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A Devon dog owner who claims his pet injured itself jumping for leaflets pushed through their letterbox may seek compensation.
Retired company director Gordon Musselwhite said the family’s dachshund Muffin was badly hurt leaping for the Safeway leaflets which were pushed through the door of their Yealmpton home in December 2001.
Mr Musselwhite and his wife Susan […]
Equitable Life’s 3.3bn lawsuit against nine of its former non-executive directors should be thrown out before it gets to trial, it was claimed in the High Court on Monday.
Lawyers for the nine branded the case “hopeless,” and a waste of time and money.
They urged Mr Justice Langley to clear the group of all liability for […]
A former head of Equitable Life has said the Penrose report into the life insurer did not take a balanced view.
Chris Headdon, who became the firm’s chief executive in 1997, added the crisis was caused by a House of Lords ruling rather than management flaws.
The Penrose report blamed management for the society’s near-collapse.
About 800,000 […]
Using a lawyer may not lead to faster or higher payments for personal injury insurance claims, a report has said.
Research for the Association of British Insurers (ABI) suggested that injury claims on motor policies take 90 days longer to settle if a lawyer is used.
Payouts are quicker but much lower if a lawyer is used […]
A man who tried to sue a local authority after he soiled his trousers has made it on to a list of the most spurious compensation claims.
He blamed the accident on the closure of a bus station toilet and demanded the price of a new pair of trousers.
The case was among thousands of public liability […]
Proposals for wide-ranging changes to UK company law are set to be unveiled by the government this week.
Under the plans investors will gain powers to sue negligent company bosses, a move that could give fund managers greater powers over directors.
Other proposals include protection for auditors from huge damages claims and making setting up a […]
The UK’s 8,000 final salary pension schemes will have to pay 575m next year to finance the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).
The PPF was set up this year to provide a financial safety net for people in pension schemes that go bust.
The levy is nearly twice the amount first estimated, because longer life expectancy has increased […]