No Win No Fee Claim After Doctor Fails To Spot Broken Neck

    A war veteran who suffered a broken neck in a car crash was sent home from a Lancashire hospital with painkillers after medics failed to spot his injury. John Jarvis, 82, faces a...
Nation/World Briefs (Detroit News)

    WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers said Sunday that Congress should pass a second economic aid plan that would focus on helping homeowners avoid foreclosure and increasing spending on bridges, roads and transit systems....
Cong files $100m lawsuit in US for slandering Sonia (Khaleej Times)

    NEW DELHI - The Congress party’s overseas unit has filed a $100 million (Rs4 billion) libel lawsuit against a forum that claims proximity to a group named the Overseas Friends of the...
Accident Claim for Man who Crashes Van

    RUBBERNECKING at a parked car on the Heysham bypass drew a driver’s attention away from the road and he hit another vehicle on his side of the carriageway. The van Gareth Fawcett, 28,...
Council contains killer pear tree menace

    Kids protected from 1lb fruit attack Worcester council has moved with lightning speed to protect citizens from killer pear trees, The Sun reports. ...
Litigation and Arbitration (Mondaq)

    The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the ruling of an Atlanta federal district court and ordered that sanctions be imposed on plaintiffs who filed a libel lawsuit based on an...
Libel suit filed in US for ads against Sonia (New Kerala)

    New York, April 8 : The Indian National Overseas Congress (INOC) has filed a $100 million libel lawsuit against three people associated with the US wing of the Bharatiaya Janata Party (BJP),...
Court slaps UK BitTorrenters with landmark damages award

    Copyright ambulance chasers open up new market The Central London County Court has ordered four BitTorrent users to pay a video games company £750 interim damages following a landmark victory by no win,...
Accident Claim COmpensation for Braindamaged Man

    A man left in a vegetative state after being knocked down by a drunk joyrider has been granted millions of pounds in compensation despite a legal challenge from insurers. Gary Dawes, 44, suffered...
Judge dismisses shop worker claim

    A senior judge has criticised solicitors for wasting court time by bringing a claim by a Lochaber shop supervisor to the Court of Session… ...