: 504 | Views: 10 Over recent months the British Police Force has found itself dealing with a number of claims for compensation due to discrimination in the workplace on grounds of race and ethnicity. One Police officer has submitted a claim for GBP 500,000 pounds because he believes he was discriminated against and denied a promotion unfairly.
Expert Author: Paul W Ralph | Submitted: 2008-07-10 | Word Count: 795 | Views: 18 The general guideline in the state of California is that either an employer or an employee can lawfully end their employment relationship at any time and for any or no reason. Most employees will be in an "at-will employment" situation if they do not have either a written or verbally specific employment contract. Without a contract, an employer is free to let an employee go without any fear of repercussions. Although the law may seem to be in favor of an employer when an employee is terminated, firing or "laying off" of an employee could be illegal and could potentially be followed up by claims of damages in numerous situations.
Expert Author: Elfy Anders | Submitted: 2008-07-10 | Word Count: 570 | Views: 32 New laws introduced in May 2008 is said to have broaden the scope within which compensation claims can be made. The law banned some 31 practices and widened the rules under which consumers can seek compensation; most importantly it outlaws and makes illegal information which if given deceives the average consumer into making a transaction they wouldn’t have taken.
Expert Author: Elfy Anders | Submitted: 2008-07-10 | Word Count: 603 | Views: 19 Hundreds of workers forced to retire due to government regulations allowing employers to sack people at the age of 65 might be able to claim compensation thanks to a discrimination test case going to European Court of Justice in Luxemburg on July 2 and a final decision will be made by the end of this year.